Lauren Gibaldi > Quotes

“It was my favorite part of the night - when the evening's events were still unknown and unpredictable. It was the sense of possibility that I loved, the idea that anything could happen next.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, The Night We Said Yes

“I've spent my life on the road, trying to find home, when really, you were always home to me.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, The Night We Said Yes

“Did you ever think of me?"
"Yes, did you ever think of me?"
"All the time.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, The Night We Said Yes

“I go here now. To UCF. I just moved back," he says, finally meeting my eyes. It's as if he wants his look to convey an inner meaning his words won't allow. And when my heart flips, stupidly I want his look to say I'm back for you, this whole year was a mess let's run away together and never look back. But I can't want that. I can't allow myself to get hopeful again, not after what he did. I hated him once - I have to remember that, and not the way his lips felt on mine.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, The Night We Said Yes

“I may be damaged but I'm okay”
― Lauren Gibaldi, The Night We Said Yes

“Sensing my discomfort - as if it was hard to - he walks toward me, closing the gap that has stood between us ever since he left.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, The Night We Said Yes

“And inside I want to cry because he's here. And him being here proved it all happened.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, The Night We Said Yes

“I wanted to let him know that I wanted to make memories with him, even if they were just from one night. Memories that wouldn't be tossed away and found by someone else searching for paper on the floor.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, The Night We Said Yes

“Everything had to happen to lead to where are we now.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, The Night We Said Yes

“I want you and everything you come with.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, The Night We Said Yes

“There may be no future for us; there's just now. And now is enough.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, Autofocus

“I let go and hug back, for the first time allowing myself to see Bennett, really see him, without any sort of apprehension of barrier in the way.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, Autofocus

“I hold on tight, closing my eyes and memorizing the feel and shape of his body.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, Autofocus

“It was a small life, well curated. It didn’t need to have a lot in it if the things in it were beautiful.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, Battle of the Bands

“He smiles, and I can't help but blush at the though that I made his face change like that.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, Autofocus

“I look at him, and he leans forward, touching my arm. "I think it's up to you, to be who you want.”
― Lauren Gibaldi, Autofocus

“Let's, just be alive together, okay?”
― Lauren Gibaldi, Autofocus