Mallory > Mallory's Quotes

“But I did drive all the way here. And I put on a shirt with like an actual shape to it, which goes against my nonuniform, nonwork clothes policy of maximum comfort and minimal effort.”
― Emma Mills, Foolish Hearts

“Oh.' I sighed, real loud. Because I'm frustrated, OKAY?”
― Penny Reid, Marriage of Inconvenience

“Like football and art, like anything that anyone in the world has ever wanted, love was a dream. And just like a dream, there were no assurances behind it. It didn’t grow on its own. It didn’t blossom without food to feed it. It was the greatest in its subtleties. It was the strongest in its selflessness. And it could be forever with someone who wasn’t afraid to never give up on the possibilities it presents.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

“Parts of you are ugly and messy. I still want you. I want the ugly and the beautiful and everything in between. You don't pick and choose the parts of a person you want. Shit, I'm the ugliest fucker I know, and I want to give it all to you.”
― Penny Reid, Marriage of Inconvenience

“I want to ask if you're okay, but I don't want to keep asking if you're okay. So I'm gonna limit myself to asking once every six hours.”
― Penny Reid, Marriage of Inconvenience

“I don't even make it to the bed, sitting on the floor for no real reason, really, except the bed seems too comfortable, and I don't deserve to ride this misery out in any kind of comfort.”
― Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

“No, you won’t. And I won’t be enough for you, Amanda. I don’t want to be the center of your life. I want to be part of it. I want to be your husband, not your god. People can’t always be there for you, no matter how much they want to be. And that includes me.”
― Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love

“You wanna give me some space?” “Well, you’re not saying anything.” “I’m talking to myself right now. Give us a minute.”
― Sarah Hogle, You Deserve Each Other

“Her sister was a goddess with a pure, romantic spirit, and it was about time people flocked to her.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“Sweet", he muttered.
"Sugar usually is,”
― Kylie Scott, Fake

“Absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder if there's nothing there to begin with.”
― Mariana Zapata, Wait for It

“Reading a book is just like opening your heart to someone. You won't know if you'll connect until you try.”
― Chloe Liese, With You Forever

“I choke on nothing particular except the absurdity of what just came out of his mouth. "I'm sorry, what did you just call me?”
― Chloe Liese, Always Only You

“Hmmm, well, you'll let me know if everything isn't okay, won't you?" she asks.

No.

"Of course.”
― Laura Thalassa, Rhapsodic

“I almost didn't hear him over how shirtless he was.”
― Danielle Lori, The Sweetest Oblivion

“I painted stars and the moon and clouds and just endless, dark sky.” I finished the sixth, and was well on my way sawing through the seventh before I said, “I never knew why. I rarely went outside at night—usually, I was so tired from hunting that I just wanted to sleep. But I wonder … ” I pulled out the seventh and final arrow. “I wonder if some part of me knew what was waiting for me. That I would never be a gentle grower of things, or someone who burned like fire—but that I would be quiet and enduring and as faceted as the night. That I would have beauty, for those who knew where to look, and if people didn’t bother to look, but to only fear it … Then I didn’t particularly care for them, anyway. I wonder if, even in my despair and hopelessness, I was never truly alone. I wonder if I was looking for this place—looking for you all.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“There you are. I've been looking for you.

His first words to me— not a lie at all, not a threat to keep those faeries away.

Thank you for finding her for me.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Be careful with the stories you tell about yourself".”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“WE CAN DO HARD THINGS.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“What is better: uncomfortable truth or comfortable lies? Every truth is a kindness, even if it makes others uncomfortable. Every untruth is an unkindness, even if it makes others comfortable.
—Liz Gilbert”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“Being fully human is not about feeling happy, it’s about feeling everything.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“My children do not need me to save them. My children need to watch me save myself.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“Selah is found in the Hebrew Bible seventy-four times. Scholars believe that when it appears in the text, it is a direction to the reader to stop reading and be still for a moment, because the previous idea is important enough to consider deeply. The poetry in scripture is meant to transform, and the scribes knew that change begins through reading but can be completed only in quiet contemplation. Selah appears in Hebrew music, too. It’s believed to be a signal to the music director to silence the choir for a long moment, to hold space between notes. The silence, of course, is when the music sinks in.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“Listen. Every time you’re given a choice between disappointing someone else and disappointing yourself, your duty is to disappoint that someone else. Your job, throughout your entire life, is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“All the devil has to do to win is convince you he’s God.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“A person can be good and still be sick. We can be good, kind, justice loving people in our heart and minds but if we live in America we can contribute to racism.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“That’s when I stopped looking at Abby and thinking: What is my anger telling me about her? And started asking: What is my anger telling me about me? My anger was delivering a package with one of my root beliefs in it—a belief that was programmed into me during childhood: Resting is laziness, and laziness is disrespect. Worthiness and goodness are earned with hustle.
When Abby rested right in front of me—outside family-designated and approved resting times—she was challenging that root belief. She was activating it, unearthing it, bringing it into the light where I could see it. But unlike my root belief about honesty and fidelity, I didn’t like this one. It didn’t feel true to me. Because when I looked at Abby relaxing, my anger was almost a bitter yearning.
Must be nice.
Must be nice to rest in the middle of the damn day.
Must be nice to feel worthy of the space you take up on the earth without hustling to earn it every minute.
Must be nice to rest and still feel worthy.
I want to be able to rest and still feel worthy, too.
I didn’t want to change Abby. I wanted to change my belief about worthiness.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed