Carrie Wilhite > Carrie's Quotes

“I don’t want to be your first, Fallon. I want to be your last.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“Really, there was nothing more dangerous than a woman who knew her own worth.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six

“People who lined up to see the Mona Lisa typically couldn’t name the paintings hanging nearby, and there was nothing wrong with that.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six

“Kiss me again,” he says, drunk and foolish. “Kiss me until I am sick of it.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“I start to speak, but he stops me with a gesture. “And you.” He looks at me, his lips curving in something that’s not quite a smile; it’s more and less than that. “I knew little else, but I always knew you.” And when he kisses me, I feel as though I can finally breathe again.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“How do you regret one of the best nights of your entire life? You don't. You remember every word, every look. Even when it hurts, you still remember.”
― Jenny Han, It's Not Summer Without You

“He was marrying my girl, and I couldn’t do anything about it. I just had to watch it happen, because he was my brother, because I promised. Take care of him, Connie. I’m counting on you .”
― Jenny Han, We'll Always Have Summer

“It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Naked truths aren’t always pretty.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“You deserve so much more than what you're allowing yourself to have.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“To the girls who dream of meeting a prince
but end up falling for the misunderstood villain.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“When I decided to relocate and settle in one place, I didn’t even have to think about where to go. I’m the spinning needle of a compass and you’ve always been my true north, Parker.”
― Falon Ballard, Just My Type

“Well then, if you’re so angry, why are you here?” My heart pounds so loudly I’m afraid he’ll hear it. There’s so much heat between us—the furious feelings and the tension and the proximity—my skin tingles from head to toe.
He pulls away just enough so he can look in my eyes. “I don’t know, Parker. I just couldn’t be anywhere else.”
― Falon Ballard, Just My Type

“You held my hand for the first time in the backseat of a bus.”
A soft chuckle escapes him. “I don’t think I’ve ever been more nervous in my life.”
“I doubt that.” I nudge him with my elbow because suddenly, sitting here pressed up against him, it would be so very easy to reach down and pick up his hand.
“Parker. Come on. I’d been in love with you since I was six. It took me eight years to work up the courage to hold your hand.” He gives me a nudge back, and the movement causes our hands to brush each other. His fingers twitch and I wonder if he’s fighting the same instinct I am.”
― Falon Ballard, Just My Type

“You here to finish me off, Sweetheart?”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“I don't want to lose the boy with the bread.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“You can't help how you feel. Feelings are like breathing. They come in and go out.”
― Stephen King, Billy Summers

“It seems to me, Annie, that you are just waiting for someone to give you permission to be yourself out loud.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Jack “you changed my life Sadie. You brought family and friends and laughter and happiness and a whole damn floral shop into my home. Our home. And with all of that you brought me back to life”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“Their souls weren’t mirrors but complements, constellations that burned side by side.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

“Write me a story where there is no ending, Kitt.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

“And I’ll save your life again and again, aimlessly hoping you will allow me to stay in it.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“For every girl who has ever felt powerless”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“SOMETIMES, A BOOK CAN change your life. It’s hard to explain that to someone who doesn’t read, or who has never felt their heart bend so strongly toward a story that it might just snap in two. Some books are a comfort, some a reprieve, others a vacation, a lesson, a heartbreak.”
― Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

“Because love stories were enough. They were safe. They would never fail me.”
― Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story