Karyn Pham > Karyn's Quotes

“I refuse to have sex with someone who doesn’t have a headboard. I’m not that desperate—yet. My vagina has officially been closed for so long I’m afraid a Spirit Halloween is going to move in.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“Grace costs you nothing”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“We’re all a little broken, Briana. We are a mosaic. We’re made up of all those we’ve met and all the things we’ve been through. There are parts of us that are colorful and dark and jagged and beautiful. And I love every piece of you. Even the ones you wish didn’t exist.”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“Love follows you. It goes where you go. It doesn’t know about social divides or distance or common sense. It doesn’t even stop when the person you love dies. It does what it wants.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“You can’t control the bad things that happen to you. All you can do is decide how much of you you’re going to let them take.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Happy Ever After Playlist

“There’s something more final than forever. It’s never. Never is infinite.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“Sometimes the hardest place to live is the one in-between.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Happy Ever After Playlist

“I always think that when we’re quiet, we’re agreeing to be harmless to each other. That we’re just sharing the same space and letting each other exist exactly as we are, and neither of us would hurt or upset the other one.”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“I am not drunk. I’m just talking in cursive”
― Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone

“Look at that mantrum. Eight thousand nerves in the clitoris and still not as sensitive as a white man not getting his way.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“I had to remember that not everyone over-thought everything the way I did. Wouldn’t it be amazing to live like that? To not carry that burden around with you. To not feel constantly overwhelmed and overstimulated and second-guess every little thing.”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“It’s amazing how someone can touch you, even if you only know them for a moment in time. How they can change you, alter you indelibly.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“Have you ever heard of penguin love stones?” “What?” “A penguin love stone. When a male likes a female, he finds a perfect stone and he brings it to her. If she likes it, she puts it in her nest and that’s it. They’re paired for life.” Brian watched Liz taking an order at another table but talked to us. “And your point?” “My point is, the penguin’s not picking her mate because he’s the one who has the best rock. It might look that way, but she’s not. She’s taking the rock because the male she wants the most is offering it. Sometimes what you have to give is enough. Even if it’s a rock instead of a diamond.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“If you spend your life dwelling on the worst possible thing, when it finally happens, you’ve lived it twice.”
― Abby Jimenez, Life's Too Short

“This was just a season, and there's beauty in all seasons. Even if you are looking forward to the next one.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Happy Ever After Playlist

“I’d found my person.
She was the foundation. She was the thing that all other things are built on. Everything was secondary to being with her. It didn’t matter where I worked or if I liked my job, where I lived or how many kids I had. My happiness, my sanity, my well-being – it all started with her. And now that I knew that, I didn’t want to just be her boyfriend – I wanted everything.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone

“It’s like I always say,” Mom said, wiping under her eyes. “Love shows up. That’s how you know when it’s real.”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“Have you ever heard the saying that if you’re with someone who doesn’t speak your language, you’ll spend a lifetime having to translate your soul? Amy never spoke your language. […] Briana’s different. She understands you, even when you don’t say anything at all.”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“Do you ever see yourself acting crazy, but you can’t stop because you’re not a quitter?”
― Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone

“When you don't care, everything's on your terms. They can take it or leave it. It doesn't matter to you, so ask for whatever the hell you want.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“Just because you don’t recognize the fight they choose doesn’t mean they’re not fighting.”
― Abby Jimenez, Life’s Too Short

“Sometimes family isn't what you're born into. Sometimes family is found.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“I’m sorry someone made you feel like it’s hard to love you,’ she said.”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“Love me. Just love me instead. I’d take care of you. I’d protect you and shield you and be anything you needed. I’d be harmless to you…”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“I’m a woman. I can go into a bar penniless wearing sweats and a questionable rash and come out with leftovers and a buzz.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone

“Just keep her laughing,” Doug said. “When a woman laughs, her eyes are closed more. She won’t notice how ugly you are.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“Jacob made me feel safe. He was like a living lullaby. A softly spoken word. The smell of coffee and toast in the morning or a cozy fleece blanket. The rain pattering on the roof on a day where you don’t have to go anywhere or do anything.”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“I was a ghost, wandering the rooms of a museum of the person I used to be, and Jason was like one of the living who could somehow see me and decided to wander the place with me.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Happy Ever After Playlist

“It’s just that you’re perfect, and my heart hurts.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone

“I know it hurts, but just think, now you know what it feels like for a man with a cold”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World