Alexandra Kasyanova > Alexandra's Quotes

“Food is rarely about food,” he said. “It’s about comfort. It’s about sex. It’s about revenge and lust and anger. But food is never about food.”
― L.J. Shen, The Devil Wears Black

“Every decision you make has a reason. Think about it.”
― L.J. Shen, The Devil Wears Black

“Love isn't always pretty. Sometimes you spend all your time hoping it'll eventually be something different. Something better. Then, before you know it, you're back to square one, and you lost your heart somewhere along the way.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“Apologies are good for admitting regret, but they do very little in removing the truth from the actions that caused the regret.”
― Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects

“God gives us the ugliness so we don’t take the beautiful things in life for granted.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“When did I say that? I’m a romance reader. I have a thing for assholes.”
― Liz Tomforde, The Right Move

“My hollow, aching heart that never quite recovered from losing her.”
― L.J. Shen, The Devil Wears Black

“When life gives you lemons, make sure you know whose eyes you need to squeeze them in.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“I didn’t fall in love with you… I flew.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“When you find love, you take it. You grab it with both hands and you do everything in your power not to let it go. You can’t just walk away from it and expect it to linger until you’re ready for it.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“You’ll never be able to find yourself if you’re lost in someone else.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“What rules?”

“Well, for one, I’m not allowed to break your heart,” he says. “Second, I’m also not allowed to break your damn heart. And last, I’m not allowed to fucking break your damn heart.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“You can’t leave yet. I’m not finished falling in love with you.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“That was the thing about best friends. Like sisters and mothers, they could piss you off and make you cry and break your heart, but in the end, when the chips were down, they were there, making you laugh even in your darkest hours. ”
― Kristin Hannah, Firefly Lane

“Sometimes bad things happen. And there’s no blame to be placed. You can’t reason with the universe, no matter how sound your logic is … We are imperfect people made that way by an imperfect world, and we don’t always get a say in what shapes us.”
― Rebecca Yarros, The Last Letter

“The pain will always be there.

So will the fear.

But the pain and fear are no longer my life. They're only moments.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“Hearts get infiltrated.
Promises get broken.
Rules get shattered.
Love gets ugly.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“Hope is good. Feel it. Because we have no idea what's coming around the corner. You have to take the good when it comes, because the bad isn't going to give you a choice.”
― Rebecca Yarros, The Last Letter

“As you get bigger, you’ll see that it’s not how you handle the wins that make you a good man, it’s how you handle the losses.”
― Rebecca Yarros, The Last Letter

“If I were capable of loving someone . . . it would be you.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“Some people they grow wiser as they grow older. Unfortunately, most people just grow older.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“It's the beautiful moments like this that make up for the ugly love”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“Rhysand stared at me for long enough that I faced him.
"Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don't feel anything at all.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“What's the secret to a perfect marriage?' The old man leaned forward and looked at me very seriously. 'Our marriage hasn't been perfect. No marriage is perfect. There were times when she gave up on us. There were even more times when I gave up on us. The secret to our longevity is that we never gave up at the same time.”
― Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects

“Miserable or not, it’s easier to stick with what’s familiar.
Do you notice that, too? How all of us just want to get through life as quickly and as easily as possible? And even though we know that without risk there’s no reward, we’re still so scared to chance it?”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“Don’t you get it yet? You don’t have to be afraid or embarrassed. No one does you better than you. You can’t be replaced. Not everyone will see that, but only you need to.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“Ugly love becomes you. Consumes you. Makes you hate it all. Makes you realize that all the beautiful parts aren't even worth it. Without the beautiful, you'll never risk feeling the ugly. So you give it all up. You give it all up. You never want love again, no matter what kind it is, because no type of love will ever be worth living through the ugly love again.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“Don't ask about my past. And never expect a future.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“I realize now that sometimes two people can lose their hope or their desire or their happiness, but losing all those things doesn’t mean you’ve lost.”
― Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects

“Say it,” I gritted out.
“The High Lord of the Night Court is your mate.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury