Caroline > Caroline's Quotes

“You know you’re a clumsy person when you cause other people to fall down.”
― Cambria Hebert, #Nerd

“Wherever I am, whatever I'm doing, alive or dead, young or old, my heart will always be with yours. Every beat you feel against your fingertips..." His fingers tapped against my chest, once, twice. "... is me calling out to you. It's you returning the call. It's us talking, communicating, bonding, sharing, Living -- Kiersten, it's us living.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Ruin

“God…” I choked on the word. “I know we haven’t talked much in the past few years. Hell, I told you I hated you when Tye took his own life.” I cursed again and pinched the bridge of my nose. “I don’t even care about myself anymore, just promise me she’ll be okay. If I don’t make it… if you take me, just let Kiersten be okay. She can’t go down that road — I don’t care if you have to punish me, God. If she’s going to suffer, give me her pain instead. If her heart’s going to break, break mine for hers. Please, God… please.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Ruin

“Baby?” he called and he felt her eyes on him.
“Yeah?” she replied, her sweet voice soft, another tone he was getting used to and this was because the last couple of days it had started to come at him often.
“Do me a favor?”
“Sure.”
“In a second, I’m gonna pull over, get out my gun and give it to you. When I do, shoot me with it.”
“What?” she whispered.
“I’m facin’ another hour and a half of your music. I’d rather be dead.”
Silence then, “Shut up.”
― Kristen Ashley, Lady Luck

“<…>When I was done speaking I felt his body had gone still again, stone still.
And silent.
Then he asked quietly, "Nightmare?"
"Nightmare," I replied firmly.
Ty didn't move.
By a miracle, I held it together.
Then he moved but it was to rest his chin on my shoulder and I closed my eyes because I needed him to go, go, go so I could fall apart again on my own.
Then he said, "Your nightmare, mama, was my dream."
My heart clenched.
He kept going. "Never had a home until you gave me one."
My breath started sticking.
"Never had anyone give to me the way you gave to me."
My breath stopped sticking and clogged.
"Never thought of findin' a woman who I wanted to have my baby."
Oh God.
"Never had light in my life, never, not once, I lived wild but I didn't burn bright until you shined your light on me."
Oh God.
"Whacked, fuckin' insane, but, at night, you curled in front of me, didn't mind I did that time that wasn't mine 'cause it meant I walked out to you."
He had to stop. He had to.
He didn't.
"Your nightmare," he whispered, turned his head and against my neck he finished, "my dream."<…>”
― Kristen Ashley, Lady Luck

“We can’t worry about tomorrow, we can only own tonight. And tonight, I’m going to make sure you never forget how good we are. When you want to run away, I want this to be what you remember.”
― Corinne Michaels, We Own Tonight

“Perfection is an illusion we create to convince the soul to trust.”
― Corinne Michaels, We Own Tonight

“Tits are like gifts from God. There’s a reason men don’t have them—if we did, we’d play with them all day.”
― Corinne Michaels, We Own Tonight

“Since you told me you love me, and I serenaded you, I figured we should meet officially.”
― Corinne Michaels, We Own Tonight

“Why do you have to be so perfect?” I ask. His fingers slide against my neck and his lips brush against mine. “It’s only because you’re meant for me. I’m not perfect, baby. We’re just perfect together.”
― Corinne Michaels, We Own Tonight

“And what if you realize I’m not worth more?”
He shakes his head.
“What if you’re worth it all?”
― Corinne Michaels, We Own Tonight

“Great, I’ll continue this junior high bullshit and tell her that Ty. You got anything else I should whisper to her at recess?” Take asked, pissed as all hell.”
― Kristen Ashley, Lady Luck

“Then I asked, “Do you lose concentration when a woman you want is in the room?”
“I hope not or tonight we’re fucked.”
― Kristen Ashley, Lady Luck

“Don’t ignore me while I’m trying to break
up with you!”
― Kristen Ashley, Rock Chick Rescue

“I’ve been so busy I haven’t managed to contact her since this morning, but she’s been hovering at the edge of my consciousness all day, like a guardian angel. My guardian angel. Ever present but not intrusive.”
― E.L. James, Darker

“Baby, you read me like one of your books; except I’m not the hero. I’ll never be the hero.”
― E.L. James, Darker

“If you believe that Reid then you’re more delusional than I thought.  I guarantee you, just being there is hurting her enough to last a lifetime.”
― Harper Sloan, Axel

“It does feel magical. It does feel like a fairy tale. That a man like Brett – so charming, so talented, so breathtakingly handsome, so seemingly perfect in every way – would become infatuated with an ordinary woman like me.”
― K.A. Tucker, Until It Fades

“I fuck…” he answers in a matter-of-fact tone, then slowly traces a finger along my jaw, “But always with pleasure as the ultimate payoff. In exchange, I promise you’ll come until you beg me to stop, and even then I just might not.”
― P.T. Michelle, Mister Black

“Our pasts define us, but we don’t have to let them rule us.”
― P.T. Michelle, Mister Black

“No matter what you've done, family forgives," he says softly. "It's like the ride every morning and evening, sunrise and sunset, and a rainbow after the rain stops and the sun shines.”
― P.T. Michelle, Mister Black

“It looked like GQ was having a convention and all the best looking guys had decided to have a coffee at Fortnum's before going to seminars on how to cope with being really, unbelivably, fucking gorgeous”
― Kristen Ashley, Rock Chick Redemption

“you gotta stop living in fear. You can’t see the stars unless you go out in the dark.”
― Carian Cole, Storm

“Sometimes, the right person comes along at the wrong time, and you have to just trust fate and hope it leads you in the right direction and it all evens out.”
― Carian Cole, Storm

“You can’t battle someone who’s lost everything.”
― Tijan, Ryan's Bed

“Better get you some chocolate bars. You can throw those from a distance.”
― Alanea Alder, My Commander

“Stay here."  "Yeah, fuck that. I'm sticking to you like glue. I've seen this horror movie, the person waiting in the hallway dies." Meryn shook her head. Aiden turned to stare at her. "Later we're going to talk about your movie choices.”
― Alanea Alder, My Commander

“I am sorry, I didn't mean to imply that either one of you would betray me. But dammit! I walk in to see Colton's clothes on the floor and the two of you snuggled up together." Aiden threw his hands in the air. Meryn thought about it. "Good point. Next time fold your clothes and put them on the dresser," she said, looking down at Colton.”
― Alanea Alder, My Commander

“You’re mine, the girls are mine. I’m stakin’ my claim with you right now and, you force it, I’ll do it with him too.”
― Kristen Ashley, At Peace

“You talk about Cal, you look like a woman who's talkin' about the man she needs to breathe.”
― Kristen Ashley, At Peace