First Loves Quotes

“They say I should stay away from you,” I said. “They said you’re not good for me.”
“I’m not,” he said with a wicked smile, “But doesn’t that make it even more fun?”
― Kassandra Cross, Black Magic

“You look like you," he said. "You with the volume turned up.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“But..." I'm not ready for you to stop being my problem.

"It makes more sense, Park. If you leave soon, you can still get home by dark.:

"But if I leave soon..." His voice dropped. "I leave soon."

"We have to say good-bye anyway." she said. "Does it matter if it's now or a few hours from now or tomorrow morning?"

"Are you kidding?" he looked down at her, hoping he'd miss his turn. "Yes.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“Just know that I always have, and always will really love you, Lisa. Baby or no baby. Past or no past. I loved you then and I love you now.”
― A. Violet End, The Billionaire Who Atoned to Me

“No matter what happens," Park said, "I love you.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“She remembered the intensity of her desire to undress him, to be naked with him, the way she felt like she could say whatever she wanted and be fully understood and do whatever she wanted and be totally accepted. She remembered how easy it had all been, how open and bright, like being in a whitewashed room with all the windows wide open.”
― Lisa Jewell, Vince and Joy

“What were the chances you'd ever meet someone like that? he wondered. Someone you could love forever, someone who would forever love you back? And what did you do when that person was born half a world away?”
― Rainbow Rowell

“You ladies who are everything to your husbands, save a girl from the dream of youth, have you never known that double-chinned industrious man laugh suddenly in a reverie and start up, as if he fancied he were being hailed from far away?”
― J.M. Barrie, The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens

“He was about to kiss me. I was sure of it. I had never been kissed before and had no idea what to do! - Delphine Delmar”
― Heidi Peltier, Delphine

“He loved how much they loved each other. It was the thing he thought about when he woke up scared in the middle of the night. Not that they loved him- they were his parents, they had to love him. That they loved each other. They didn't have to do that.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“As I drive home, I picture other signs- one for everyone who has a secret. Bill Corso's would say, I CAN'T READ, BUT I CAN THROW A FOOTBALL. Mr. Shunk's would read, I WISH I COULD TOSS YOU ALL ON AN ISLAND BY YOURSELVES. Dad's would read, I HATE MYSELF FOR NO GOOD REASON.

My Idea grows.”
― A.S. King, Please Ignore Vera Dietz

“As I load my shirt into the washer for the night, I daydream about making a sign and hanging it around my neck. I could wear it to school tomorrow. It could read, I MISS CHARLIE KHAN.”
― A.S. King, Please Ignore Vera Dietz

“We've all carried too much -
maybe that's why,
when we lay down something,
it feels like everything is leaving, and yet -
too much remains.”
― Laura Chouette

“This feeling, whatever it was, had grabbed hold of me and didn’t seem likely to let go. Of late, Benedict Tutheridge occupied my every thought. Even during sleep, he was there, playing a part in all my dreams. I flushed, remembering the one that had woken me this morning.”
― Tess Thompson, A Match for a Bookish Bride