Lauren Barnholdt > Quotes

“No matter how much you tell yourself your over someone, your heart knows the truth”
― Lauren Barnholdt

“People come and go, in and out of each other’s lives like it’s nothing. So I don’t know how/why this should be a big deal.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“Look, do you want to come in? Because for someone who's not talking to me, you certainly seem to have a lot to say.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“Who ends up with their first real boyfriend? Yeah, no one.
- Courtney”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“Maybe it’s our bodies’ way of telling us we were meant to be. Or maybe I, like, cuddle raped him or something.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“But we're not sleeping," he points out.
"well, I would be," I say, "if you would let me off the phone." Which is obviously a lie.
"Fine," he says.
"Fine," I say.
"Wait!"
"What now?!"
"Court?"
I don't say anything.
"Are you there?"
"Yes, I'm here," I say, "What is it?"
"I love you." And then he hangs up the phone.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“You should never start thinking about 'what might have been,' and you should also never start thinking about another boy when you're heartbroken over someone else.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“Sometimes people do things that are complicated. For complicated reasons.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“Eliza: The problem with YOU is that you don't take the RESPONSIBILITY for anything@ You think you can just run around, doing whatever you want to whoever you want, and that it's going to be fine. That everything is just going to be TAKE CARE of for you, with no consequences.

Cooper: No. I don't, and I have had consequences from what happened with me and you.

Eliza: Yeah? Like what?

Cooper: I lost you, that was my consequence.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, One Night That Changes Everything

“My eyes are a little blood shot from crying, and my hair's messy. But other than that i don't look like someone who's world is falling apart"
-Courtney; Two way street

i love this quote. I'm not entirely sure why, but i just do. I guess probably the because it true.. once you're in that position.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“This"I’m so over him. This is me, being over him. La,la,la.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“In my mind, I still think of him as being a cheater. Otherwise he just met some girl he liked better, and it's not as dramatic.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“Usually the hard stuff you’re forced to do makes you learn a lot.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“I’m too quiet. But I’m really not quiet. I just tend to come across that way to new people because I don’t like to talk first.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“a) he's late.
b) he's acting like an asshole and blowing me off.
c)he's gotten into a horrible car crash that's left dead.

The most likely answer is A. (We went to prom together, and the limo had to wait in his driveway for half an hour. At the end of the night, we got charged for an extra hour. He- read: his parents- paid for it, but still.)”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“Manipulating situations is one thing, but lying is another. My theory (especially with girls) is that if you don't lie, you can't be held responsible for anything bad that goes down.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“a road trip with her ex? danger ahead...”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“I do it because I can.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Four Truths and a Lie

“the truth is, he just doesn't love me.”
― Lauren Barnholdt

“An asshole who sometimes pretends to be nice totally has the ability to suck you back in, making you think that you had him all wrong.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, One Night That Changes Everything

“Last year I kissed this freshman girl at a pool party and she wouldn’t get off my nuts for six months. Which is why my policy is now no psychotics, and no freshmen. The freshmen thing is obviously easy to avoid, while the psychotics pose a bit more of a problem. It’s not like girls walk around with “I’m crazy” stamped on their chests.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“- Dude, it's Jocelyn, I (Jordan) say looking over my shoulder nervously [...]
- This isn't Jocelyn, B.J says sighing. It's Jordan. Dude, try to play a better trick than that. You sound nothing like her. Plus your number came up on my caller ID.

PS: maybe I'm just in a very good mood, but I keep laughing while reading this book, there are plenty of scenes that make me smile, and this is one of them.. it's just hilarious how silly and funny these characters are ;))”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“You're still riding home with me right?" He asks Courtney watching me at the corner of his eye. What's with this guy? he looks like he's about one second from taking a baseballbat to my knees. Or wanting to. I wonder if this is how serial killers start out. Wasn't Unabomber really goos at math?”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“I traded being heartbroken over one guys for being completely heartbroken over another. And I didn't even get to have any fun in between. No relationship, no sex, not even a good makeout session.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“Sizeism = like racism, only against people who aren't a size two or four.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Aces Up

“Everyone know that you should never wreck your life for a boy, and especially not one that you meet while you're in high school. Seriously, everyone knows it. You never hear someone say, "Oh, wow, you're seventeen and you really like him? That's great, you should do whatever it takes to get him, even if it means wrecking your whole like.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“Replace the old memory with a potentially crappier new one? No thank you.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“Because she left him a MySpace message that was semi-flirty, and then today he was very vague about what he was doing. So I headed over to his house and waited outside until he left. And now he’s at McDonald’s, and I’m following him to see where else he’s going.” MySpace is seriously going to be responsible for everyone losing their minds.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Two-Way Street

“The first day of school is bullshit”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“Something passes between us that I'm pretty sure both of us can feel, even though neither one of us says anything. It's not even any kind of attraction, even though I've been feeling that on and off all night. This is something different.
We have a secret now. A secret from Ava.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“You don't know what you're talking about," he says. "And you shouldn't talk about things you know nothing about.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“it's wrecked, our relationship is smashed, and we don't have to pretend anymore.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“So what now?"
[...]
"Now," he says. "We figure it out together.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“It's definitely broken," my mom says [...]
"Maybe it's unplugged or something," [...]
"Honey, it's broken," my mom says. She sounds like she's trying to break it to me gently. I can't really blame her. The other day she told me there was no more vanilla ice cream, and I burst into tears right in the middle of the kitchen. She obviously knows I'm fragile.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“Everything I have is dirty, but I'm sure I can figure something. Maybe I can make a dress out of a garbage bag. Lady Gaga wore that meat dress to the VMA's, so I should be able to dress in a garbage bag. I'll get black ones, to symbolize my current state of mind. Like performance art of something.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“The firs day of high school is bullshit anyways. It's supposed to be about new beginnings, but really all it does is wreck your life. And set you up for failure. And make you realize everything is completely and totally fucked.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“And Hannah?" he says. "Don't beat yourself up too much. You know, about the whole Noah thing. Sometimes it happens.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“I traded being heartbroken over one guys for being completely heartbroken over another.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“People make mistakes.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“I put my own feelings before what was right for you, for us. And I shouldn't have done that. Seriously, I fucked it all up.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“So what now?" I ask when I finally pull away. I bury my head in his shoulder, not sure I want to know the answer.
But when I look at him, his face is surprised, like it should be obvious. "Now," he says. "We figure it out together.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“Does he know that I called him three times and hung up right after we broke up? (I totally *67'd my number to block it, but with technology these days, you never know when someone's going to invent a way to get around that. Nothing's private anymore, you know?)”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“[at the hospital]
"What do you think's taking them so long?"[...]
"Well," I say "They obviously don't think it's a big deal or they would have carted you right back here."
"Or," Lacey says, "they probably know I'm going to die and so they're leaving me out here because they need to help the people who actually have a chance."
"Lacey," I say. "Did you see them bringing in the guys who was bleeding profusely from the head?"
"Yes," she says.
"If that guy has a chance, then you definitely do.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“I wanted to say I'm sorry. It doesn't make it right, it just... makes it what it is."
The bell rings then, and I turn around in my seat, thinking I agree with her, that it is just what it is. And not just the situation with Sebastian. But still wish I knew how I could make it right. How I could make everything right.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“So you were checking up on me?" I aks
"No," Noah says. He puts a faux-shocked look on his face, then turns back to his magazine, pretending to be engrossed. I take the magazine our of his hand and toss it back onto the table.
"That's good," I say, "That you weren't checking up on me. Because I'm totally fine."
"I know." He shrugs.
"And I don't need to be checked up on."
"Definitely not."
"I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself."
"Perfectly."
"So we agree."
"Yup."
"So then where are you clothes?"
"What?"
"Your clothes," I say. "Where are your clothes? You came to the Laundromat so you must have some clothes." I fold my arms across my chest and wait,
"Oh, my clothes," he says, giving me an easy grin. "I didn't come here to do laundry."
"Oh, really?" I say. "The what were you here to do?"
"I was here," he says, rolling his eyes like it should be obvious, "so I could go across the street to Cooley's and check my schedule for the week."
"And you just happened to see me coming into the Laundromat?"
"Exactly,”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“Oh, geez." Noah feigns that I've shot an arrow into his cchcest and falls on the ground. "You''re killing mme, Hannah, you''re killllllinnngg mmmmee.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“The thing about loving someone, is that yelling at them only feels good while you're doing it -- as soon as they're gone, all you want to do is take it all back”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Getting Close

“I couldn't tell you how I felt before talking to Ava, and I felt like I couldn't talk to Ava until she got back. But then last night, there you where, and you looked so beautiful, and I couldn't stop myself anymore. But I shouldn't have done it, I should have stopped it, I should have put you first. I was trying to do the right thing, but all I did was fuck everything up. With you, with Ava, with your friendship...”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“You don;t believe me?" He sound wounded, like the thought of me not believing him makes him incredibly sad.
"No."
"Then come with me," he says. He unfolds his long legs and stands up. "To Cooley's. You'll see they just posted the schedule. If I'm lying, I'll buy you a chocolate shake."
"And If you're not?"
"Then I'll still buy you a chocolate shake." He grins at me.”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens

“I am at the hospital waiting for my friend with Noah. Which is a very couple-like thing to do. All you have to do is watch any teen drama - anytime one of the characters is close to death and/or in a coma, the boyfriend/girlfriend teams always end up at the hospital together.
We are eating together. (Another coupley thing to do.)
We are talking about my best friend, his girlfriend, and their secret problems that she somehow neglected to tell me. Which means that Noah is the one telling me secrets that even my best friend won't.
I like it. All of it. Being here, eating food, telling secrets, everything”
― Lauren Barnholdt, Sometimes It Happens