Gwen Hayes > Quotes

“I'm probably half in love with a boy I don't really like.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Do you think it’s easy for me? No, I don’t remember you. I don’t remember holding you or talking to you or falling in love with you—but I walk around with a giant hole in my heart all the time. I feel your absence every second of the day. It aches and nothing soothes it. Losing you is bad enough, but I don’t even get the comfort of remembering that I had you once.
-Haden”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“If you are about to tell me you are a vampire that glitters in the sunshine, I will--”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“This isn't a crush, it's obsession.You are never not in my thoughts. Your scent carries across a room and paralyzes me with longing. I don't want to hold your hand. Part of me wants to set you on fire and hold you while the flame consumes us both, to eat your heart so I know that only I possess it entirely.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“So he was a sweet-talking, cross-dressing, fortune-telling...surfer?”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“My very own goth Mr. Darcy. Jane Austen would be so proud.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Up is down. Down is up.”
“And that means … ?”
“I’m probably half in love with a boy I don’t really like.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“He walked backwards a few more steps and brought Brittany’s hand to his lips without taking his eyes off me.
My hand tingled where he kissed her.
And the bastard knew it.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“My best advice is to be yourself. Unless you’re psychotic, then you might want to try a different tactic.”
― Gwen Hayes, So Over You

“He raised his bony fingers as if to touch me and I steeled myself not to flinch as his hand, still smoldering, neared my face.

He rattled and spoke his last words. "Worth...the...fall.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Donny recovered herself. “Dude, that was the seventh sign of the apocalypse. I’m so not going to class on the last day of the world.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Who was your first kiss?” Heat rushed into my face. I flattered myself by thinking maybe he wanted to kiss me. I wished he wanted to kiss me. “I haven’t …” Squeezing my eyes closed, I began again. “I haven’t been kissed. Yet.” “Why?” I rolled my eyes at his innocence.
“You obviously know I’m not like other girls. I’m shy and I don’t spend time with boys. My father is strict and—” “That’s not why.” He thought he knew me so well.
“Fine. You tell me why I haven’t been kissed.”
I regretted the words and my tone instantly. What if he told me what I already knew? That I was lacking. Not interesting or pretty enough. “You were waiting.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Everything started the night I saw the burning man fall from the sky.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Taking Mike home is a great idea," Donny said. "See you tomorrow. Thanks for your help."
Gabe kissed her hand. "I'll be back in an hour, honey."
She snatched her hand away. "No need, sweetheart. We're all fine here. See you tomorrow at school. We'll lock up when we leave."
"Sixty minutes, sugarplum." He leaned in for a kiss.
"Get you pleather-wearing, long-haired paws off me--"
Gabe kissed her soundly, cutting off her protest.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Every girl dreams about having her very own demon, but stalker is another story.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“His dark hair was thick and looked so soft I had to resist the urge to touch it. Looking into his dark eyes was like falling into the stars, making me feel weightless and disoriented.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“He smiled and it was beautiful and horrible what I saw in it. Hope that should not be born and desire that could never bear fruit. Whether they were my feelings or his, I did not know.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“What an actor my demon was.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“I don't even want to think about all those dishes," Donny said. "Hey, now that I believe in demons and magic spells, who's going to tell me about little dish elves that come and clean your kitchen while you nap?"
"There is a class of fairy called Nibs that will do it. But they come with their own set of issues. It's never worth the hassle of summoning them," Varnie answered.
"I was totally kidding, but..." Donny eyed him suspiciously. "Wait, are you punking me? There really is no such thing as Nibs, is there?"
Varnie smiled noncommitally.
"Ame, is there sucha thing as Nibs?"
Amelia bit her lip to keep from laughing. "I've never heard of them, but that doesn't mean they don't exist."
"Amnesia boy?"
I held up my hand. "Yeah, sorry. Amnesia."
"You guys suck." She pouted.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Sneetches" was what we called the in-crowd at school, the haves as opposed to the have-nots. We named them from a Dr. Suess story in which the Star-Belly Sneetches, who were born with a green star on their bellies, thought they were better than all those who had no green star- or in this case green money.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Just because you took too much for granted before, doesn't mean you can't learn from your mistakes.”
― Gwen Hayes, So Over You

“A dream caused by too much reading and not enough sleeping.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“It was him.

He'd traded his coat and tails for jeans and a tight Abercrombie and Fitch tee, but it was him. I would have known him anywhere.

I blinked slowly, believing he was a mirage. A very handsome mirage. But I didn't have the power to dream cute boys into life. When he didn't disappear, part of my heart sang and part of it worried that I'd never be the same again...

Oh, I never would be the same again.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“When something bad happens to us, especially when we are young, our brains will sometimes protect us from it until we are strong enough to deal with the issue. It's not uncommon for people to completely black out an experience for years and revisit it only when they feel safe enough to face it.”
― Gwen Hayes, So Over You

“Sometimes the answers are more questions. Sometimes up is down.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Theia: "We're very high up here, aren't we?"
Haden: "Well, you certainly are. Theia, I need you to wake up."
Theia: "Did you know that I have never seen a penis?"
He laughed again. "When you wake up, you are going to hate yourself.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“...Ame when this is all over we need to have a serious discussion about Mike. I think he has way too much frosting on his flakes.- Donnatella”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Just remember, a dark shadow need light to exist but light doesn't need darkness to be luminous.”
― Gwen Hayes, Dreaming Awake

“I don't know how I'd made it seventeen years without kissing. It was the finest thing I'd ever known. Like stumbling into heaven.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“His presence in my waking world stirred all my senses. Still in slow motion, I kept walking, warmed wherever his eyes touched me. When I finally dropped eye contact, the world caught up with me--or the other way around.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“It’s true that I never want to hurt you. But I can’t promise you that I never would" -Haden”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Be still my heart, he cares.”
― Gwen Hayes, Butterface

“Every time that boy smiles, somewhere a puppy died.”
― Gwen Hayes, So Over You

“Sometimes, talking about our fears can lessen the fear.”
― Gwen Hayes, So Over You

“You're the most open girl in our whole school."
"I don't think she meant that in a good way.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“I went home that day, and I wrote your name over and over on a piece of paper. I must have written it a hundred times. My mom found the paper a few days later in my sock drawer. She wanted to know why I'd done that..."

I wanted to know why more than anything I'd ever remembered wanting, but a part of me hoped he'd chicken out.

"I told her I liked the way your name made my heart jump.”
― Gwen Hayes, So Over You

“But the burning man falling from the sky pulled me from my faraway world. My gaze wandered to the window an instant before he appeared. And then, slowly, like a feather caught on a light breeze, he willowed past my window, turning his grotesque head towards me, his mouth open in a silent scream. He was more than on fire. He was fire.

Orange and red flames braided together in the shape of a man, but it was his eyes that caused me to suck in my breath and hold it as I ran to the window. His eyes, scared and imploring, told of a darkness and agony I couldn't begin to understand.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Repressing is a natural instinct, but it doesn't allow for healing. Coming out of repression can be very similar to reliving the original fear. I'm sure not everyone who needs help gets help they need, and that may not necessarily mean they won't be okay.”
― Gwen Hayes, So Over You

“I had no business inviting other people’s emotions into my life when I had no idea what to do with my own.”
― Gwen Hayes, So Over You

“Empty of anything that defined it as real. That was how I felt sometimes. I existed in a world made for show, not depth, not feeling.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“I don’t understand.” Except, truthfully, I just didn’t want to understand.
Pain shadowed across his face. “Darkness lives in me, Theia. Inside of me. Like a sickness. And right next to it, intertwined with it, are my feelings for you. If I act on one, I’ll act on the other. The darkness in me wants you the way a black hole eats stars. I dream of tasting you, devouring you.” His eyes darkened terribly.
“Haden, stop trying to frighten me.”
He carried on as if he hadn’t heard me. “This isn’t a crush; it’s an obsession. You are never not in my thoughts. Your scent carries across a room and paralyzes me with longing. I don’t want to hold your hand. Part of me wants to set you on fire and hold you while the flame consumes us both, to eat your heart so I know that only I possess it entirely. Are you scared now? Does your human mind comprehend the danger at last? I’m not like you. I’m not human, not completely anyway.”
― Gwen Hayes

“Are you sure you're a girl?"
I shrugged, "Most of the time.”
― Gwen Hayes, So Over You

“So Ame stayed home like a good girl, and I snuck out like a bad one. I already longed for a good book and my quilt.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“If I ever offer to plan your wedding or sweet sixteen or something, do yourself a favor and run away screaming.”
― Gwen Hayes, Totally Tubular

“For a sweeter kiss had never been bestowed upon a girl. Not in storybooks or real life.
Not in heaven or hell.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“Look, I'm a guy. Your ass was touching my groin. Of course I'm going to pop a boner. It's a natural reaction.”
― Gwen Hayes, So Over You

“Apparently, during the ‘80s, nobody really dressed like Madonna except for Madonna.”
― Gwen Hayes, Totally Tubular

“Butterface - How does a guy slay dragons for a girl when they're all in her head?”
― Gwen Hayes

“Layney - "I hear they sell them at Evil ’R Us. You have an account
there, don’t you? Maybe you can pick one up on the ‘still
beating/just pulled from a sacrifice’ aisle.”
Jimmy - “Do you have any idea how expensive those are? Even with
my discount.”
― Gwen Hayes

“Having a guy friend is pretty awesome if you're a girl and you pick the right guy."
"And why is that?" she asked
"You always have someone to open mayonnaise jars and you don't have to shave your legs for him"
"I never thought of that. That makes me the luckiest girls in the worl, doesn't it?”
― Gwen Hayes, Butterface