Point of Retreat Quotes

“If I were a carpenter, I would build you a window to my soul. But I would leave that window shut and locked, so that every time you tried to look through it all you would see is your own reflection. You would see that my soul is a reflection of you.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“Butterfly.
What a beautiful word
What a delicate creature.
Delicate like the cruel words that flow right out of your mouths and the food that flies right out of your hands…
Does it make you feel better?
Does it make you feel good ?
Does picking on a girl make you more of a man?
Well, I’m standing up for myself
Like I should have done before
I’m not putting up with your Butterfly anymore."
(Kiersten slides the sack off her wrist and opens it, pulling out a handful of hand-made butterflies. She takes the microphone out of the stand and begins walking down the stairs as she continues speaking.)
“I’d like to extend to others what others have extended to me.”
(She walks up to Mrs. Brill first and holds out a butterfly)
“Butterfly you, Mrs. Brill.”
(Mrs. Brill smiles at her and takes the butterfly out of her hands. Lake laughs out loud and I have to nudge her to get her to be quiet. Kiersten walks around the room, passing out butterflies to several of the students, including the three from the lunchroom.)
“Butterfly you, Mark.
Butterfly you, Brendan.
Butterfly you, Colby.”
(When she finishes passing out the butterflies, she walks back onto the stage and places the microphone back into the stand.)
“I have one thing to say to you
And I’m not referring to the bullies
Or the ones they pursue.
I’m referring to those of you that just stand by
The ones who don’t take up for those of us that cry
Those of you who just…turn a blind eye.
After all it’s not you it’s happening to
You aren’t the one being bullied
And you aren’t the one being rude
It isn’t your hand that’s throwing the food
But…it is your mouth not speaking up
It is your feet not taking a stand
It is your arm not lending a hand
It is your heart
Not giving a damn.
So take up for yourself
Take up for your friends
I challenge you to be someone
Who doesn’t give in.
Don’t give in.
Don’t let them win.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“My heart pounds against my chest. Not because I'm nervous. Not even because I want her worse that I've ever wanted her before. It's pounding against my chest because I realize I've never been so sure about the rest of my life than I am in this moment. This girl is the rest of my life.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“Sometimes things happen in life that you didn’t plan for. All you can do is suck it up and start mapping out a new plan.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“I love being with yo so bad
When we aren't together, I miss you so bad
One of these days I'm going to marry you so bad
and it'll be
so
so
good.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“Well, you would realize…
Like i eventually realized…
That the good things about her?
All the beautiful?
It’s not real.
It’s fake.
So you keep your ocean,
I’ll take the lake.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“Get out, Get out, get out, get out!" I do what any sane male would do in this situation; I run down the hall and lock myself in her bedroom.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“I know how you like to be asked and not told. But I'm not asking you to marry me...I'm telling you to marry me, Lake.. because I can't live without you.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“I brush her hair out of her eyes and run my finger along the edge of her face. "I love you, Lake."
"Say it again," she says.
I kiss her forehead and repeat what I said. "I love you, Lake."
"One more time."
"I." I kiss her lips. "And love." I kiss them again. "And you."
"I love you, too.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“Okay. Would you rather I looked like Hugh Jackman or George Clooney?”
“Johnny Depp,” she says.

She answers a little too fast for my comfort. “What the hell, Lake? You’re supposed to say Will! You’re supposed to say you want me to look like me!”

“But you weren't one of the options,” she says.

“Neither was Johnny Depp!”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“It's like you came along and woke up my soul”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“He got one of those intelligent phones. Now he's trying to twit the President.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“A guy can tell a girl he's in love with her until he's blue in the face. Words don't mean anything to a woman when her head’s full of doubt. You have to show her.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“I'm telling you to marry me Lake....because I can't live without you.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“I’ll never be able to give you everything you deserve, but I’ll definitely spend the rest of my life trying.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“There are moments in every relationship that define when two people start to fall in love.

A first glance

A first smile

A first kiss

A first fall ...”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“So I'm not about to apologize for loving all these things about you, no matter the reasons or the circumstances behind them.

And no, I don't need days , or weeks , or months to think about why I love you.

It's an easy answer for me.

I love you because of you .

Because of

every

single

thing

about you .”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“I could go on all night, Lake. I could go on and on and on about all the reasons I’m in love with you. And you know what? Some of them are the things that life has thrown our way. I do love you because you’re the only other person I know who understands my situation. I do love you because both of us know what it’s like to lose your mom and your dad. I do love you because you’re raising your little brother, just like I am. I love you because of what you went through with your mother.
I love you because of what we went through with your mother. I love the way you love Kel. I love the way you love Caulder. And I love the way I love Kel. So I’m not about to apologize for loving all these things about you, no matter the reasons or the circumstances behind them. And no, I don’t need days, or weeks, or months to think about why I love you. It’s an easy answer for me. I love you because of you. Because of every single thing about you.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“Love is the most beautiful thing in the world. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the hardest things in the world to hold on to, and one of the easiest things to throw away.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“Twenty-two hours and our war begins

Our war of limbs

and lips

and hands...

The best part of finally

Not calling retreat?

The showers above us

Raining down on our feet

While the bombs are exploding and the guns fire their rounds. Before the two of us collapse to the ground. Before the battle, before the war...

You need to know

I'd go fifty-nine more.

Whatever it takes to let you win.

I'd retreat all over

and over

again.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“Her lips are in close proximity to mine, so of course I have to kiss them.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“I'm not giving up

You're not giving in

This battle will turn into a war

Before I let it come to an end.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“I love you because of you. Because of every single thing about you.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“Lake, I love you. The last thing in the world I want to do is hurt you. You know that.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“Now that I have you back, I’m never letting you go. That’s a promise. I’m not letting you go again.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“We've got an entire lifetime ahead of us to do things like get married. But sometimes things in people's lives don’t happen in chronological order like they should. Especially in our lives. Our chronological order got mixed up a long time ago.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“My suck was losing my best friend to an eleven year old.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“It's the clear headedness behind her voice and the calm reasonable expression in her eyes that rips my heart right out of my chest. She turns to leave and all I can do is let her go. I just let her go.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“...take it from someone who’s had it before…you don’t want to let it slip away. Fight for her.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

“The points are not the point. The point is the poetry.”
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat