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“As one, the shapechangers turned and looked at me. I wondered what they'd do if I asked to borrow a cup of sugar.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Bites

“I googled it Sir.”
― Red Phoenix, Brie Learns the Art of Submission: Submissive Training Center

“Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one and everyone thinks everyone else's stinks.”
― Simone Elkeles, How to Ruin a Summer Vacation

“Sometimes we have to prove to others we're strong even where we're not.”
― Simone Elkeles, How to Ruin a Summer Vacation

“The threat of taking something away makes us appreciate it more.”
― Simone Elkeles, How to Ruin a Summer Vacation

“The end of one thing is just the beginning of another.”
― Simone Elkeles, How to Ruin a Summer Vacation

“Running should be saved for the times when you're being chased.”
― Simone Elkeles, How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation

“Is anyone human actually normal? I'm beginning to think being normal is actually abnormal.”
― Simone Elkeles, How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation

“Say something, Amy," Miranda insists. "Something positive. I'm sure it'll make you feel better."
"Okay, Miranda. I've got it." I motion the girls to lean in close to hear my words. "At least I'm not dead."
How's that for positivity?
I have to admit it does make me feel better.”
― Simone Elkeles, How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation

“From the moment I laid eyes on you I couldn't stop looking at you. From the moment we talked I couldn't stop arguing with you. From the moment we kissed I couldn't stop kissing you. And from the moment we shared our hopes, fears and insecurities I couldn't stop loving you.”
― Simone Elkeles, How to Ruin My Teenage Life

“You can't appreciate a great day unless you've experienced bad ones." - Rabbi Glassman”
― Simone Elkeles, How to Ruin My Teenage Life

“I love you ... You're mine ... And you're not leaving me ever again... I really am so sick and tired of trying to live without you.”
― Suzanne Wright, From Rags

“For God's sake, Connor, will you leave my fucking belly button the fuck alone and either move up a fucking bit or down a fucking bit!”
― Suzanne Wright, From Rags

“Kieran will you sod off with that mascara and eyeliner before I end up looking like a bloody panda!”
― Suzanne Wright, From Rags

“Here's something for you to remember; you might have been born into money, but you came out of a vagina the same as everyone else. Popping out of one that's rich doesn't make you anything but lucky, or susceptible to being stuck your own arse. Whichever.”
― Suzanne Wright, From Rags

“You're a lot like that bird in the barn. You're so scared that you're going to be caged in forever you can't see the way out. You smack yourself against the wall again and again and again. The door is open, Beth. Stop running in circles and walk out.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“That must be love: when everything else in the world could implode and you wouldn't care as long as you had that one person standing beside you.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“I hold the bottle out into the rain and watch as the steady flow slowly fills it. When there is enough, enough that Beth can clearly see, I close the bottle and hand it to her.

She raises a skeptical eyebrow, but accepts the bottle.

"It's our rain Beth."

Her head barely shakes to show her confusion while I rub the back of my neck and search for my courage. "I told you I loved you in this rain and when you doubt my words, I want you to look at this bottle.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“I like you. I. Like. You. I'll admit you're annoying. Sometimes you agitate me to the brink of insanity, but you can throw it back at me like no one else. When you laugh, I want to laugh. When you smile, I want to smile. Hell, I want to be the one to make you smile.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“Silence. I hate silence. Silence means thinking and thinking means judgement.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“This overwhelming, encompassing feeling is love. It's not perfect and it's messy as hell. And it's exactly what I need.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“Screw what Mom and Dad think. Screw the rest of the town. Screw perfection. This girl is mine.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“Beth feels likes this storm. Constant and persistent as a whole, but the more I get close and try to clutch the individual drops of rain, the more the water falls out of my hands.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“Jocks usually aren't smart. Their muscles feast on their brains.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“I won't let you go." I blink. As if he could stop me. "You won't let me go." "No, I won't let you go. You're mine and I don't lose.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“Baseball isn't just a game. It's the smell of popcorn drifting in the air, the sight of bugs buzzing near the stadium lights,the roughness of the dirt beneath your cleats. It's the anticipation building in your chest as the anthem plays, the adrenaline rush when your bat cracks against the ball, and the surge of blood when the umpire shouts strike after you pitch. It's a team full of guys backing your every move, a bleacher full of people cheering you on. It's...life”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“Fine," I say. "Dare accepted."

Game on, Skater Girl. Game on.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“Guys like you don't fall for girls like me.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“Nothing makes you think you might need years of therapy like saying the word breasts in front of your mother.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To

“This isn't me giving him a memory. This is me giving him my heart.”
― Katie McGarry, Dare You To