Donna > Donna's Quotes

“I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.”
― Robertson Davies

“I couldn’t steal her from you because you never owned her. A man never owns a woman. He just borrows her from God, and looks after her on behalf of God.”
― Chance Carter, Most Eligible Baby Daddy

“A man never owns a woman. He just borrows her from God, and looks after her on behalf of God.”
― Chance Carter, Most Eligible Baby Daddy

“I’m getting married, I’m getting married, I’m getting married,” I sing like a five-year-old who’s been given her favorite ice cream flavor. “Oh, my God. Stop it, Ci, you’re killing me.” Harley is in tears laughing at my childish reaction and Sofia is folded in half trying her best to control her own laughing fits. “Sorry, but I can’t wait. It’s weird, because we bought a new townhouse in New York and we have this home, so technically we already live together and we all know I’ve been having some pretty incredible sex,” I say, batting my lashes while I lick my lips. Both my sister and my best friend roar with laughter. “Okay, seriously. The big difference is that after our wedding, he’ll be wholeheartedly mine. As we all know, I really wasn’t looking, but I’m so grateful I found the one. I didn’t think there was a man out there able to curb my appetite for commitment-free flings, but the second Nikolaj showed up at my hotel door in Barcelona, he claimed my heart.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“It contains a framed copy of my handwritten vows. I never want you to forget what I’m about to say to you, love.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“Nikolaj, when I met you, I learned what it was to believe again. You walked into my life like a force of nature. I wasn’t expecting you’d turn out to be so determined.” I laugh nervously. “Your unwillingness to give up on us broke down my walls and gave me the courage to take a chance on romance. Until today, the day you told me you loved me, the day that I knew you were my everything, was the most unbelievable day of my life. What did I do right to deserve someone like you? I don’t know, but every day I thank my lucky stars. I promise to be a true and loyal friend and lover to you and I promise to be the arms you seek refuge in when life throws us a curve ball. In my heart, I’ll always love you with every fiber of my being. This is my sacred vow to you, the love of my life.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“Nikolaj grabs both my hands into his. “Damn, I knew I forgot something,” he whispers. “What?” I ask, worried. “I forgot to hire those darn paramedics. I doubt my heart will be able to take it much longer. This dress… To say you took my breath away when you turned that corner is an understatement.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“This home and the bed on the third floor where I first fell head over heels in love with you a year ago. When I woke up the next morning and I saw your outrageously sexy body sprawled like a queen’s on my bed with your cascade of dark curls everywhere, I knew there was no way out for me. You had my heart. I just needed to find a way to get yours.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“It’s so exciting for all three of us, don’t you think, Mom?” “I couldn’t agree with you more. You’ve snatched the most eligible bachelor in America, your sister pretty much stole her Danish billionaire’s heart at first sight and I get to wake up every morning with the man I love. Ciara, don’t you think we all scored?” The playful glee I read in my mom’s eyes makes me burst out laughing. “You two are crazy.” “Yeah, but we’re the good kind of crazy, right?” Sofia says.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“Ryan slaps a palm to his mouth, trying like hell not to laugh. Ivy shoots me an evil grin, one that says she's not going to out Sin, but she's not going to make it easy on him either. I lower my head and bite at my lip, trying to stifle my own amusement. Sin shoots me a furious glare that promises retribution if I don't intervene. I just grin back. Hell no, big man. Nut up or shut up.”
― Ramie Wolf, Nights of Sin: A Legion of Sin Novel #1

“Nothing is sexier in a man than his ability to make me laugh.”
― Scarlett Avery, The Seduction Factor

“I want to be the man that makes you happy,” I said. “And I want you to be able to trust that I’m not going to change my mind.” “Okay,” she whispered. “Chanel.” My heart thudded in my chest. I lowered myself to one knee in front of her. “Will you be my wife?” She shuddered a gasp and swayed on the spot. “Are you serious?” “Yes,” I said. “I know I don’t have a ring, right now, but once I’ve moved I’ll buy one, and the minute you’re in Hawaii I’ll put it on your finger.”
― Chance Carter, Jacked

“Chanel had changed my life. She’d helped me realize that I had the potential to be more than just that tool. Just when I thought maybe, just maybe, I could have more than this base and that profound sense of duty, the Commander offered me a swift kick to the ass and a wakeup call. “It was a mistake,” I said.”
― Chance Carter, Jacked

“He doesn’t know I know his secret. For a man so obsessed with security and privacy, he’s a surprisingly bad stalker. It’s almost endearing.”
― Chance Carter, Love in New York

“Billy?” she said, looking up at him. “Yes, Amy?” “I love you,” she said sweetly, with no reservations whatsoever, no strings attached. The fresh honesty of children simply couldn’t be denied. Thirty years of trauma, healed by the cutest therapist of all, in two seconds flat, he thought. With just one little sentence.”
― Chance Carter, Reverse Cowgirl

“Ciara, you stole my heart without warning. I fell so fast and yet there isn’t a thing I would change. You know me better than anyone else in this world and somehow, you unconditionally accept every part of me. Every day since you said yes to my proposal, I get to laugh with you and share epic and mundane moments with you, care for you and protect you at any cost. Your needs are my only priority. You’ll never have to walk alone again as long as I walk by your side. I’ll never let you fall. I’ll always be there to catch you. I promise to be faithful, loyal and totally yours. There’s still a part of me that can’t believe you’re willing to take this journey with me… especially since I promise to love you for the next hundred years and the next hundred after that. Sweetness, you’re the only one capable of making my heart beat out of my chest. You are my one true love.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“Suddenly my dress feels cinched way too tight and I can no longer breathe. I can’t contain it. I lose it and so does every other woman sitting in the garden. I’m so overwhelmed that it takes me a few seconds to notice the tear trickling down Nikolaj’s face. I let go of his hand and reach up to wipe it away. He grabs hold of my hand again and presses it against his lips before dropping a soft kiss inside my palm. Although it seems like it’s only the two of us in this garden and we’ve shut everything out, Father Frederic continues. “It’s time to exchange the rings.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“I look around and it’s the first time in the last thirty minutes that I realize we’re surrounded by people. Grinning like lovesick fools, we turn and face a garden of guests. We nod at each other before Nikolaj wraps his arm around mine and pulls me with him down the aisle. We walk at first, but quickly my husband’s step quickens into a jog. When my high heels won’t allow me to follow his pace, he stops, folds and sweeps me up into his arms. I drop my head against his face and his lips flirt with the shell of my ear. “My gorgeous wife, I told you I’d never let you fall.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“Jacques-Henri exceeded all of our expectations with his creation. My three-tier champagne-flavored white cake coated with a vanilla buttercream frosting and decorated with an ethereal cascade of ice fondant flowers in the shape of bloomed blush-pink peonies is a showstopper. It was almost too beautiful to cut. “Honey, why deny yourself? Have a third slice.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“I selected this song because even when I’m away from you, my mouth always remembers the taste of your love. That’s what kept me fighting to win you back last year and that’s what makes me so impatient to get back to you when I have to be away on business. You and I are proof that the most unlikely people on this planet do fall in love in mysterious ways. I don’t know how you do it, but I fall in love with you all over again every single day. I want our souls to grow old together. That’s how much I love you.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“It’s amazing what some women are willing to do to tip luck in their favor. To everyone’s surprise, when the MC announces the bride will bestow the honor of future nuptials on one of the singletons, Aunt Carmelita nearly stampedes all over the women at the wedding. From the very back corner of the room, a slash of purple comes running—for my wedding, Carmelita decided that Barney purple would gather the most attention, and it did. Trust me, between the in-your-face shade of her dress, earrings, clutch and matching shoes, her frou-frou British-style hat, and the lime-green belt cinched at her waist contrasting with the whole outfit, it’s impossible to miss her.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“Beds are for pussies. We do things hard and fast. We always have and being married won’t change a darn thing.” “Damn right. No one will accuse us of being predictable. Screw the traditional first fuck in the nuptial bed.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“Sweetness, I love you and your sexy body way too much to allow this,” he says, waving a finger between us, “to ever become less than it’s always been—hot and heavy.”
― Scarlett Avery, Always & Forever

“Big girls need big diamonds.”
― Elizabeth Taylor