Carmen > Carmen's Quotes

“I wouldn’t tell you to leave if I only wanted to kiss you, Nina. I am telling you to leave because I want to taste you and make you come until you scream in every possible way imaginable. It was all I could think about all night long. It’s why I couldn’t sleep. But now that you just told me no man has ever done that…fuck. That’s why I am smoking if you really want to know.”
― Penelope Ward, Jake Undone

“Stuck in the Elevator by Edie Brickell.”
― Penelope Ward, Jake Undone

“It’s okay to feel nervous, Nina. You’re not supposed to be comfortable. Stop trying to fight it and just let those feelings be there.”
― Penelope Ward, Jake Undone

“Love has no conscience. It doesn’t know right or wrong. It’s a feeling you can’t shake that penetrates your soul, and it cannot be broken. If you’re truly in love with this girl, that’s not going to change no matter what your life circumstances are. Time will tell whether it’s true love or not. If it is, you won’t be able to live without her. End of story.”
― Penelope Ward, Jake Undone

“We all have things we regret…decisions we make that we have to live with. You can’t dwell on them and beat yourself up for it. It doesn’t change anything.”
― Penelope Ward, Jake Undone

“Sometimes an understanding silence was better than a bunch of meaningless words.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I'm going to kiss you now, Evie, and when I do, it's going to mean that you're mine. I don't care how far away from each other we are. You. Are. Mine. I'll wait for you. And I want you to wait for me. Promise me you won't let anyone else touch you. Promise me you'll save yourself for me.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“Everyone tells a story about who they are in their own head. That story defines you, dictating all your actions and all your mistakes. If your own story is filled with guilt and fear and self-hatred, life can look pretty miserable. But, if you're very lucky, you might have a person who tells you a better story, one that takes up residence in your soul, speaking louder than the woeful tale of which you've convinced yourself. If you let it speak loudly within your heart, it becomes your passion and your purpose.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“I'm afraid to love you. I'm afraid that you'll leave and that I'll go back to being alone again. Only it will be a hundred times worse because I'll know what I'm missing. I can't…” He sucked in a shaky breath. “I want to be able to love you more than I fear losing you, and I don't know how. Teach me, Bree. Please teach me. Don't let me destroy this.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“Friends are the family you get to choose for yourself.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“Someday … when we're old and gray, I'm going to look at you lying in bed beside me, just like this, and I'm going to look into your eyes and know that it's only ever been you. And that is going to be the great joy of my life.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I lost my heart to you. And, Bree, in case you're wondering, I don't ever want it back.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“Sticks and stones and fists CAN break your bones, but it's the words that break your heart.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“After a minute, I look up and the boy named Leo is staring at me. I stare back, but he doesn´t look away.
"Why are you looking at me?" I hiss at him, my cheeks turning hot, filled with shame for the exchange he just heard.
He just keeps looking at me for a moment, and then he shrugs. "Because I like your face," he says, but now a corner of his mouth is quirking up in a half smile.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“I CAN SPEAK. I JUST LIKE TO SHOW OFF MY NICE PENMANSHIP.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“Each night before I fall asleep, I make it a point to turn to my wife and silently say "Only you, only ever you". And her love slips quietly around me, holding me, anchoring me, reminding me that the loudest words are the ones we live.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I didn’t know enough to dream you, Bree, but somehow you came true anyway. How did that happen?” He rubbed his nose along mine, pausing and then pulling back again. “Who read my mind and knew exactly what I wanted, even when I didn’t?”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I will prove to you that forever is not just a word, not just a measurement of unending time, but that forever is a place where I will treasure your heart.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“I knew I loved her – fiercely and with every part of my heart, even the broken parts, even the parts that felt unworthy and without value. And maybe those parts most of all.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I stand by my logic though. I think love is a concept, and each person has an individual word for what sums it up for them. My word for love is Bree.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“Looking at the past can be painful, but you can either run from it, numb it, or you can learn from it.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“It will only ever be you, Evie.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“I think that 95 percent of knowing you're the greatest is all about confidence. You might suspect you're the greatest, you might hope you're the greatest, but if you don't have the balls to proclaim yourself the greatest in bold packaging, and let your critics test you if they dare, then you probably aren't the greatest. Who can resist the guy who really, truly believes in himself?”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“I know I'm probably the last person you want to see right now, but I thought if I sat on your porch, you wouldn't be scared. You wouldn't be alone.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“Maybe there was no right or wrong, no black or white, only a thousand shades of gray when it came to pain and what we each held ourselves responsible for.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“Why are you looking at me? His eyes search mine for several long seconds before he holds contact and whispers, " Because I like your face.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“...not all great acts of courage are obvious to those looking in from the outside.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“Try to believe that maybe more light shines out of those who have the most cracks.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“He rips his mouth from mine as he growls, "Mine. Only mine. Only. Ever. Mine," still slamming into me, pounding me against the wall.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“Maybe having something good and then having to let it go is more painful that never knowing what you're missing”
― Mia Sheridan, Stinger