Alecia (The Staircase Reader) > Alecia's Quotes

“Wen we met, something inside both of us had changed, and whatever that was, it made us need each other. For reasons unknown to me, I was his exception, and as much as I had tried to fight my feelings, he was mine.”
― Jamie McGuire, Beautiful Disaster

“You could meet a thousand people and none of them would mean anything to you, but then you’d meet one, and suddenly they meant everything.”
― J. Sterling, Dear Heart, I Hate You

“It reminds me of the setting for a random, cheesy horror
flick. It makes me think that if we do break down, some
deformed hillbilly will probably drag us into a dilapidated
shack and eat us alive—just like what happened to those
kids in Wrong Turn .”
― Michelle A. Valentine, Wicked Love

“Say yes, Avery. Say that you’re in this with me.” She closes
her eyes. “Of course I am.” I crush my lips to hers.
Avery—she’s my destiny. There are too many times fate has
brought us together, and I can no longer deny that she is my
dream and this is exactly where I’m supposed to be.”
― Michelle A. Valentine, Wicked Love

“You want to go out with me?” I question while wearing a
teasing smile. “Well, usually I think it’s only fitting we go
out on a real date seeing as we’ve already been out to
Walmart and all. I don’t take girls there until at least the
second or third date . . . but you’re special, and since our
little trip together today was sort of our date number three,
we can just pretend tonight will be date number four.” He
grins.”
― Michelle A. Valentine, Wicked Love

“Country music is basically one-third a part of Southern blood, the other two being church and sweet tea.”
― Eve Jagger, Cash

“I was just thinking . . .” Her eyebrows raise, concerning me.
It’s never good when she thinks. “You’re in front of that
screen all day, like you said, and I feel like you need a damn
good reason to love that computer again so you won’t need
a break. You need to want to make love to it, baby.” “Should
I be scared?” I ask. “Not if you like beautiful dicks.”
― Victoria Ashley, Pay for Play

“I’m not fucking sword fighting dicks to get money when I’m
bringing in the money I do on the damn daily”
― Victoria Ashley, Pay for Play

“I’m Lynx fucking Kade. I don’t get brushed off. In fact, I have
a waiting list of females who want to have their chance with
me. I have to admit, I’m turned on even more now.”
― Victoria Ashley, Pay for Play

“She looks too clean. A man like me would dirty her up after
just one night.”
― Victoria Ashley, Pay for Play

“Nothing is as American as these big block monsters made of Detroit pig iron. In its day, this car represented everything that was right about this country. Damn near every piece of it was produced here, from the steel in the frame, to the switches behind the dash, to the scoop popping through the hood, to the real chrome on the fender. They’re pure America; arrogant, brash, and defiant as hell. You look at one and it pulls on you. Every drop of rebellion in your soul rises to the top.”
― Eden Connor, Turn & Burn

“This is so cheesy," I call to him over the sound of the thunderstorm above. "I did warn you that I'm cheesy," he responds with a knowing grin, which sets off those damn dimples to perfection. "Admit it, you like the cheddar.”
― Lola Darling, Off Limits

“I feel more than into her. I feel in danger of getting addicted. But addictions aren’t all highs. Addictions come with some pretty awful lows, when you hit that inevitable comedown. So what happens when that hits us? What happens when this, inevitably, falls apart? Because a fire this intense . . . can it really burn that hot forever?”
― Lola Darling, Off Limits

“I dropped my gaze to the faded denim molded around his ass. God, someone needed to give Wrangler a hug.”
― Eden Connor, Turn & Burn

“It’s easy when we’re on the outside to believe that we would walk away without a second thought if a person mistreated us. It’s easy to say we couldn’t continue to love someone who mistreats us when we aren’t the ones feeling the love of that person. When you experience it firsthand, it isn’t so easy to hate the person who mistreats you when most of the time they’re your godsend. Ryle”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us

“Don’t make me tie you up, Chloe,” he admonishes, and I can’t help the defiant, hungry little grin that creeps onto my lips, then. “Who says I wouldn’t enjoy that?” I bat my eyes. His own grin widens, wild now. “Be careful what you wish for.”
― Lola Darling, Off Limits

“Anyone could father a child. But a good parent puts his child's needs before his own. A parent should be selfless not selfish.”
― Penelope Ward, Playboy Pilot

“Rumors get started with a kernel of truth”
― Kristen Hope Mazzola, Hat Trick

“I have this theory. If you think about almost any given moment in life, there is a Beatles song that can describe it.”
― Penelope Ward, Playboy Pilot

“I knew in that instant that i needed to get to know her spirit, feel that fire, dive into that passion-and i didn’t even know anything about her other than the fact that she was my teammate’s sister and her name was Myla”
― Kristen Hope Mazzola, Hat Trick

“As the liquid reaches my mouth, it's sweet as sugar, and there is no evidence of alcohol except for a distinct burn on the way down. In other words, this is the kind of shine that will bite you later.”
― Casey Peeler, Boondocks

“I just hope i don't hear banjo music, because if i do, i'm outta here.”
― Casey Peeler, Boondocks

“A woman like that, Connor, can make the difference between achieving every dream you've ever had, and sitting in a bar as an old man talking about how you lost those dreams to anybody who'll listen.”
― J.D. Hawkins, Secrets of an Alpha Male

“She's the kind of girl you can go crazy, go to jail, or go to grave over. But the bottom line is that she's teaching me a lot.”
― J.D. Hawkins, Secrets of an Alpha Male

“Lions don't roar when they're about to kill.”
― J.D. Hawkins, Secrets of an Alpha Male

“Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.”
― Colleen Hoover, Slammed

“Everyone had a team in Roussou. If you didn’t, you got swallowed up. You get tough, or you get the f*ck out.”
― TIJAN, The Boy I Grew Up With

“What's meant to be will always find a way”
― Trisha Yearwood

“I know we're fucked up, all right? I'm impulsive and hot-tempered, and you get under my skin like no one else. You act like you hate me one minute, and then you need me the next. I never get anything right, and I don't deserve you...but I fucking love you, Abby. I love you more than I've loved anyone or anything, ever. When you're around, I don't need booze or money or the fighting or the one-night stands...all i need is you. You're all I think about. You're all I dream about. You're all I want.”
― Jamie McGuire, Beautiful Disaster