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“When you stopped allowing toxins into your system, it meant getting rid of certain types of people in your life, too. Addictions didn’t only come in the form of alcohol or narcotics. Some of the worst addictions in one’s life could be the people allowed into it. I’d learned to be very selective about who I allowed into my world. It turned out, you didn’t need a big circle of people to be content. You simply needed the right people.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Landon & Shay: Part One

“If you’re the one holding the pen, you’re the one in charge of how the story ends.”
― Jay Crownover, Girl in Luv

“The older you get, the more you’ll realize that just because a friendship has history, it doesn’t mean it has longevity.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Landon & Shay: Part Two

“You’re a diamond, and he’d be lucky enough to get close to watch you shine.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Landon & Shay: Part Two

“If you’re ever given the chance to choose between being afraid or being brave, please, Karla, be brave.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Landon & Shay: Part Two

“No matter the road you take, it doesn’t matter if it’s beautiful or ugly, hard or smooth, paved or pitted with ruts—it’s your road to take. What matters is how it ends.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dear Ava

“You can begin again anywhere you want to in life, but you can’t recreate your past or the way it shaped you.”
― Kate Stewart, The Brave Line

“As much as life hurt like hell, those painful lessons somehow seemed to have beautiful ramifications, like everything that happened was for a reason we could never fully see or understand until years down the line.”
― Kandi Steiner, Old Fashioned

“It’s always about you, Jonah. It’s always been about you. The world will react the way the world will react. That’s not your business. You have faith in your own”
― Mia Sheridan, The Wish Collector

“I don’t know what kind of women you’re used to, but my mother didn’t raise a worker bee. She raised a queen.” I stare at him without smiling. “And I don’t give away the honey for free.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Beautifully Cruel

“order, my top five core values are non-conformity, self-reliance, kindness, honesty, and courage.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Beautifully Cruel

“my top five core values are non-conformity, self-reliance, kindness, honesty, and courage.” “Top five of how many total?” “Twelve.” I can’t see his smile, but I can feel it. “Let’s have the rest.” “Curiosity. Freedom. Persistence. Learning. Humor. Gratitude. Solitude.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Beautifully Cruel

“Women should never lose sight of their hopes and dreams. They should be individuals that are amplified by their mates—she for real used the term mate. Women should always be independent because the older you get (her lecture, not mine), the more you forget who that woman is. I’m pretty sure she’s speaking from experience, and at the time she gave me that sound piece of advice,”
― Kristy Marie, IOU

“Women only go crazy for two reasons: a sale and a man, but Ainsley . . . I think she’s just being herself. Not crazy, just extremely passionate.”
― Kristy Marie, IOU

“Life is a celebration. Cake needs no excuse.”
― Jewel E. Ann, Fortuity

“Twenty-seven-year-olds who still live at home and have their mom do their laundry should be banned from the dating world.”
― Jewel E. Ann, Fortuity

“He said he wanted to kiss me.” She shrugs, trapping her lower lip between her teeth, giving me that sexy smile. “And it shook me like a snow globe or maybe more like a martini because after he said it to me, I felt drunk …”
― Jewel E. Ann, Fortuity

“I never wanted to eclipse your light, though. And I never could. You shine so damn bright. You know that, don’t you?”
― Brittney Sahin, Finding His Mark

“You’ll worry less about what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do.”
― Emma Scott, The Girl in the Love Song

“One who understands what it’s like to struggle so I can appreciate what I have even more.”
― Emma Scott, The Girl in the Love Song

“The man named Virgil, who I suspected was mentally delayed, stepped forward. "I'm real happy to meet you, ma'am. Mr. Grayson says he might be marrying you, and I think that's real fine. He says he can't figure whether you're a spoiled princess or a little witch, but I think if you are a witch, it's the good kind ’cuz you sure are pretty." He blushed and looked down. At his words, I bristled, and smiled tightly at Grayson, who had the grace to look just a tad embarrassed. José coughed slightly, obviously trying to hold back a laugh.”
― Mia Sheridan, Grayson's Vow

“We didn’t find each other again for no reason. This may be the wrong time. But we are the right people. And you’ve always been my favorite what if.”
― Dylan Allen, The Jezebel

“I had a revelation as I lay awake missing you, reveling in the way it hurts… because that pain means that my heart works. Sometimes life puts you in touch with the people you need to meet–to help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you, and to gradually strengthen you into the person you were meant to become.”
― Dylan Allen, The Jezebel

“If you’re scared, just remember that darkness exists so that we can see the light, okay?” I”
― Dylan Allen, The Jezebel

“My journey has taught me to use my energy in a positive way. Don’t angst, don’t stress and don’t worry. The shit that’s going to happen is going to happen anyway.”
― Jade West, Hello Stranger

“That’s the truth,” I add, “people don’t want the brutal truth in love stories anymore, but that, there,” I gesture at the screen, “is the brutal, ugly truth.”
― Kate Stewart, Flock

“Don’t worry. Hearts don’t have bones. They can’t actually break.”
― Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones

“Samson makes me wonder if there’s a difference between a liar and a person who tells lies to protect someone from the truth.”
― Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones

“If there’s one thing I learned from Samson this summer, it’s that holding everything in accomplishes nothing. It just causes the truth to hurt even worse in the end.”
― Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones

“Here’s all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.” ~ George Carlin”
― Jewel E. Ann, Holding You