Bailey > Bailey's Quotes

“They’re not even my sisters by blood, but I choose them. And that sort of love is everlasting.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“Well, I think being nice has more to do with behaving in a way that’s driven by social expectations. Whereas being kind is behaving in a way that’s driven by a concern for other people’s well-being. And the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive. I’d be rather wary of someone who is nice but not kind.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Card

“My eyes hurt from the effort of keeping them from rolling.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Card

“Or what? You might man up and take something for yourself for once?” I snap. I take something for myself for once.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Card

“My head spins, my body surging to catch up with him. Sure, I’d been taunting him, but I really didn’t know if he had it in him to pounce.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Card

“Yes. Because raccoons are the official animal of romance. Nothing says I’m into you like sharing rabies over a bowl of Doritos.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Card

“All I know is that I have to trust my gut. And my gut says I belong here, with him. This feeling now? It’s incomparable. Consuming. And it’s all new. Everything between us feels perfect. Perhaps just a little too perfect. As life has taught me, nothing really is. There are ups and downs. There are incredibly bright moments, always balanced by the memory of a loss, the feeling of something being incomplete. Or in this case, the constant knowledge that there’s an elephant in the room that neither of us wants to look at—let alone talk about.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Card

“And then, you meet that one person who makes you want to break out of your shell. Who it’s worth taking those risks for. Who…without them, you’d stay on the same miserable path. Never improving, never changing, never becoming a better version of yourself.”
― Elsie Silver, Wild Card

“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
― Emily McIntire, Burning Daylight

“Because every time you smile,” I say, “every time you give me that little look like you can’t decide if you want to throttle me or kiss me, I want to keep you forever.”
― Emily McIntire, Burning Daylight

“Love doesn’t survive in the dark, Juliette. It demands for you to step into the light.”
― Emily McIntire, Burning Daylight

“What was it about a woman’s psyche that refuses to let us ignore the old aches, the ancient pains, and the memories of the men we bind ourselves to?”
― Kate Stewart, Drive

“Failure teaches you more than success?”
― Alta Hensley, He Knows When You’re Awake: A Naughty or Nice Novel

“If you allow fear to take over your actions”
― Meghan Quinn, How My Neighbor Stole Christmas

“He’s the kind of beautiful man to be admired from a distance”
― Christina Lauren, Accidentally Yours