Until I Get You Quotes

“Because the world would be empty without you,” he said. “Because we wouldn’t have met, and my soul would be lost for the rest of my life, searching for yours.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“You can only truly break someone once. Everything after that is just chipping at pieces.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“I’m always numb unless you’re around. You make me feel.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“Survival looks different on everyone. We can’t be judged for what we did or didn’t do, but enough is enough.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“I hate that being a ‘cat lady’ is used in a negative way, when in reality, they’re probably happier than most people who have partners.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“Because a million different things can be said about you, about anyone. Some may be true, but in my experience, most accounts aren’t. I don’t want to hear anything about you unless it comes from you.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“I’d been at Lyla and Marissa’s apartment long enough for the Taylor Swift album that Lyla was playing to get to a song about someone’s tears ricocheting, which seemed to be a favorite of hers with the way she mouthed the lyrics. It was a sad fucking song.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“I took out my phone and Googled how long I’d go to jail if I kidnapped her.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“No one can break you unless you give them the power to do so,”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“If he’s a boyfriend, she’ll have to break up with him. If he’s a friend, fuck, it’s not like I can tell her who she can and can’t be friends with. I’m not that much of an asshole.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“No one can break you unless you give them the power to do so, and I gave him all of mine.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“Baggy clothes, hair in a messy bun, random taste in music and all — I’d never seen anything sexier than this woman.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“how desperate I was for her to talk to me.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“We laugh a lot more than we argue, and as far as I’m concerned, that’s the key to a long-lasting relationship. ”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“You fuck me up, Lyla James,” he said quietly. I pulled back and met his eyes, smiling. It must’ve been his favorite thing about me, because every time I smiled, it looked like the world stopped for him, which made me want to do it all the time, only for him. “You’ve ruined me, Lachlan Duke,” I said. “Ruined.” He searched my eyes for a long moment. Too long. And kissed me again.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“Yeah, right. Jesus Christ. Does everyone in this city want to fuck her? I can’t blame them, but damn. Give me a fucking break here.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“Even if I wasn’t set on Lyla,”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“I wouldn’t just be on the list of people she liked. I’d fucking dominate it.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“I wanted to scream dibs so loudly that everyone in this goddamn room would hear it”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“When had anyone given me the benefit of the doubt? Never. I’d had to prove myself repeatedly to get to where I was today”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“Don’t do that.” He tilted my chin. “I would never judge you.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“If you don’t let them in, they can’t hurt you. It was simple.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“I’d seen countless brown eyes in my life, but hers felt different in a way I couldn’t quite describe. They seemed to hold a vortex, a black hole that threatened to hook and drown you.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“I don't know if there's something that goes beyond love, but whatever it is, that's what I feel for you.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“Sometimes wings are built from despair.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“He wrapped his arms around me and held me tight, engulfing me as he set his chin on my head. “You’re okay.” It was a chant, a mantra, a promise. “I got you. You’re okay.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“Look at me now. Mr. I Would Never Chase Anyone, and I’m standing on a soccer field in this hot ass weather, in a city I’ve never been to, chasing someone who is currently acting like I don’t exist. Ain’t that some shit.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“Lachlan’s jaw tenses. “You have something that belongs to me and I need it back.” Something that belongs to me. OhmygodImgonnafuckingdie.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“The beginning dun-dun-dun-dun of “Back That Azz Up” starts blasting through the speakers when the door opens, and I’m kind of regretting not sharing my input on the music.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You

“Well, welcome to the fucking club of the angry and broken-hearted, Lyla James. We don’t share cookies, only grievances.”
― Claire Contreras, Until I Get You