Camera Shy Quotes

“Avery, no offense, but I don’t give a fuck about your friend. I’m hitting on you. Am I not being clear enough?”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Men need to be more careful with the women they love.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“If a man doesn’t give, he doesn’t get. End of story. Don’t waste your time on selfish assholes.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“But confidence starts with you. A man is going to treat you how you treat yourself. So please, for the love of God, act like a fucking queen.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Men need to be more careful with the women they love.” He tilts his head, his expression full of pity. “They have no idea the damage they can do.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Apologizing about your body is ridiculous. Please don’t ever do that for me or for anyone else, okay?”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“It’s time to pick up your crown, Queen. Look in the mirror. You’ve been royalty all this time. Act like it.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“What good is it if you and every other man on this planet calls me pretty if I don’t believe it? Even more terrifying, what good is it if my entire worth is wrapped up in a man’s opinion of me?”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“You should be earned every day of your life. Don’t ever let any man make you question that.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“I want some peace and quiet. I want to not pick at the wound while it’s so fresh. I want to stop feeling so broken, weak, and insecure. I want an overpriced fancy coffee.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“But the problem with very long-term friendships is that sometimes you’ve excused the bad behavior for so long, you almost don’t recognize it.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“she told me to reverse dissect my life. Don’t think about my goals and what it takes to get there. She told me to picture my day-to-day life and think about what I wanted to fill my moments with.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Avery, listen to me. You’re beautiful. You’re worthy. Don’t you dare let any man treat you like garbage. Don’t let any man tell you you’re lacking. If he doesn’t see you as sexy, he’s not using his eyes.” He hooks his finger around my chin and guides my view so I’m looking into my own eyes. “But confidence starts with you. A man is going to treat you how you treat yourself. So please, for the love of God, act like a fucking queen.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“keep the old and make the new. The dynamics can change. You can go from talking daily to yearly. Sometimes friends can drift apart and then snap back together. They need each other in different ways at different stages of their lives. Love doesn’t have to fade due to distance. Friendships can endure…”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“The only flaw to Finn’s grand romantic gesture with this room is that I have no change of clothes. There are complimentary toiletries—makeup wipes and a disposable toothbrush—but I’m forced to put back on my thong and uncomfortable strapless bra from earlier this evening. Finn probably wasn’t worried about it, assuming we’d be naked all night.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“He shakes his head. “Nuh-uh. You know how once you’ve tasted real New York–style pizza, you can’t go back to cheap delivery?” “Eh, I’m more of a Chicago deep-dish kind of girl.” For a moment, he’s distracted as he shakes his head in disbelief. “Deep dish? What the fu—okay, we’ll come back to that.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Friendships don’t have to end. They aren’t exclusive. I was always taught to keep the old and make the new. The dynamics can change. You can go from talking daily to yearly. Sometimes friends can drift apart and then snap back together. They need each other in different ways at different stages of their lives. Love doesn’t have to fade due to distance. Friendships can endure…”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“I think too often we tolerate bad behavior from those closest to us because of that age-old saying: you hurt the ones you love. It’s time to change that narrative.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“You’re sexy, smart, kind, and loyal. You should be earned every day of your life. Don’t ever let any man make you question that.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Uh, okay,” I sass. This man is fucking crazy if he’s inviting me to run eight miles with him. “Have a good run.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“You’ve got no one left to lose.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“But he wanted a skank, too, didn’t he? And I couldn’t be that, so you were happy to step in.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“She loves a competition that she knows she can win.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Enjoy my last few days of what?” “Being single. Because the minute you get home, I’m making you mine officially. No more gray area. No more questions about what we’re doing. And definitely no more kissing other people.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“I can wait until things settle down, after summer so you and Avery can have a clean break, and then we can pick up where we left off.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Things with you and Avery are going to fizzle out, Finn,” Nora says with a new tone. “You freaked her out.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Yes, you do, Finn. You’ve always been good to me, and I know I didn’t appreciate it at the time.” She reaches over the kitchen island separating us. The gold bangles on her hand jingle as she holds out her hand. But I don’t take it. “What I mean is I deserve better.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“Mmm,” she says. “Much better.” “What?” I ask against her lips. “Nothing.” She pulls away to give me a small smile. “Your lips are starting to feel like home.” “Mm,” I moan. I couldn’t have said it better myself. “Well, come home, then, Queen.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“I chose to step back. I chose to be told how I should feel about myself. I chose to love everyone else more than I loved myself.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy

“good girl.”
― Kay Cove, Camera Shy