Not in My Book Quotes

“The only thing every love story really has in common is that it’s worth it. Love is always worth fighting for. I mean, that’s why there’s all the songs and poems and movies about it. It has to be something spectacular if everyone’s chasing it.” “You really believe that, don’t you?” There wasn’t any malice in his voice, just pure curiosity. I nodded. “I don’t think Happily Ever After is an ‘if’ thing. I think it’s ‘when.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“His gaze was intense. We dared each other to back down, but neither one of us would. His jaw ticked. “Perfect. So, we’re not writing about each other.”

“I guess not.”

“No reason to read in between the lines then, huh?”

“None at all,” I answered sweetly.

“Then I guess I’ll see you the next chapter.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“I thought of a million ways to move out of the country with no notice.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“There’s so much more to a romance than just love.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“Even if it amounted to nothing, and she left me only with memories, I’d take them all. I’d hoard them to turn over in my head and examine from every angle, just to relive the magic of her.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“Why We All Should Read Romance,” and my long-lost confidence in writing romance was suddenly regained. She eloquently expressed why women read romance and how it showed women taking control in their lives while still being desired instead of wholly objectified. And how it had expanded to include different gender identities and become a safe space for people of color. No matter how bad life got in the romance novels, there would be a Happily Ever After that proved nothing was unfixable.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“I ignored the glass of my own shattered heart as I cut myself trying to put hers back together.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“I just … wanted to be loved so badly that I thought being hurt was part of the deal.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“The only thing every love story really has in common is that it’s worth it. Love is always worth fighting for. I mean, that’s why there’s all the songs and poems and movies about it. It has to be something spectacular if everyone’s chasing it.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“I'll wait for you, Rosie, I swear it. I'm in it for the long haul. I want all your tomorrows. Every single one you're willing to give me.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“I was drunk on this moment,”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“So, how much tension could there really be? We live in the age of instant gratification. The only tension nowadays is whether your thumb will swipe left or right.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“I'm scared of showing who I am and for it to not be enough. I've always wanted to be someone somebody can love. Not just like or admire, but love. I've yearned to find someone who looks for me in crowded streets and smiles in relief. Or wishes for me every chance they get. Someone who genuinely knows me and wants to figure out how to know more. But I feel like I never figured out how to give love, too.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“Love should be come hell or high water, and I'm here for all of it with you.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“You're allowed to be sad. You're allowed to miss the people you've spent your whole life with. You're allowed to miss the people who were good to you, Rosie.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“It’d be the part where I told you not a single day has passed since we met that I haven’t thought about you. And not a single hour passes where I don’t miss you,” he whispered. “But we’re not writing a romance novel.” “No,” I conceded. “But maybe I can change your mind.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“It’d be the part where I told you not a single day has passed since we met that I haven’t thought about you. And not a single hour passes where I don’t miss you,” he whispered. “But we’re not writing a romance novel.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“The love I had read about in Romance novels was so epic and monumental. I'd spent a lifetime craving grand gestures and sweeping proclamations. I hadn't known the small moments like this would feel as good.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“Even in the silence, everything felt right”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“my mom used to say if I didn't have anything nice to say, then it was besr to say nothing at all.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“I've set every expectation too high, bit it's because I'm scared of showing who I am and for it to be not enough.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“I shrugged, like it was inconsequential, but my gaze locked with hers hoping she could see what I felt. “I don’t want to be everyone else to you.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“You came in one day with a bag that had a pin with a red flag,” he said, sheepishly. “I looked it up after class.” Aiden’s cursor quickly backed up, deleting class and replacing it with work. My heart leaped a little in my chest.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“I don't think Happily Ever After is an "if" think. I think it's "when".”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book

“I love you. In light and dark, in romance and litfic. In this lifetime and the next.”
― Katie Holt, Not in My Book