Variation Quotes

“Truth always differs depending on who’s telling the story, and in complicated situations, there are countless variations.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“Messy is good, love. Messy is where the best parts of life happen.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“And then she laughed. I fell in love with her all over again. Not the quiet, observant girl she’d been, or the friend I’d let down, but the woman she’d grown into, beautiful and strong, scarred and still laughing.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“Messy is good, love. Messy is where the best parts of life happen. You don’t have to be in control at all times. It’s okay if you fall apart.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“Dreams aren’t stagnant, Allie. They grow. They shift.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“Why are you brave for everyone but yourself?”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“This is the last time we’re discussing this,” Hudson warned. “I’m not breaking up with Allie. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever, if I get a say. Letting her go was the worst mistake I’ve ever made in my life, and I’ll be damned if your inability to pull your head out of your ass is going to cost me the only chance I have with her.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“First means nothing. Last means everything.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“The curse of being in the right place at the right time is that sometimes there isn’t a right thing to do.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“That is just a sparkly hall of mirrors, and staring too long through the lens of how other people perceive you is bound to start distorting how you see yourself.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“Time began and ended with him.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“Nostalgia hit with a wicked right hook.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“Ballerinas don’t eat strawberry shortcake, honey,” Caroline said. “Or ice cream, or cupcakes, or anything that might put an extra ounce on their perfect little bodies.” I sent up a silent prayer of forgiveness to Lina, because I was so fucking done. “She doesn’t eat strawberry shortcake because she’s allergic to strawberries,” Hudson snapped. “Hence why I got her a brownie. She loves chocolate. And before you start in on any more of your bullshit, let’s just get this over with. Her birthday is March seventh. Her favorite movie is Titanic, which I’ve never really understood, but fine, I’ll sit through it again. She prefers Bloch over Capezio for pointe shoes. She’d rather watch sunsets than sunrises, can annoyingly taste the difference between different types of bottled water, and puts sugar in her coffee and milk in her tea. Oh, and she’s only indecisive because too many people tell her what they think she should want, and she likes to make everyone happy at her own expense. Is that enough for you, Caroline?”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“Hudson, do me a favor and at least say goodbye to her this time before you go, would you? It would be a shame for me to go to jail for acting on a decade’s worth of intrusive thoughts when it comes to your demise.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“Messy is good, love. Messy is where the best parts of life happen. You don’t have to be in control at all times. It’s okay if you fall apart. I promise I will be right here to put you back together if you just let me.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“Because you’ve entered the find-out portion of your relationship,” Gavin answered. “You know, because you fucked around, and now—”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“This wasn’t chemistry. This was combustion. And I was here for it.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“That’s a very real fact of life. I live in a constant state of wanting you. I have since I was seventeen years old. Wanting you is all I know.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“By the end of that summer, she was my best friend. By the end of the next, she hated me. And I didn’t blame her.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“The ocean wouldn't care if I dance or retired, if I kissed Hudson or walked away. The waves would come regardless of my relationship with Juniper, and they would keep coming long after we were only memories. In a way, my insignificance was comforting enough that I could finally speak the truth.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“I wanted to be engraved, etched, and carved so deeply into her soul that she’d never get me out.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“irrevocably in love with,”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“You want to stay with me? Then stay.” “Just for the night?” she clarified. “For as long as you want. I told you I’d take you any way I could get you, even one night at a time.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“He did not just say that. Pretty sure my therapist heard that all the way from New York City.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“So while sure, it makes me jealous that there are a couple of guys here who have seen you naked, I actually feel sorry for them because they’ll never have you again.” I tugged her close and let the words fly like the revelation they were. “But I will. First means nothing. Last means everything.” And”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“You need to stop hiding behind what everyone else wants, because you’re the only one responsible for your happiness.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“We were all doing the wrong things for what we thought were the right reasons,”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“I’ve waited eleven years to kiss you.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“Too fucking mine,”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation

“He fit himself into my life like sand poured into a jar full of pebbles, settling seamlessly into the spaces between the rocks. He was everywhere without making himself the priority.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Variation