Beg, Borrow, or Steal Quotes

“You think you’re unlovable, but I think I’ve never known how to love until knowing you.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“Life can be a little shit sometimes. But shit also makes great fertilizer.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“And to think you consider yourself hard to love.” I kiss her temple. “Loving you is the easiest thing I’ve ever done.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“Life can be a little shit sometimes. But shit also makes great fertilizer. Grow from your experiences, don't let them smother the light out of you.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“I'm the older sister, I'm not scared of anything.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“As all good and unbearable perfectionists know, if you want something done right, you mostly have to do it yourself.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“Hello, little honey bees. You glorious, sharp-edged, perfection seekers. You’ve been working so hard, holding everything together; come sit down with me for a while and take a load off.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“I'll be so careful with you, Emily.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“But knowing you were inside tonight and needed me, it got me through the doors.” He pauses. “You are not alone, Emily. I would walk through my worst memories to get to you every single time.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“when I told you I care for you, I mean it. It’s not that I care for some aspects of you, not that I care for you when you’re in a good mood…I care for you always. I want you, always. The good, the bad, and the in-between. I. Want. You. Sharp edges, hot tempered, fiercely protective, gooey heart…all of it. All of you. But I’m not going to rush you again or push you into anything you’re not ready for either. In the end, if all you want is friendship, I’ll take it.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“Now I never give him pieces of myself. I have zero hope for us. It’s a weird thing to let yourself grieve your parent who is still living, but I’ve done it—do it regularly, actually.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“Emily…you take on too much—and you hold yourself to this impossible standard of living that no one can survive on. And to be quite honest, it’s nice to see that you struggle just like the rest of us. That you need me occasionally just like I need you. So stop letting your pride and your perfectionism get in the way,”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“You think you're unlovable. But I think I've never known how to love, until knowing you.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“Emily: My life is over. O.E.V.E.R.

Jack: I'm glad you also know the super-secret way to spell 'over'.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“I can't get her off my mind. I want to spend every second of the day with her. I want to make up for every day of every year I spent fighting with her instead of loving her. Lately, it's been seeming like she feels the same way too.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“No one needs me. And when they don’t need me, they don’t come around anymore either because I am a utility sponge. I am useful. And if I’m no use to someone anymore, they throw me under the sink.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“You don't owe any man anything-- and if he doesn't know from the first second of talking to you that he's the luckiest son of a bitch in the world for getting any attention from you at all, he deserves to be run over with a truck.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“find that teachers are often the most compassionate people on the planet. Yes, we may enjoy leading or organizing or imparting knowledge, but at the heart of it, many teachers get into the career because of our own brokenness. We become the kind of teachers we needed.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“It’s a weird thing to let yourself grieve your parent who is still living, but I’ve done it—do it regularly, actually.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“Because the fact is, it takes so much emotional energy to be a teacher. And an outrageous amount to be a good one.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“You are not alone, Emily. I would walk through my worst memories to get to you every single time.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“Emily: You've seen a woman's body. Mine is no different.

He pauses, a thick crease forming between his brows.

Jack: Emily, you are the difference. I'm realizing that.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“Good. Life can be a little shit sometimes. But shit also makes great fertilizer.” She”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“many teachers get into the career because of our own brokenness. We become the kind of teachers we needed.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“Since the classroom is where my students spend the majority of their days during the school year, I want it to feel like a second home for them. Or maybe a first home when I know they don’t get the love and attention they deserve from their parents.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“And when she found me watching, she told me to find someone someday who will hug me when I’m sad and then help me look on the bright side of things when all I can see is the dark.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“I want to hug each other when we're sad and help each other find the bright side of things when all we see is the dark.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“because even if everything around me is swirling into chaos, at least I have this: My house. My routine. My cat.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“It was basically a desperate attempt to distract myself from that hurt clawing its way through my heart.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal

“I didn’t mean to get drunk. I was perfectly sober before I started drinking.”
― Sarah Adams, Beg, Borrow, or Steal