Power Play Quotes

“For the ones who thought they wouldn’t find love again. I promise it’s worth the wait.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“She gives me that smile again. The one that makes me feel alive. Like I've been sleeping for thousands of years and now that I'm finally waking up, she's the only thing I can see.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“He bursts out laughing, and it's the most beautiful sound I've ever heard. I want to bottle it up so I can listen to it again. I want to tell him all the jokes in the world so I can see his mouth split into a wide grin.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“There’s so much grief over wasted time. So much disappointment from years spent with a man who never looked at me the way my friends’ partners look at them: like they hang the moon. Like they’re grateful to even breathe the same air as them. I wonder if I’m too late to ever have that again.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I have a crush on my husband, and that was not part of the plan.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“Because it’s one of the things you said you wanted, and I want them too. With you. Slow dancing in the kitchen. Kissing in the rain. Getting matching tattoos and being an absolute idiot with the next person you fall for. Be an idiot with me, Piper. I’m begging you, because I’m head over heels for you.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“Just because you know how to do things by yourself doesn’t mean you should have to.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“one more man tells me I need to smile, I’m going to deck him square in the jaw and not give a damn about the repercussions.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I’d let her suffocate me and I’d say thank you from the afterlife.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I’m sure another man will treat me right, but it’s hard to imagine wanting another man when I only want him.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“If one more man tells me I need to smile, I'm going to deck him square in the jaw and not give a damn about the repercussions.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I’d be very careful what you say next,” I tell him slowly, so there’s no room for the dumbass to mishear me. “That’s my wife you’re talking about.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“Why has it never been like this before?” “Because you weren’t with me.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I watch Liam skate over the red line. His teammates surround him and Maverick, but he shoves past them. Throws off his gloves and drops his stick on the ice. He bolts toward me, blades slicing across the Stars logo, eyes locked on mine. I don’t have a second to breathe before he’s yanking me out of the tunnel. Sweeping me off my feet and hugging me to his chest.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“And I’ve always thought guys who cheat are the bottom of the fucking barrel.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“Is knowing how to skate a prerequisite for hanging out with you?” “No. I want you to learn for you. I’ve taught you a lot of things over the last couple of months, Piper, and it pisses me off I didn’t get to teach you how to skate the first time. Consider this a door closing on your past. After tonight, everything you want to learn, I’m going to be by your side while you do. Encouraging you. Motivating and supporting you. You won’t be embarrassed or afraid of anything ever again.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I’d be very careful what you say next,” I tell him slowly”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I wouldn’t be the woman I am today without you.” “That’s not true. You would’ve gotten there on your own. You’re strong. Capable. You didn’t need a man. You just needed someone who believed in you.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I will love you, Piper Mitchell, until my dying days. When it’s stormy. When it’s sunny. You will always have my full attention. You’ve had it for years and you weren’t even mine. I wasn’t kidding when I said you’re my favorite person in the world. No one else could ever come close.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I prop up on an elbow, wanting to commit tonight to memory because I know it’s monumental in the grand scheme of us. Something special, something cherished, and I’m surprised by the look of admiration in his eyes.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“Take it from someone who always wished he had more time. Telling someone how you feel about them is the most important thing in the world. Because one day you won’t be able to tell them anymore, and you’ll regret all the times you kept your mouth shut.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“Here, underneath the stars, in his hold with a touch so grounding, so safe, nothing about this feels fake. It feels real and deep and terrifyingly promising. There’s a future, a life where we grow old together and I never, not for a single second, doubt my worth.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I’m becoming more sure of myself. Confident in a way I wasn’t six months ago. I know I want to find a partner and I know I want to be loved wholly. Completely.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I’m not supposed to be married again. That means I’ll be divorced again, and… shit. I’m Ross fucking Geller.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I’ve never been someone’s favorite person. I’ve never been someone’s top priority. I was married to a man for years and always came in second place. Maybe that’s what I’m destined for: being almost perfect, but never quite good enough,” she says softly. “You’re my favorite person.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“There’s magic in his gentle encouragement. Affirmations I’ve never heard before, and, for half a second in a world of pretend and make believe, in a reality where I’m lifted up instead of brought down, I know I can do it.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I’ve seen Piper Mitchell a dozen different ways over the years, but this right here might be my favorite one. Determined. Blunt. Sexy as hell.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I’ve been waiting for this, working for this, dragging myself through the trenches for this, and I’m going to give it my all. I’m going to prove every last asshole who ever doubted me wrong.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“It’s uncomfortable to face the problem head-on, a confrontation I don’t want to tackle and breathe life into, but if it happened to me, it’s going to happen to the next woman. And the woman after that. A cycle that’ll continue until someone brings those assholes down, and I refuse to be complicit while they waltz around with a badge of honor when they’re no better than the scum of the earth.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play

“I’d run into a fire for Emerson Hartwell—all of the boys would—and I know she’d do the same for us.”
― Chelsea Curto, Power Play