Stand Your Ground Quotes

“I promise you”, he said, leaning forward, his gaze sincere and never leaving mine. “I will not hurt you. I will not fumble this. I will cherish you the way you deserve to be cherished, and I will take whatever sordid route you need me to take to get there.” He added that last part with a laugh. “You are, and always have been, in control, Liv. All I ask is that you take me along for the ride.”
― Kandi Steiner, Stand Your Ground

“I can’t keep doing this halfway, Liv. I am impossibly lost inside the notion that you could actually be mine, if only I can stand my ground and claim you.”
― Kandi Steiner, Stand Your Ground

“You wanted me to stand my ground? Well here I am.”
― Kandi Steiner, Stand Your Ground

“You’ve shown me all I’m capable of. You’ve made me the best version of myself. But more than anything, you’ve let me see the best version of you … And I can’t go back to just being your friend. I can’t lie to myself any longer and I refuse to lie to you … I want more. And I’m asking you to stand up to every ghost of uncertainty coming alive inside you right now and give it to me.”
― Kandi Steiner, Stand Your Ground

“Give me the part of your world that's weighing you down right now. Let me carry it for you for the rest of the day.”
― Kandi Steiner, Stand Your Ground

“I didn’t know how the hell I was supposed to go back to just being her student.
Her friend.
Not when she’d given me this.
Not when every cell in my body was already leaning toward her, begging for more.”
― Kandi Steiner, Stand Your Ground

“Here, you're safe to stumble. To be awkward. To not know the answer. To ask questions .... Here, you get to feel what it's like to fail without consequence.”
― Kandi Steiner, Stand Your Ground

“We hadn't just crossed the line of our friendship, we'd bungee jumped over the damn thing.”
― Kandi Steiner, Stand Your Ground