Meant for Now Quotes

“Don’t let your need to live a full life make you miss out on what could be the most fulfilling adventure yet.”
― Allison Speka, Meant for Now

“Well,” he said, squeezing his arm even tighter around my waist, “it was brought to my attention that you might be in love with me, and I thought it would be a shame to let you get on this flight without telling you that I’m in love with you too.” “Y-you are?” I blinked the tears from my eyes. “Very much.” His dark eyes searched mine.”
― Allison Speka, Meant for Now

“waving frantically with a huge grin on his face. “Frankie!” he called again.”
― Allison Speka, Meant for Now

“I loved Frankie so much that I would indeed be letting her go tomorrow.”
― Allison Speka, Meant for Now

“I promise I’ll last longer next time.” He looked down at me like I was something special—like I was his. “Me too,” I breathed, tilting my head up and kissing him again. “I like you so freaking much,” he said with a huge grin, before rolling over to spoon me, my head laid against his shoulder. It wasn’t weird. Not even a little. It was perfect. And that’s what scared me the most.”
― Allison Speka, Meant for Now

“But the last thing I could handle was how alone she looked right now. So small in front of me. Right here, yet so far. I hated it. I’d already given her so little of myself, despite the fact that she clearly wanted more. Which was maybe why I said what I said next. Something I’d barely thought. Something I never dreamed I’d say out loud. I leaned in and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead. When I pulled back, I said, “I get lonely too.”
― Allison Speka, Meant for Now

“You said…You said you might bounce around to different cities after this.” “Right.” My head was still high from the kiss. “Do you ever worry about it getting lonely? Living that way?” Her voice was soft. My jaw froze for a second as my gaze drifted from her mouth to her eyes. The tendon in my neck pulsed. “No,” I said plainly, hoping she’d drop this. Instead, she gnawed at her bottom lip. “I’m kind of lonely,” Frankie whispered. “It’s sad, but I didn’t even realize it until I came out here to stay with Mattie. Being so busy with my job meant I never noticed it, but my life was so…lacking.”
― Allison Speka, Meant for Now

“More depressing than an unemployed twenty-eight-year-old?” she challenged. I leveled her with a look. “Are you kidding? An unemployed twenty-eight-year-old sounds exciting as hell.” “Maybe to someone like you,” she mumbled, barely audible. “I heard that. And I’m choosing not to take offense to your stuck-up little attitude. Just because I’m not working some corporate job does not make me worse off.”
― Allison Speka, Meant for Now

“Just because life happens doesn’t mean it isn’t hard. You feel what you need to feel, okay?”
― Allison Speka, Meant for Now

“I froze as soon as I saw him. Mattie’s husband, Giles, stood there with a cup of coffee—but he wasn’t alone. Leaning against the counter, wearing a gray sweatshirt, a beanie, and a smirk, was Oliver. Shit. Not only did I look like absolute crap while he looked completely perfect, he had definitely overheard Mattie. “Um.” Giles gave us both a raised brow look. “Morning?” I turned to Mattie and whispered in her ear, “That’s the guy.” When I pulled away, she had a confused look in her eyes before a lightbulb went off. She glanced at Oliver then back at me, giving a small nod of approval. “Morning,” she said loudly, sweeping into the kitchen and wrapping an arm around her husband. “I was just telling Frankie that she needs to have some fun while she’s here.”
― Allison Speka, Meant for Now

“Oliver,” I told her. “Or Ollie. I’ll answer to both.” She pretended to mull it over in her mind for a bit before finally nodding. “I like it.” “Thank God.” I wiped my brow. “Would have been a pain to change it after all these years.”
― Allison Speka, Meant for Now