Falling Quotes

“I’m doomed to walk the earth, alone and immortal, until my beloved finds me and rescues me.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“Madness, he thought to himself. This is what madness feels like, to want to exist in a moment that isn’t reality. And what a relief it was to know that he couldn’t fall in love with her, was incapable of it, because if this was a fraction of love, he would never be able to let her out of his sight.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“If I’d given you another, what was your final question going to be?” he asked her, his voice hoarse with emotion. Catalina looked up at him, her eyes adoring and concerned. “I was going to ask you whether you could fly.” He could; he could fly and glide and soar and dive, but right in that moment, with his soul and heart returned to him, with Catalina standing before him and their future spreading out ahead like a vibrant, luxurious tapestry, Brigan could only fall to his knees.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“Madness, he thought to himself. This is what madness feels like, to want to exist in a moment that isn’t reality.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“Wanting him didn’t scare her, didn’t feel impulsive or shameful or dangerous. It simply felt inevitable.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“How old are you?” He looked surprised; obviously this wasn’t where he expected her to start. “Twenty-five.” And she’d expected him to be honest. “Yes, but how long have you been twenty-five?” Brigan grinned, saying cheekily, “A while.” A laugh burst out of Cat’s throat. “Is this your way of admitting to me that you’ve read Twilight?”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“Maybe she did know him. In a past life, or in dreams, or in something else that seemed impossible but true at the same time.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“The fact that they were still relative strangers wasn’t really a surprise, but given that Jake was either unknowable or not very deep, he and Cat were likely going to remain strangers even if they stayed together for the next fifty years.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“He was cute and funny and always happy enough to spend time with her, but he was oblivious in the way that so many guys were: He was willing to put in the effort, but only if she told him precisely what that effort entailed.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“And she’d expected him to be honest. “Yes, but how long have you been twenty-five?” Brigan grinned, saying cheekily, “A while.” A laugh burst out of Cat’s throat. “Is this your way of admitting to me that you’ve read Twilight?”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“How old are you?” He looked surprised; obviously this wasn’t where he expected her to start. “Twenty-five.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“what madness feels like, to want to exist in a moment that isn’t reality. And what a relief it was to know that he couldn’t fall in love with her, was incapable of it, because if this was a fraction of love, he would never be able to let her out of his sight.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“He reeled in understanding when it hit him, for it had been so long: This was what real desire looked like.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“Brigan couldn’t remember a lover who hadn’t mindlessly devoured whatever he gave them and then greedily demanded more.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“Her touch—the intention there, her patient fascination, the way she glowed brighter to him the more her hands roamed—was a balm to the tattered ruin of his heart.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“How honest do you want me to be?” he asked. “Completely.” “I followed you in here because you looked lonely. I followed you in here because you’re beautiful, and I like beautiful things.” A pause, and then the rest slipped out of him: “I followed you in here because I’m lonely too.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“Basketball and trivia and bars and sex were fine for now, but Cat had realized earlier—when Jake appeared at her doorstep not in the agreed-upon shepherd’s robe to match her stupid lamb costume but dressed as his favorite Knicks player—that he mostly forgot about her the moment she left the room.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“She cupped his face, bringing his mouth to hers, and kissed him, deep and defenseless, whispering, “You’re going to ruin me for anyone else.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“Brigan couldn’t remember a lover who hadn’t mindlessly devoured whatever he gave them and then greedily demanded more. He reeled in understanding when it hit him, for it had been so long: This was what real desire looked like.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“I followed you in here because you looked lonely. I followed you in here because you’re beautiful, and I like beautiful things.” A pause, and then the rest slipped out of him: “I followed you in here because I’m lonely too.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“You’re beautiful, little lamb. Everyone in that room noticed you.” He smiled. “I’d wager everyone in any room notices you.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling

“What kind of idiot brought the most beautiful girl to a tawdry, cacophonous party like this and deserted her? If only he knew there were monsters out there, waiting for their turn.”
― Christina Lauren, Falling