All Lined Up Quotes

“Because sometimes in life, you just have to stand there and do nothing. Overwhelmed by all the versions of ourselves that exist in our minds—who we want to be, who we should be, who we’re not, and who we are—it’s a jungle that can ensnare your feet and confuse your eyes. But sometimes if you stand still, all those things will snap back into place like a rubber band. And if you can get past the sting, you can keep moving, not quite whole, but held together for the moment.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“I will never be in that position again. I will never be the person who cares more, because that person is always the one who hurts more.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“I don't know that dancing fixes anything. I don't feel magically happy because of it. My problems don't disappear when the music ends. But I understand life better when I dance, and understanding is half the fight of surviving.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“God, do they make WD-40 for flirting? Because I am rusty.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“I swallow and stare and swallow again, because dear, sweet Jesus riding a unicorn, he's perfect.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“Oh shit. Shit taking a shit on a shit.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“Carson McClain, you scare me like nothing has ever scared me before. You drive me crazy and make me laugh and push my buttons on purpose. You make me feel safe and smart and pretty. Sometimes I think I might actually melt when you wrap your arms around me, and right now I feel a little bit like I might die if you don't kiss me.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“It takes talent to be a gawking hot mess, and I am a gawking hot mess to the third power.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“The only thing we can do is try to find people whose scars compliment our own.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“The way she talks about dance is a little like how I feel when I look at her. Overwhelmed and fulfilled and falling apart all at the same time.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“I've spent too much time pretending, too much time on the outside, too much time feeling spineless. This time... I'm going after what I want.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“I can deny myself all I want, but one thing I cannot deny is just how fucking gorgeous this girl is. And exactly the kind of distraction I'm supposed to be staying away from.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“In Texas, two things are cherished above all else- football and gossip.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“I want to dive into him headfirst, submerge myself in the way he makes me feel, and not come up for air until I have no other choice.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“That’s a big giant fuck if there ever was one.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“Go Red. Fight Red. Bleed Red.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“I don't know anything about this guy except that his eyes make my mind fuzzy, and his muscled arms make my mouth water, and the things he keeps saying... they burn – beginning in my flushed cheeks, blazing through my blood, and curling between my legs until I feel like I have to squeeze them together just to keep from combusting on the spot.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“Sometimes it’s hard to see past our own broken pieces.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“We all just live in this giant cycle where we screw things up and hurt people we love, and then we turn around and try to atone for that by fixing other things. And maybe we're all just waiting on our turn for a broken heart and the person who will fix it.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“Just because you tell me not to worry about something doesn't mean I can stop. It's not a switch I can turn on and off.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“Hey", I take hold of her chin for extra emphasis." You don't ever have to worry about impressing me.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“I think I break more than I fix.” Her”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“Truth is...we're all a little screwed up. If humans were capable of being perfect there would be no such thing as Jerry Springer, and the world would be filled with unicorns and fairies, and families would never be broken, and children would never disappoint their parents, and things wouldn't hurt as badly, but it also wouldn't feel so damn good when things go right. And friends wouldn't have anything to stay up late and talk about because everything in the world would be too boring to matter. The only thing we can do is try to find people whose scars compliment our own.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“This is just what it feels like to get older. It won't be the last time you look back at your life and realize just how stupid or naive or terrible you've been. I'm pretty sure that's a reoccurring thing until death do us part.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“I've realized something...We don't get to know what's going to happen to us. And anything can come along and ruin our plans, change our world, change us... I can't keep planing for a future that might never come. That's not living.”
― cora carmack, All Lined Up

“Because sometimes in life, you just have to stand there and do nothing. Overwhelmed by all the versions of ourselves that exist in our minds—who we want to be, who we should be, who we’re not, and who we are—it’s a jungle that can ensnare your feet and confuse your eyes.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“Don’t be the gap on this team. Be the person who fills it.”
I know Dad’s talking about sports and training and all that stuff I don’t care about, but I can’t help but hear his words through the filter of our lives. There is a gap in our house. Maybe it’s the mom I never knew. Maybe it’s the words we never say. Or maybe it’s both of us. Maybe there’s a gap in each of us so big that we can’t get past it to fill the one between us. Maybe we’ll never fill it.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“Hindsight is a pretentious, know-it-all bitch.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“So what are you going to do? I make this weird noise somewhere between a laugh and a sob because, ironically enough... I don't know.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up

“I’m not one for speeches.”
A few feet behind me Torres calls out, “Riiiiight.”
The crowd laughs and Coach whirls around like he’s searching for the culprit. Torres is the picture of innocence, and I sigh and shake my head when he grins at me.
“Fine. I’m not one for speeches that don’t involve yelling.”
― Cora Carmack, All Lined Up