The Hook Up Quotes

“I’m not going to say it was love at first sight. No, it was more like oh, hell-yes-please, I’ll have that. With a helping of right-the-fuck-now on the side.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“I think you’re beautiful,” he says softly.
“Beauty fades,” I choke out.
“Not when it comes from inside.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“Some people never understand the gift they have. And some people wait a lifetime to have someone to love.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“And I think how you see yourself makes you who you are. Your soul doesn't have a title or an occupation. It's just you. The rest of the world can go fuck themselves.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“You didn't know how to live under my light? I don't have a light anymore unless you're there.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“Why won't you let me kiss you, Anna?"
I can't breathe.
"Why, Anna?"
"It's too much," I rasp.
"Not when I want everything." He says it so deep and strong, a staking of a claim. "And I want everything with you, Anna.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“He's slowly carving his name into my heart. And it hurts.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“Never force something, Drew. A bolt, a pass, a game, whatever." His dark brown eyes held mine. "Force it and you'll lose. Patience and persistence is how you win in life. Take your time, look for the solution, and if it doesn't come to you, fall back, reassess, and try again.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“Life, she insisted, is how you live it and who you live it with, not what you do to make a living.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“Your voice isn't noise. It's a song I want to hear over and over.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“You have my heart, Anna. And every time I had to walk away from you, every time you walked away from me, it felt like it was being ripped out of my chest. It fucking hurt, Anna.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“Anna, baby, you would never be the girl I didn't see, whether we had met now or in high school." He pulls me in close, rubbing his nose along the tip of mine. "Don't you understand? I know you wouldn't be because, since the moment I laid eyes on you, you're all I can see.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“We are, all of us, fucked up in some way,” she says. “The only difference is a matter of how deep our crazy goes and how we handle our shit. Frankly, I think the crazy comes and goes in cycles.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“You’ve destroyed me, Anna Jones.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“What the ever-loving knuckle fuck?”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“but at the end of the day, who I come home to, who I share my accomplishments with is what makes the struggle worth it”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“You're so beautiful to me," he says against my mouth.
I pull back to look him in the eyes. "To you?"
He often says that, and part of me wonders if others have said something contrary to him.
"To me." His fingers trace the curve of my shoulder, brushing a lock of hair over it. "When we're together, it's just you and me. No one else exists.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“What people see? That is only gloss. But, Anna, you light me up. Drew. Not the player. You didn't know how to live under my light? I don't have a light anymore unless you're there.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“I used to think that if I figured out what I wanted to do with my life, everything would fall into place. Now,” I shrug, “now I’m thinking that happiness is never going to be having the perfect job, house, life. It isn’t a destination, you know? It’s a series of moments. I mean, isn’t that what life is? Moments? The here and now?”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“Drew doesn’t make me feel like myself. He makes me feel better than myself. As if there is a little broken part in me, rattling and loose, and whenever he’s near it falls into place and tightens. The thought has me withdrawing, sinking into that cold, thick place that chokes me. I’m beginning to need him too much.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“sight of the name on the screen. Anna. It grows when I read the text. This message is brought to you by the BCBS [Booty Call Broadcasting System]. If you are back in town, get your wet ass over here.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“I’m thinking of Anna, who kissed my bruises with a tenderness that made my heart flip over in my chest before she sucked my cock until I lost my mind. Anna who, with her plain speaking and fierce declarations, gave me back a piece of my pride. Anna, who still won’t kiss me on the mouth or let me kiss hers”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“Breathless, my head ringing, I could only gape. I’m not going to say it was love at first sight. No, it was more like oh, hell-yes-please, I’ll have that. With a helping of right-the-fuck-now on the side.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“Honey, you could suck the center out of a Tootsie Pop and I’d still say no. Not that I don’t appreciate your offer.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“Time has a way of fading the sharp edges of a person’s image.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“but one of the guys next to him looks like he eats screaming villagers for breakfast.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“Those who upload this work up on any site without the author’s express permission are pirates and have stolen from the author. As such, those persons will likely end up in the level of hell where little devils shove stolen books into said persons’ unmentionable places for all eternity. Ye’ve been warned.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“My world grinds to a loud, screeching halt. Big Red? What the ever-loving knuckle f**k?

I gape up at him, too shocked to even form a proper glare. And he squints back, that inane smile still in place, as if he’s waiting for me to answer. My mind is stuck on one thing.

He’d called me Big Red. Big Fucking Red.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“Never force something, Drew. A bolt, a pass, a game, whatever.” His dark brown eyes hold mine. “Force it and you’ll lose. Patience and persistence is how you win in life. Take your time, look for the solution, and if it doesn’t come to you, fall back, reassess, and try again.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up

“She glared at me. I didn't care. One word was playing a loop in my heaad: mine.”
― Kristen Callihan, The Hook Up