Beyond What is Given Quotes

“Samantha, take the chance. No matter what’s happening between us, whether we’re friends - or more – whatever we decide, I will be here for you. I will not abandon you, no matter what you’ve done, or what you do. If you can still trust me, take a chance on me, and I’ll prove it.”
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“You’re the only girl I want.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What is Given

“There are broken people in the world, Samantha. But you’re not one of them. Dinged-up maybe, but not broken, and definitely not beyond repair.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What is Given

“A girl not talking about her issues is a definite clue that it's worse than she's letting on.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What is Given

“This is not a temporary thing between us. There is no deadline. I. Am. Always. Yours.”
He kissed me softly, his tongue tracing my lower lip. “So go ahead and fall. I’ve gotten really good at catching you.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What is Given

“You kick-started my heart and brought me to life the minute you opened your mouth and dished my own shit back at me. You gave me something to fight for, a reason to see beyond the shit hand fate had given me, and start to imagine a future. And when I think about my life, you’re all I see. You’re it. You are my miracle.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What is Given

“I’m going to tell you every bad, ugly think about me. You’re going to tell me every bad, ugly thing about you, and then we’ll decide what to do about this insane pull between us.”
I licked my bottom lip. “Oh, you think there’ s a pull between us? I thought we were just friends.”
His gray eyes sliced through me, cutting me all the way to my soul. “Samantha, if we weren’t about to discuss our deepest secrets, I’d lay you across the table, strip those sexy little capris off your ass, and bury my tongue between your thighs. God knows I’ve thought about it enough. How’s that for friends. Really, it’s more of a force of nature, but I’ll settle for you admitting that there’s a pull.”
My mouth was suddenly dry. I was never going to look at this table the same way again. “There’s a pull,” I admitted softly.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What is Given

“I’m not going to say that I’m not insanely attracted to you. I don’t lie. Ever. Plus, I’d have to be dead not to realize the way you affect me. But I’m also not in any position to act on it, and let’s be honest – you’re not either. But I think we can stop picking each other apart and be friends”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What is Given

“She’s this wrecking ball who tears down my defences and makes me feel, forces me to live. My need for her is about the same as my need for oxygen.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What is Given

“A love that demanded to be known and was strong enough not to need reciprocity.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What is Given

“Our lines were blurring, and for every inch I backed away, she pulled me twice as close without even realizing.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What is Given

“That’s the hardest part, letting someone see who you really are—scars and all.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“You’re my right person. My only person. I’ll wait for you.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“Things happen that change who we are, and what we’re capable of. So you’re not going to ‘come back’ from that any more than you’re going to erase whatever you did. You have to decide if you’re going to try to keep patching yourself up or if you’re going to tear down and rebuild.” “I don’t know how to do that.” “You wade through the pain, and the guilt, and the excuses you make to yourself. Stop drowning in alcohol to numb the fear, and suck up the bitter taste of accountability. You move on with who you are now. It’s not easy. If you think you screwed up that badly, then maybe you did, but you also have to leave room for the chance that you didn’t.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“I’d learned a long time ago that people didn’t really change. You either accepted them complete with their faults, or you had to let them go.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What is Given

“She told me if a women cuts her hair that much, she's looking for a compliment or a change. I figured you didn't really need a compliment.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What is Given

“So go ahead and fall. I’ve gotten really good at catching you.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“Samantha”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“I should have believed you when you told me you could handle flying. I should have trusted you, and I didn’t. I was so busy trying to protect you that I didn’t realize I was suffocating you.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“shook my head. “I don’t know. Maybe not to piss off the gods. Not to make choices that bring you more suffering than fate has doled out, because then they just keep it coming.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“You would tell me to be happy. You would tell me not to waste love…”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“It doesn’t matter what everyone sees, or what role I have to play, you’re under my skin, and when I come here, you’re along for the ride. This is not a temporary thing between us. There is no deadline. I. Am. Always. Yours.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“tear my eyes off his mouth. “Now it has the next chapter of my story. I’ll never look at it again without thinking of the way you taste.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“I’ll never stay where you don’t want me.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“Sometimes steady is just stuck, Sam.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“I’m not going to belittle you by saying nothing is that bad, because some things are. Things happen that change who we are, and what we’re capable of. So you’re not going to ‘come back’ from that any more than you’re going to erase whatever you did. You have to decide if you’re going to try to keep patching yourself up or if you’re going to tear down and rebuild.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“Things happen that change who we are, and what we’re capable of. So you’re not going to ‘come back’ from that any more than you’re going to erase whatever you did. You have to decide if you’re going to try to keep patching yourself up or if you’re going to tear down and rebuild.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“You’ve been waiting for me? In the same city? For weeks? It must have been hell.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“There was a time you loved me, and I know you could again. I’m thinking of leaving Michelle.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“You were, weren’t you, Parker? You drove.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given

“I…I was in the truck.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Beyond What Is Given