Pretend You're Mine Quotes

“You can’t put your worth in someone else’s hands like that. Whether those hands are stroking you or hurting you. It doesn’t matter. Your value comes from inside. Whether you mean something to him or not has nothing to do with how inherently valuable you are.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“What am I supposed to do, be all ‘woe is me’ for the rest of my life? I still get access to the same sunrises everyone else does, the same 24 hours in a day. And if I don’t take advantage of those things, it’s my own fault.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“Don’t have to jump off the cliff to know you die at the bottom.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“I can still be sad. But I don’t have to wallow or completely ignore the good that is still waiting for me. That’s careless and wasteful.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“It’s not really impressive when there isn’t another option. What am I supposed to do, be all ‘woe is me’ for the rest of my life? I still get access to the same sunrises everyone else does, the same 24 hours in a day. And if I don’t take advantage of those things, it’s my own fault.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“I guess some of us just don’t recognize how valuable our time is here. How we shouldn’t spend our time mourning our loss, but thanking our lucky stars we had someone wonderful in our lives for no matter how long.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“She was clawing her way through the pain, but what lay beyond that didn’t seem worth the fight yet. Maybe someday she wouldn’t feel like her smile was painted on. Maybe someday she would remember what it was like to laugh. Maybe someday the hole wouldn’t be so big.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“Stay.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“Life moves pretty fast. There’s not a lot of room for coulda, shoulda, woulda,”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“I still get access to the same sunrises everyone else does, the same 24 hours in a day. And if I don’t take advantage of those things, it’s my own fault.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“Maybe it was her destiny to always be a little bit lonely. To always be hungry for love.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“Have you met me? What in my life has ever been long-term? Life is too short not to grab on to the good times while they last.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“What are the odds, Luke, that Harper would end up here in Benevolence? There is no way this was a coincidence. She was meant for you. She needs you. To love her, to protect her, to be her family. And you need her.” “I feel like I’m turning my back on Karen.” “By being happy without her?” Luke nodded and swallowed hard. “That’s the greatest gift you could give her. It’s the only thing she would want from you, from me. Us living a life full of love and happiness and remembering how lucky we are to have known her. And I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of letting her down.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“You’re home, Harper.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“DEAR LUKE, YOU’LL NOTICE I’M WRITING IN ALL CAPS TO CONVEY THE FACT THAT I AM SHOUTING AT YOU. HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY NEGLECT TO TELL ME YOU SAVED ALDO’S LIFE WHILE PUTTING YOUR OWN AT GREAT RISK? YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO NEED SAVING WHEN YOU GET HOME. RESPECTFULLY IN ANGER, HARPER”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

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― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“What does your magic eight ball say?” “That you’re going to be just fine. You’re strong and smart and look really, really good in a bikini. You’re not meant for a life of misery and hiding in beer coolers.” “That’s an oddly specific magic eight ball you have.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“It was Luke’s turn to sigh. “Should I really be taking advice from a man who’s never been married?” “Don’t have to jump off the cliff to know you die at the bottom.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“He’s an ass. And I don’t like any man’s hands on you.” “Are you getting territorial? You’re not going to pee on me, are you? Because I am not into that.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“His laugh was soft. “I hate to leave this bed, but I’ve got an early meeting, and I want to get in a run first.” “You’re such a grownup,” Harper sighed. “I should probably get up and pay taxes or clean out the gutters or something.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“Eat your burger. You’re weak with hunger and stupidity.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“Please, the only time a woman needs a grand romantic gesture is when she doesn’t know she’s loved.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“For the love of God, Ma. I’ve spent the last two weeks with you. You’re driving me fucking nuts.”

“That’s a fine way to talk to the woman who dropped everything to nurse you back to health because you couldn’t swerve around a bomb,” Ina Moretta shouted back.

“You played Candy Crush and yelled at me if I didn’t turn on ‘The Price is Right’ everyday,” Aldo roared.

"You aren’t driving yourself to PT. I don’t care how big and tough you think you are. So you’re welcome to walk. Go ahead and hitchhike. See if I care. I didn’t raise you to be a grown man who shouts at his own mother.”

“That is exactly who you raised me to be!”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“I’m more than just a pretty face.”
Harper’s gaze trailed down his naked body. “Oh, I can see that.”
“Hey, I’m not a piece of meat and I asked you a question.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“don’t want to be forgotten. We played important roles in each other’s lives. It would”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“make him see her as damaged goods or, worse, feel sorry for her.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“There’s a difference between being on the receiving end of a grand romantic gesture and demanding to be the very expensive center of attention. On one hand, you have someone who wants to make sure that you know beyond a shadow of a doubt how they feel about you. On the other hand, some poor schmuck is just buying a gimmie girl off with sparkly presents and lots of attention.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“How does someone who goes through everything you’ve gone through walk around with a permanent smile on her face?” “You mean because of my parents?” “Your parents, the fire, your idiot of an ex. Your resiliency is impressive. How does that happen?” “It’s not really impressive when there isn’t another option. What am I supposed to do, be all ‘woe is me’ for the rest of my life? I still get access to the same sunrises everyone else does, the same 24 hours in a day. And if I don’t take advantage of those things, it’s my own fault.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“I thought that meant living my life alone. Never loving again. But it was so easy to love you. I don’t even remember ever not loving you. I think I loved you the second I saw you launch yourself at Glenn. Something in me said ‘she’s finally here.’ You’re what I’ve been waiting for. You’re the light that got me through the dark, and I’m not willing to go back to a life without you.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine

“Okay, guys, let’s go for a w-a-l-k.” She had learned to spell the word after realizing that Max had the tendency to get so excited he peed when he heard “walk.”
― Lucy Score, Pretend You're Mine