Elastic Hearts Quotes

“The woman I would have to let go of if I wanted to keep my career was the same woman I didn’t want to live without.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“You make me desperate for you, Nicole,” he growled, cradling the back of my head and crashing my lips to his. “You’re fucking mine.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Nic?” he asked, his voice low and near my ear. My stomach did a flip-flop.
“Yeah?” I whispered.
“You’re going to have to learn to breathe when you’re near me. We’ll be doing this a lot.”
My head whipped toward him, and he reared back slightly to put a little distance between our faces.
“You’re unbelievable,” I said.
“So I’ve been told.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“I’ll do whatever it takes if it makes you cave to this,” he said, lowering his voice.
“You’re not afraid of the consequences anymore?” I asked.
“I am.” He paused, his eyes searching mine. “I think you might be worth it, though.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“For anybody who thinks love only exists in fairy tales— Love is limitless. Believe.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“I want you,” he said. I gasped as his fingers dug into my flesh. “I want you and I can’t have you if I keep working for you.”
“Says who?” I asked, surprised my voice was loud enough for him to hear me.
“I’ve worked so fucking hard and this case is going to blow it all to shit,” he said, inching his face closer to mine. I stopped breathing. “All because I need this more than I’ve needed anything else in my fucking life.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Yet for some reason I’m around this guy for two seconds and I become a fifteen-year-old girl at a One Direction concert.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Are you mine and no one else’s?”
He smiled, caressing my face with his thumb as he brought his lips down to mine. “Always yours. I was never anybody else’s.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“But if that were the case, why did I feel like he was ripping out my heart?”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Give a little time to me or burn this out, We’ll play hide and seek to turn this around, All I want is the taste that your lips allow . . .” ~Ed Sheeran”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Work and wine, maintaining sanity for unhappily married women everywhere.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Do you do this much for all of your clients?” I asked…
“I think you know I don’t,” he whispered, still holding my face. “And I think you know this has passed the client boundary by now.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Jon. Snow. Is. A. Huge. Deal.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“He was not a big deal. He looked short. I was sure his hair made Oliver jealous, though, so I snapped a picture of him and sent it,”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Forgiving, caring, always willing to give people a second chance until you fucked up again, in which case she’d put you on her shit list.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Excuse him, he doesn’t Target much,” I said with a smile. The woman laughed and walked away.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“34 C, baby,” he said loudly. I felt my face turn a shade of red as a woman walked by us. She shot me an amused look.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Thank God we’re not in Victoria’s Secret,” I muttered, looking over again.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Would it bother you if somebody asked me out on a date?” His laughter stopped instantly. “Why? Who asked you out? That asshole realtor?” That made me laugh. “No. You know there are more men in the world, right?” “Who asked you out?”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“I swear to God, Gabriel, if you don’t stop, I will lose it. I will go to the bathroom and pull a Britney in the middle of your acceptance speech.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Breathe. Suck in your stomach. Smile. No. Don’t smile.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Talon gasped. “I am thirty-two, thank you very much, and Harry is hot.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“I rarely did that, but I figured because of the time it had to be UPS”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Let’s go, Marcus, I have a lot of pent-up tension I need to get rid of,” I said. I looked over my shoulder to where Victor was standing.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“I understand, and I’m sorry to break it to you, but I’m not looking to hook up with you. Been there, done that, bought the shirt.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“«(…) Denunciami allora».
«Potrei farlo».
Scoppiai a ridere. «Oh. Questa è bella. Con quali motivazioni?»
«Per aver distrutto il mio fottuto ego. Per temporanea infermità mentale, per aver colpito a tradimento il mio… il mio…».
«Il tuo cuore?»”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts

“Every time I lied to my dad I felt like I was going up against the Supreme Court justices and pleading my case.”
― Claire Contreras, Elastic Hearts