Collared Quotes

“Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“I’ll never finish falling in love with you.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“Sometimes I have to pretend I feel brave before I actually do. Sometimes I never make it past the pretending part. But those days are getting fewer and further between.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“Look at him ... staring at me the way every person wants to be looked at by another person at least once in their lifetime.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“The woman I wanted to spend my life with was gone. I wasn’t in the mood to find a backup.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“Life’s not going to slow down just because I can’t tolerate the pace. “Does”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“I’d sacrifice this life and every life I have coming for you.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“Are you sure?”
His strong hand grips the side of my neck, and he aligns his eyes with mine. “I’ve been sure about you since I was fifteen years old. And I’ll be sure about you for the rest of my life.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“Find an emotional tether. Someone you trusted before and someone you can trust now. A person who can connect you to your past but can pilot you into the future. Someone who can pull you back from the ledge when you find it and from the dark when it finds you. Find that person, hold on tight, and don’t let go.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“It’s not over, and you know it.”
“No, I don’t.” I back around the side of the coffee table.
He matches my every step. I step back; he steps forward. I move away; he moves in.
“Yes, you do because you know it will never be over.”
… “Time, circumstance, tragedy— nothing can change that. You and me, there isn’t an over for us.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“He might have taken ten years. But he couldn’t have another minute of my life.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“I think someone’s usually supposed to make coffee in the morning, but I don’t have coffee because I’m still a child who thinks it tastes like ass.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“You’re checking me out, aren’t you?” He grins, and I swear he intentionally makes his stomach muscles tighten beneath the skin.
“I am not checking you out. I’m just examining. Making sure you don’t have any jellyfish or sharks hanging off of you.”
His smile spreads. “Whatever. You’re totally checking me out, but that’s okay because I’m totally checking you out.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“As long as you want me, I’ll be here. Right at your side.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“again. Fail again. Fail better.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared

“I don’t know.” “I don’t know either. That’s the problem.”
― Nicole Williams, Collared