Say You'll Stay Quotes

“He pulls me into his body. He breaks me apart. He puts me together. He’s my poison and my antidote.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“I regret leaving her, not lovin’ her.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“First love is naïve. I was open and trusting. I didn’t hold back on how much love I gave; he got every ounce inside of me. He took over every nook and cranny.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“All I feel is his regret, and all I give him back is my forgiveness.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“Sometimes you have to choose whether what you’re wishin’ for is really what you want.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“Whatever. Love doesn’t let go, it grows stronger.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“Look, life is a gamble. You played your cards and lost. Doesn’t make you a loser. Means you need to find a new dealer”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“I feel the music. I fell his pulse beneath my hands, but mostly I feel us. We're the music of this moment. He's the beat that I'm dancing to. And our music is a beautiful symphony.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“I could drown in you."
My eyes open and I grin.
"I could let you.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“Choices are something we take for granted until we no longer have any options, and then we want to go back in time. “Hop”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“There's not a soul who doesn't have a skeleton of some sort, but the longer you keep it locked up, the longer it's going to hold you down.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“To the love that let me go so I could find the one worth holding on to”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“Each time the sun rises, I choose whether or not to dwell in the darkness,”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“Grief is a never-ending battle that drains you of who you once were. I’ll never be the same person I was five months ago. I’ve been forced to toughen up, face life head on, and protect myself at all costs.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“I’ve lived with guilt for all these years from walkin’ away from the girl I loved more than anything. I’ve struggled with forgiving myself. I’ve fought every damn day to prove that I’m better for you!” He moves forward, forcing me to retreat. “I’ve given you every part of me, Presley.” His chest heaves as tears form in his own eyes. “Me! Only me! I’ve kept all your secrets! I’ve stood by your side. Held you when you’ve cried over everything that Todd put you through!”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“The rain will stop, the night will end, and the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can’t be found.” —Mandy Hale”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“We both try to fight the rope that binds us, but the knots are too tight.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“There’s no comprehending why things happen. People leave you before you’re ready for them to go, but you have to keep livin’. That doesn’t mean you won’t miss them though.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“Loving her isn’t a choice— it’s who I am.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“When you came back, I knew. I knew that I could never look at another woman like I do you. Every time I close my eyes, I see you. I’ve always seen you, Presley.”
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“Even if you tell me you don’t feel the same. Even if I walk away tonight knowing there’s not a chance in hell of us ever being something . . . I’ll wait for you.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“That’s the thing about young love in a small town—it never dies.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“Sometimes you have to choose whether what you’re wishin’ for is really what you want”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“Sometimes things just don’t make sense. Sometimes we never have answers to these questions.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“anything worth fighting for is worth everything you have.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“I hate men because they’re assholes who break your heart and then make you live a life you didn’t want.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“Kiss me,” I say in a hushed voice.
His arm snakes around my back as he draws me near. My breathing gets shallow as I realize what is going to happen. I’m going to let him kiss me. I’m going to kiss him because that’s all I can think about. We’ve shared two very different moments, now I want this. Zach’s eyes melt into pools of indigo. The pinks, oranges, and reds filter around him as the sun sets behind him. Everything is warm and beautiful around us.
“Are you sure, darlin’?”
“I’ve loved you since I was twelve years old, Zachary Hennington. You were my first kiss, my first love, the first man to touch me. I want you to kiss me, and I need to kiss you.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“I’ve never stopped loving her. I knew I never had, but now there’s no way I can deny it.
I’ve moved on in some ways, but Presley . . . she’s everything.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“One look, one choice, one moment of time was all it took to reaffirm all the reasons I loved him once upon a time. He dismissed her—for me. “Zach,”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“Each time the sun rises, I choose whether or not to dwell in the darkness, and so far I've been choosing wrong.”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay

“Loving someone doesn’t stop just because you don’t see them any more”
― Corinne Michaels, Say You'll Stay