Mr. President Quotes

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“They called him prince when his father was alive, now he’s about to take the king’s throne.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“Sadness is when you don’t listen to those in pain until they’re crying. You don’t listen to those suffering because sometimes they’re the ones most silent.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“I’m so wicked you have no idea”
He is looking at my mouth not as if he wants to kiss it.
Matt is staring at my mouth as if he means to devour it.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“He smiles. Shifts forward.
‘You’re fascinating,“ he whispers.
I nearly choke on my saliva.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“You make me want to be the best version of myself I can ever be.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“I’m high from him, from the looks, the stolen touches, the secret lust, watching him at rally after rally, speaking firmly and from the heart to crowds calling out his name.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“She grounds me. She obsesses me. She fuels me.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“Why aren’t you married yet, anyway?”
“I’m waiting for her to grow up.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“A primeira-dama deve ser mais do que uma anfitriã bonita no braço do presidente. Eu prefiro me cercar de pessoas capazes que merecem o papel.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“— Diga-me como posso satisfazer este país quando me sinto tão carente? Diga-me.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“We've met with hundreds of thousands of people. You get to see all the varieties, all the ethnicities that now make up Americans. You get to see courage, suffering, hope, politeness, rudeness, anger, despair - all of that is America. Sadness is when you don't listen to those in pain until they're crying. You don't listen to those suffering because sometimes they're the ones most silent.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“Matt takes the folder with lazy grace, his gaze still holding mine, his voice still terribly deep and unnerving. “See? I knew there was a reason I brought you on. You make me look good.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“He is the man his father groomed and that a nation has waited for.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“«—Algún dia haré lo que tenga que hacer y ella será mía. Recuerda mis palabras.
—¿Lo sabe ya?
—Se lo acabo de decir.»”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“«—Nunca dejes que te digan que eres demasiado joven para pedir lo que quieres.
—Ah no te preocupes, a veces ni siquiera pregunto»”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

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What we’re doing is risky, but how can it be wrong when it feels so right?”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“Debates are about divisions, about differing points of views, but there are some universal truths that cannot be denied. The universal truth of cycles—spring, summer, winter, fall; the universal truth of gravity; and a universal truth that we’ve discovered from the first moment our ancestors appeared on earth six million years ago—man adapts. “Man has used his brain to outwit predators who are stronger, faster, more numerous. Man has learned to tame some of those predators: wolves became our friends, animals were bred for food. Man learned to farm, feeding millions where before they would feed less than a fourth of that; man invented shelter, clothing, weapons, writing, trade, architecture that defied their physical capabilities, and now, a network and infrastructure that connects us all. Planes, translation, the internet. We’re more interlaced than we’ve ever been.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“I don’t know why I want to make this particular purchase, but my mother has always been the sort of woman to have sweet little surprises for my dad. I don’t know if it’s her way of saying thank you for something nice that he did or just the way he made her feel.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“If New York is the brain, Los Angeles is the beauty, D.C. is the heart, the very soul vibrating in our monuments, each one of them a testament to the strength and beauty of the American experience.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“«—Bueno, ¿y porque no te has casado todavía?
—Estoy esperando a que la chica crezca»”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“I want to talk to him. I want to pick his brain. I’m curious and professionally thirsty, and maybe I want to accidentally press myself against him one more time. So I can smell him. No, definitely not that last.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“— Você percebe o quão difícil é dar tudo de mim nessa última parte quando eu sei que se eu ganhar, eu perco você?”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“— Você me faz querer ser a melhor versão de mim mesma que jamais pude ser.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“— Você não consegue desistir de mim —, diz ele, aquela escuridão de seus olhos se intensificando. — Você não consegue se afastar de mim. Da próxima vez que você fizer isso, tudo que você tem a fazer é olhar para trás para perceber que estarei perseguindo você.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“Deus, a sua voz. Como você pode até mesmo sentir falta da voz de alguém?”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“Acho que é drasticamente inconveniente que eu pense em você nos momentos mais inoportunos. Como vou governar um país quando eu não posso controlar os meus próprios pensamentos sobre você?”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“Exalo quando entendo suas palavras. O que ele quer dizer é que, no escuro da noite, ele não quer ser presidente, ou Matthew Hamilton.
Ele quer ser apenas um homem capaz de perder o controle sem ter uma história no dia seguinte na mídia. Eu quero segurá-lo, e eu quero dizer a ele que eu amo o jeito que ele perde o controle, e que eu amo o fato de que ele usa todas as expectativas que o mundo já colocou em cima dele, porque ele só fez o nome Hamilton ser muito bom.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“— O cara para quem você faz a campanha, eu não sei como não ser ele. Isso é que todo mundo espera que eu seja. — Ele toca seus dedos na minha bochecha. — Mas com você é diferente.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President

“Percebo como é desconfortável ter um segredo. Quero gritar algo para o mundo, mas, ao mesmo tempo, não quero nada mais do que protegê-lo. Que o mundo nunca, nunca toque em qualquer parte deste nosso precioso segredo. Que ninguém saiba que sua fraqueza tem um nome, um coração batendo, e um rosto muito famoso.”
― Katy Evans, Mr. President