If You Were Mine Quotes

“I’ve made a thousand mistakes in my life, and I might make a thousand more, but walking away from you won’t be one of them. I don’t deserve you, but if you were mine, I’d spend every last damn day of my life trying.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“You might not be a bombshell, but you are definitely a bullet, possibly even a small grenade.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“I talked myself out of so many things because I looked at them as opportunities to fail, not as opportunities to succeed. I was so afraid to fall that I never let myself fly.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“I loved her laugh. It was bubbly and girlish, and it made me want to pick her up, put her in my pocket, and carry her around with me just so I could hear it all the time.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“What did it mean to love someone? What kind of power did that give someone over you? What kinds of ways could loving someone come back to haunt you? What kinds of ways could the beloved hurt you? By confessing your love, weren’t you essentially telling someone I need you? I don’t want to lose you? I’m vulnerable to you? It was like laying down all your weapons and asking for them to be used against you, wasn’t it?”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“But this was me—the real, behind-the-curtains me. I bruised easily, felt things deeply, and cried when I was sad. I had no desire to hide that.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“Sex without a condom was just a physical symbol of an emotional barricade destroyed.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“Theo’s face turned a deep shade of purple. He seemed completely unnerved by my mother, which I found kind of funny.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“You don't have to be anyone else. You just have to stop staring over the edge and jump.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“The truth was, I was much better at perceiving how other people felt than I was at self-reflection.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“You feel so good,” she breathed, running her hands all over me. “I can’t get enough.” “Try,” I told her.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“You're looking for a destination; I like the journey. I don't want it to end.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“Don't apologize. It's good you see the potential beyond the surface of things. That's a gift.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“Twenty bucks says that's the singles table." She nodded toward a table of awkward, miserable-looking people.

No one was talking, and everyone was staring at their phones, save the one guy who was making some sort of swan out of his napkin. "Wow," I said. "I should have charged you more.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“Claire had this strange effect on me—she made me want to fuck her and protect her from guys like me at the same time. She made me want to break my rules. She made me wish I was someone else…someone worthy.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“The guys looked attractive and not too serial-killery, and there were plenty of testimonials from satisfied customers.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“I was mad at my father for taking out his rage on his children, for not teaching us how to be men.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“It was both a reunion and a new beginning. A dream remembered and a story not yet told.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well. Antoine de St. Exupery”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“Love is real and it’s powerful enough to conquer any odds.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine

“I don’t deserve you, but if you were mine, I’d spend every last damn day of my life trying.”
― Melanie Harlow, If You Were Mine