Falls Boys Quotes

“You think I would let her touch me?” he whispers, hefting me up high. “Only you’re allowed to touch me.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“You weren’t born here. You were born billions of years ago, Aro. You’re stardust.” I look over, meeting her eyes. “The stars don’t need to see you. They know you.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“My wild girl. The one who sets fires everywhere she goes. I was dead before her.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“She’s not a bomb. She’s patient, quiet, unyielding, and permanent. She withstands. Like steel. Like an ax.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“So, we live. As hard as we can for as long as we can, and we feel everything, because if it doesn't kill us, something will.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“I don’t want to want things I’ll probably never have. It’ll hurt too much. I don’t want to know about the things missing from my life. I’m happier that way.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“Aro Teresa Marquez,” she tells me. “And you may not remember me years from now, and maybe no one will think of me and no one will want to, but I was fucking here.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“They run around like they own the whole world, but I guess wolves born on a leash never know they shouldn’t be wearing one.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“If you don’t grow, you die. I don’t want to die. I don’t want to be this anymore.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“But when I grew up, I realized there was a vast difference between the appearance and the reality. Inside all of these beautiful bullshit houses were liars just like everywhere else.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“It’s simply finding the choice that leaves me with the most options and the least consequences.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“I want what you never gave him,” he growls low.
And I want everything you’ve never given to anyone else, Hawke.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“I don’t want her to ever speak another word again that I can’t hear.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“The problem with relying only on yourself is that someday you’ll burn out.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“You are significant,” I say quietly, still staring up at the screen. “Scientists say that nearly all the atoms in our bodies were made in a star. And many of those atoms have traveled through several supernovas.” I pause, seeing her look over at me out of the corner of my eye. “You weren’t born here. You were born billions of years ago, Aro. You’re stardust.” I look over, meeting her eyes. “The stars don’t need to see you. They know you.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“What I’ve learned about trouble is that it all depends on the outcome,” she tells me. “Trouble is only bad if it doesn’t work out.” “And if it does?” “Then it was just fun,”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“No pressure. No expectations. Just there for each other.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“but in that moment, I knew I needed her in my life—as a friend or anything really—because it was the first time I knew I was never going to be alone again. As long as I could keep her.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“There’s still going to be sex in it, though.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“It’s kind of nice—seeing the world but not having them see you. Like we’re the only two people left.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“I stay there, glowering, because I believe him, but I don’t want to. Sometimes it just feels good to be mad.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“Or when they demolish their boyfriend’s car with a crowbar. I’m not entirely sure that story is true, but it’s fun to think about.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“We learn. We change. We grow. If you don’t grow, you die.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“So, we live. As hard as we can for as long as we can, and we feel everything, because if it doesn’t kill us, something will.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“Trouble is only bad if it doesn’t work out.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“I should’ve known. He’ll always come.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“I will fight him every day to keep you,” he whispers. “I know you will.” But I don’t want you to. I don’t want to fight every day. I want to make his life better, otherwise, what’s the point?”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“you can’t buy this kind of wild. Air that you can eat.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“You’re stardust.” I look over, meeting her eyes. “The stars don’t need to see you. They know you.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys

“Don’t women hate the word tits?” My mom would never say that. But she jokes, “Oh, I’m sorry. My breasts look horrible in—oh, nope, ‘breasts’ is still pretentious. I’ll just keep saying tits.”
― Penelope Douglas, Falls Boys