Tell Me to Stop Quotes

“I watch him start to undress me. The ground moves my feet, but it’s my knees that are shaking. The temperature in the room goes up a few degrees. My breathing quickens.
I watch his fingers pick at my tank top. Nicholas slides one hand underneath. He runs his fingers over my torso, presses them against my stomach. They move up and down with each one of my breaths.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“But I guess that’s the thing about mothers, you only get one and you keep giving her chances because you don’t want to lose her.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“Teenagers don’t have the experience of years to know that it’s possible to go through a lot and still live a happy life. Life is long. Full of many ups and downs. Things get worse and then they get better.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“I just want you to know me.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“How do you know me?” I ask.
Now, it’s his turn to look down at the floor. Now, it’s his turn to hesitate.
“You have to tell me or I won’t even entertain this offer,”

“You owe me a debt, Olive,” he says, slowly. “I don’t have to explain anything to you beyond stating the terms of how you can replay it.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“We are always looking, striving, seeking that approval that we never got as children. We don’t trust our strength. We don’t trust standing on our two feet.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“I love the feeling of a real book in my hands, but I hate having the light on and physically holding the book and turning the pages, especially when I am tired. EBooks make everything so much easier. I can store thousands of them in my device’s library and read whichever one I’m in the mood for that night.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“Tell me to stop,” Nicholas said earlier when he led me here.
“Tell me to stop,” he said when he fastened my arms to the headboard.
“Tell me to stop,” he says now when he lifts up my shirt. He waits for my answer. Again, I say nothing and let him pull it up to my collarbone.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“Sydney is someone who spends sixty hours a day cooped in a lab running tissue samples and the rest of the time watching way too many crime and investigation shows.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“I told him that I’d never sleep with him. He promised me that I would end up begging for it. Now, I want him more than ever.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“No,” he whispers just as I think he’s going to kiss me again. He lets go. My hands drop to my sides. “What’s wrong?” I ask, trying to hide my disappointment. With a wink, Nicholas says, “We have a job to do first.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“But ties with toxic mothers are the most difficult ones to break. We, their children, can never really fully do it because our mothers never really taught them how to be adults. We are always looking, striving, seeking that approval that we never got as children. We don’t trust our strength. We don’t trust standing on our two feet.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“I want you to spend the year with me. But that has nothing to do with this money. Your mother’s life is in danger. I can help her with a swipe of a few buttons. That’s what I did.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“that”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“script”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“when it first arrived and she made fun of me for wanting to actually deposit that ridiculous check, her words not mine. “I was thinking that this”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“Go”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“going”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“But ties with toxic mothers are the most difficult ones to break.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“I guess that’s the thing about mothers, you only get one and you keep giving her chances because you don’t want to lose her.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“If people only had children they wanted, the world would be a lot less populated.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“and she made fun of me for wanting to actually deposit that ridiculous check, her words not mine. “I was thinking that this person must’ve dropped it off in our mailbox”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“Our mother’s husband, our stepfather, had been molesting her for months. And then he raped her. She was terrified of telling our mom because she knew she would blame her for seducing him.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“We knew everything about each other,” I say. “Ashley wasn’t dating anyone. I would be the first person to know if she had a boyfriend. She wasn’t even into boys. She thought she liked this girl in our math class.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“I won’t have sex with you,” I say categorically. “You don’t have to,” Nicholas says, his eyes challenging mine. “But I promise you one thing. You will be begging me to do it before our time is up.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“But I promise you one thing. You will be begging me to do it before our time is up.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“I want you to spend 365 days and nights with me,” he says slowly and deliberately. "Live with me. Go everywhere I go. Business trips. Dinners with clients. You will act charming and happy to be there. The people I deal with will have to like you. A lot. Some will have to want you.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“Now, let us discuss what you can do to repay your debt,” he says.”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop

“Most movies and TV shows fade to black as soon as the characters start to kiss, but in books, their stories continue. In bed… that’s the best part of it, isn’t it?”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop