Twice Shy Quotes

“You ever think you were single for no reason and then you meet someone and realize you’ve been waiting for them without knowing it?”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“I never want anyone to hold me again if they don’t hold me like this.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“I’m not that strong at all but for you, I can be strong enough.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“During an argument that we had,” he tells me, pitch low, “you called me beautiful. And an insufferable ass. But beautiful. I haven’t gotten over it.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“Not to be dramatic, but I would rather drink battery acid than be in the throes of a crush.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“I think you are beautiful, too, Maybell. I think that you walked into my life and absolutely ruined it with how beautiful you are.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“It’s so much easier to pretend I have a personality where I don’t have any words for anyone, that I don’t care to, rather than not being able to find them.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“I want to be commanding, stern, intimidating, but I am raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. My resolve is dandelion fluff.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“I think he’s under a curse—if he laughs, he’ll die. This is a sensible explanation to me. It isn’t that I’m not a joy to be around, it’s that he’ll literally die.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“Cardigans are my kryptonite.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“I hate restaurants, because when I sit at tables I feel trapped. Something about sitting down across from someone and it being socially unacceptable to leave at any moment makes me panic.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“be able to just get up and leave if I wanted, for whatever reason, without grabbing people’s attention. Without being asked questions, and having to explain something I myself don’t entirely understand”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“Your problem is that you love everything.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“It's been too long since I've felt heard by anyone.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“Our next period of silence descends naturally, but if I shone a flashlight over all the dark space that surrounds us, it would illuminate a hundred lingering words.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“For someone as beautiful as you are, it's a shame you're such an insufferable ass.
I'm not that bad, you know. You are constantly turning your back on me, ignoring me when I'm around like I'm a punishment to talk to, and it makes me feel like shit. You make me feel even lonelier than I already was.
Whatever! I won't bother you anymore, then. Go ahead and be alone.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“those who deserve to be in my circle will like me just as I am, and will treat me the way I deserve to be treated.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“He looks utterly wrecked in the most wonderful way.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“He's the most beautiful human I've ever seen.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“I would like to touch you,” he says faintly. “If that’s okay.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“get nervous about communicating with them because they don’t know me yet, and they don’t know the issues I have. I’m putting all my energy into trying to present myself as normal, which I get into my head about. Whether it’s real or not, I can’t stop imagining that they’re judging me. Which makes it worse. My mind goes blank, and I just . . . I can’t find the words. I freeze up. It’s mortifying when the words won’t come. It’s so much easier to pretend I have a personality where I don’t have any words for anyone, that I don’t care to, rather than not being able to find them.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“I’ll grow you some real ones, if you like.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“I want to say one thing, be a certain way, but it gets all tangled up on its way out of my mouth. A pumpkin trying to be flowers and coming off like a cactus. It's frustrating.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“It bothers me. There’s a stigma, especially for guys. Especially for guys who are about to hit thirty. It’s not that I want to be a . . . you know . . .” He can’t bring himself to verbalize it. “But it’s hard to meet people when you have social anxiety as bad as I do. I panic. Or I want to say one thing, be a certain way, but it gets all tangled up on its way out of my mouth. A pumpkin trying to be flowers and coming off like a cactus. It’s frustrating.

“You’re much more flowers than you are cactus,” I tell him, meaning every word. I hope he believes it. “But for what it’s worth, pumpkins are the best.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“But it’s hard to meet people when you have social anxiety as bad as I do. I panic. Or I want to say one thing, be a certain way, but it gets all tangled up on its way out of my mouth. A pumpkin trying to be flowers and coming off like a cactus. It’s frustrating.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“I want to believe there are still wonders out there left unspoiled”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“People call women who brag about their accomplishments unlikeable.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“I don’t understand that thing you’re wearing. Your top is attached to your shorts. How do you go to the bathroom?”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“A bruise. You hurt yourself?”
On the door, while imagining him naked. It’s what I deserve. “No,” I reply quickly. “That’s probably just a shadow.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy

“At thirty years old, I am finally accepting that I am simply nobody else but myself. I will always only be me. A little bit naïve, a lot idealistic. In the regard of many, understated to the point of forgettable, and easy prey, because my heart is so large a target. But those who deserve to be in my circle will like me just as I am, and will treat me the way I deserve to be treated.”
― Sarah Hogle, Twice Shy