Princess and the Player Quotes

“No, but will you step out here in the hall so we can talk? Just five minutes?" "I'm, like, super busy. You have no idea. Sorry." I lean in. "But, Francesca. I want to see you. Your whole person. Without you and Mr. Darden yelling back and forth. Without the toboggan and glasses you had on at Café Lazzo." My voice lowers. "And without the mask, Princess Bride.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Princess and the Player

“We’ve been rejected before, and when it happens, we make plans. We move on. We survive.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Princess and the Player

“We all have darkness. People you see on the street, people you work with, people you love, people you hate. If there’s no darkness, then there’s no room for light. And when that darkness hits you, and it will, all that matters is that you keep going, one step at a time until you’re up and back on your journey.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Princess and the Player

“I kiss his forehead, my heart full of love for him, for Darryn, for Francesca. Sometimes I feel so grateful that I’m terrified, like something awful might whisk them away from me. I know the root of that fear, leftover trauma that may never disappear. And when that happens, I remind myself that Francesca and I aren’t my parents. We’re special. We’re, well, fated, written in the stars. And I’ll cherish each moment we share.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Princess and the Player

“Mine was to always love her and put her first, to support and lift her up, to be the shoulder she needs if she cries. I promised to be her family, to take her people into mine and build something beautiful.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Princess and the Player

“You wanted to impress me.” Her gaze drapes over me. “You don’t need real estate. You had me at the scruff.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Princess and the Player

“Okay, it’s Jensen Ackles.” “Who the fuck is that?” She gasps. “You’ve never watched Supernatural? Oh my God, there’s fifteen seasons.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Princess and the Player

“Do you always run this hot and cold? Besides, there's another NFL player on my list to stalk. Tell Jasper I'm coming for him. He's more fun anyway." A spike of possessiveness rises. "No Jasper for you.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Princess and the Player

“Girls like me don’t have time to wallow.”
― Ilsa Madden-Mills, Princess and the Player