The Crush Quotes

“he still taught me a lesson that I hadn’t quite learned until it was too late. It was impossible to force someone to make you a priority. It was impossible to make someone feel the same way you did. And it was impossible to force the stars to align when the timing wasn’t right.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Crush

“Secrets are okay as long as no one’s getting hurt, but if someone’s getting hurt or asking you to tell lies, you should always tell an adult.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Crush

“Adaline wasn’t fireworks and lightning. She was something softer, sneaking up on me until I couldn’t look away. A sunrise, maybe. A beginning point that changed so gradually you hardly noticed until the brightest, most vivid colors you’ve ever seen dominated the entire horizon.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Crush

“The best part of any day is you,” I told her. “No matter what happens, no matter where I am, or what else is going on.” I slid the metal ring over her knuckle, grinning when it fit. “And I want to spend the rest of my life doing what I do best—loving you. Adaline Wilder, will you marry me?”
― Karla Sorensen, The Crush

“Adaline’s head lifted from my chest, and she cupped the side of my face. “I love you. And I don’t care what we have to do, I don’t want to love you from far away anymore.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Crush

“If I hadn’t made the choices I’d made, I could’ve given her a million hugs by now. Two million kisses. Could’ve memorized all the ways she liked to be touched. Instead, I still had all those things to learn.
And I would. I’d learn them all. I’d know all the best ways how to love Adaline Wilder, because it was what I was meant to do.”
― Karla Sorensen, The Crush