Practice Makes Perfect Quotes

“But the thing about quiet people is, we’re only quiet because our brains are so busy overthinking everything.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“It seems to me, Annie, that you are just waiting for someone to give you permission to be yourself out loud.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“This one is for the softies. The tenderhearted sweeties. The introverts who are afraid to shine.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I am the quiet one in my family. The one with her nose always in a book because she prefers worlds where she doesn’t have to interact with other humans. It’s so much easier to read about relationships than to foster them. Less dangerous too.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“If I waited until I felt confident to live my life and do the things I want to do, I’d never live.” He stares into my eyes. “This lesson is one as old as time: Fake it till you make it. If you want something, pretend you’re the kind of person who’s not scared of it.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Annie: You’d do that for me? Will: I’m quickly learning I’d do anything for you.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Annabell, I need you to know, I’ve fallen madly in love with you.”
“But you don’t believe in love.”
“It was easier to say I don’t believe in love, rather than admitting to myself that I was afraid I wouldn’t be loved back.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Grief – that mean son of a bitch – doesn’t have a timeline or rules. It hits when it wants.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I’m terrified to admit that holding her in my arms is the closest I’ve come to feeling truly happy in a very long time.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“The problem is, you’re trying to rationalise your feelings. I have bad news for you, the heart wants what it wants, and there’s no talking it out of it.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“How is it possible to crave change and relish familiarity at the same time?”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I don’t think I like the word regret. Every choice I’ve made has been valuable in some way or other.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Why do I feel like I just missed out on an important opportunity?”
‘Because you did. Now, get lost, she’s mine.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Until I met her and held her in my arms, I never knew I could be capable of so much tenderness.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I’ve always had trouble telling people the truth of what I’m feeling when I know it’s going to be uncomfortable for them to hear—so I usually just keep it bottled up.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Will Griffin is absolutely not the kind of man I need.
Too bad he’s very quickly becoming the man I want.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Please. Just let me be here. I don’t know why, but I can’t be anywhere else. I tried but my feet keep bringing me back here to your door.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I realize I’m not sure what I really want anymore. Who I was and who I am becoming are meeting at an intersection and deciding who should proceed”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Because she has a hold on me that I can’t figure out. Because her eyes do this sparkly thing when she’s excited and the light hits them just right. Because the curve of her bottom lip is perfect. Because I feel desperate to know what wild thing she’s going to say next anytime she’s around.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“You think I would be…sexy with a tattoo?”
“No, Annie. Don’t get it twisted. I already think you’re sexy without a tattoo. So I know for sure you would be with one.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“But a side effect of being the one who listens and comforts is that people rarely offer to listen or comfort me. I’ve been living this way for so long now that I’m not sure I’d be any good at expressing myself even if I were asked to.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Did I ever tell you why I never talked to you before that day in the alley?”
“No.”
“Because I knew once I did – it would be over for me. Some part of me has always known I would love you.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I’m relearning who I am and why I love the things I do. So I’d like some time to do that before I decide to get married. But what I do want is to have a relationship with you – to go day by day and earn your trust while you earn mine, and we figure out who we are in this messy life together.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“And then I called my brother, and as we talked, I realised that leaving this town without you was the scariest thought I’ve ever had. I need you in my life like I need air, Annie. You have wrecked me in the best way I could ever imagine, and I’ll never be the same. Never want to be the same. I love you.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I’ve never wanted to crawl into someone’s head and read all of their thoughts like I do with Annie. My need to understand her, to know every desire, every hope and fear and longing, scares me.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“If I waited until I felt confident to live my life and do the things I want to do, I’d never live.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I am the quiet one in my family. The one with her nose always in a book because she prefers worlds where she doesn’t have to interact with other humans. It’s so much easier to read about relationships than to foster them. Less dangerous too. I can’t offend anyone written into a book. I can’t say the wrong thing. And book characters don’t make judgments about me.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“Because it’s only an insult if I accept it as one.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“I breathe in the smell of flowers and Will Griffin. My two favourite scents in the entire world.”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect

“How is it possible to share DNA with someone and still feel so ‘other’ from them – and yet still love them with my whole heart?”
― Sarah Adams, Practice Makes Perfect