Hail Mary Quotes

“If fate is what brought you to me, I’m not only a believer — I’m a worshiper.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“You wanna be chivalrous?” she asked, spinning to face me as she continued walking backward. Her ponytail swung with the motion, and something tightened in my chest at the sight of her so light and carefree. “Go to a women’s march. Vote for a female to take office. Read a book on feminism.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“I don’t think my story will be as light as yours.” “So, let me sit in the darkness with you.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“I had everything I’d ever wanted. All because I begged my parents to buy me Halo.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“No matter what life throws at us, what you throw at me — we will make it. Just stay,” he said, kissing me again. “That’s all I need. Stay, and I promise, no matter what happens, I’ll make it right.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“It was a kiss I felt all the way down to my toes. It stirred my desire as much as it soothed my aching heart. It was the feeling of coming home after a long trip. It was Christmas morning and a sunset on the beach. It was a night spent between the sheets and a day of perfect sunshine. It was Leo, and it was me. It was us.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“She had my number on her chest. And my heart in her hands.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“I love you,” I repeated. “I may be a colossal fuck up. I may make mistakes. I may disappoint you and fall short in more ways than I measure up. But I love you, and that will never not be true.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“It didn’t matter if it was true or not. When you said something enough, you started to believe it. And when you believed it, you became it.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“a sloth in a bar eating nachos.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“They have three hearts, which I thought was pretty rad. But I think the connection I really made was with the fact that with three organs pumping blood into them, and eight arms that essentially all have a mind of their own — they must feel pulled in so many different directions, you know? Like they’re made up of too much to be confined into one little being.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“Pack my schedule with more than a normal human being can handle and I’ll show you the impossible.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“That girl is nasty,” Kyle said, but he said it in a way that made me feel strangely… honored? Like nasty was a good thing.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“stigma, which was the ancient Greek term for tattoo.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“And in the quiet dark of that hotel room, I silently promised to never hurt her again, to never put her second to anything, to never let her push me away even when her defensive instinct told her to. I promised to do everything in my power to always make her stay, even when things got rough. Mary Silver was finally mine. It was the sweetest win of my life.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“Wherever we go, whatever we do, you belong to me,” I said, kissing along her jaw. “And I belong to you.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“I wrapped my arms fiercely around him, squeezing my eyes shut as we both exhaled in relief at finally being together again.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“I rolled my eyes, but my heart was light as a bird, the wings of it fluttering in my chest and making it impossible not to smile. I’d never felt more at home.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“I’m yours,” I promised her. “I’m not going anywhere.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“This is the real thing, Stig. You and me, right here, right now. I want it. I want us.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“I’m sorry I hurt you. I’m so, so fucking sorry. But I’m here. And I want you, Mary, you. All of you. Exclusive. No bullshit, no wondering what’s next, no games.” I looked at her again. “I’ve never felt anything for anyone else but you — even when I didn’t know it was you all along. You’re fucking it for me.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“You can take anything out on me because you know what? I can handle it. I can take it. I can go to war for you, or with you, if it’s what you need.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“Mary, do you know where the—” I handed a fresh bottle of black ink to Tray before they could finish their sentence, and they chuckled, taking it out of my hand. “Don’t know where we’d be without you,” they said, the light gleaming off their turquoise hair.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“Look, what happens to me is none of your business.” “What if I want it to be?”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“As long as it’s okay with you, Daddy.” Kyle and Braden exchanged looks, and Leo grinned. “I’ll allow it, since you’ve been such a good girl.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“Leo: You’re right, school sucks. I miss summer days with you.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“Leo: I’m really glad I met you.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“You’re telling me you saw what I drew you and it didn’t click? Me and you, an Xbox controller, the stars?”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“If you think I’m going to fuck you without worshipping this perfect fucking body first, you don’t know me at all.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary

“When you said something enough, you started to believe it. And when you believed it, you became it.”
― Kandi Steiner, Hail Mary