Caught Stealing Quotes

“But hey, what doesn’t kill you just gives you seriously fucked-up coping mechanisms and one massive self-destruct button.”
― C.E. Ricci, Caught Stealing

“But then someone told me that rule doesn’t apply if he’s the rest of your life.”  “Who told you that?” “Holden did. Last week.”
― C.E. Ricci, Caught Stealing

“You love him,” Oakley says, a hint of awe in his voice. “Don’t you?” Leave it to my best friend to see right through me like I’m nothing more than a piece of glass. I bite the inside of my cheek, and before I realize it, I nod. “With every inch of me.”
― C.E. Ricci, Caught Stealing

“Stop. Staring,” he says, his tone flat and direct while his eyes stay locked on his notebook as he continues writing. “Stop. Being. Sexy.” “Kinda something I can’t control, considering I’m not even trying,” he retorts. “Mmm, yeah, you’re right. This is one of those maybe he’s born with it moments.” His gaze lifts from his notebook again. Slower this time, before he cocks his head and blinks at me. “Did you just Maybelline me?” My lips lift in a grin. “Maybe.”
― C.E. Ricci, Caught Stealing

“I feel a single tear collide with my thumb. It’s silent, but it might as well make a sonic boom as it meets my skin. Or maybe that’s the sound of my heart shattering on impact. Because there is no worse pain on the planet than watching the person you love fall apart before your eyes, knowing you’re helpless to stop it.”
― C.E. Ricci, Caught Stealing