“She‘s got hair like sunset and eyes like the sky.”
“A poet, then.”
“Just lovesick.”
-Extended Epilogue Chapter 1
“She‘s got hair like sunset and eyes like the sky.”
“A poet, then.”
“Just lovesick.”
-Extended Epilogue Chapter 1
“It‘s like I‘ve been falling all my life, and I finally landed somewhere safe. You‘re safe, and I love you. That‘s the truth.”
-Penny, Chapter 65, Page 388
“I can‘t recall the moment I realized: it could have been a thousand different ones, brief moments coming together to create a constellation that‘s imprinted on the fabric of my soul. Every time she smiles at me, I fall in love all over again.”
-Cooper, Chapter 56, Page 336
“But love is almost always worth the risk.”
-Dr. Faber, Chapter 50, Page 297
“And these look awesome. You totally killed it. I needed something new to read, I finished all the books you recommended.”
“That might‘ve been the sexiest thing you‘ve ever said to me.”
-Chapter 43, Page 263
the reading banter was one of my favorite things about this entire book i LOVE that they read each other‘s favorite books and annotate and all 🥰🥰🥰
“I want every moment with you, good and bad. When I think of my future, you come to mind before anything else.”
-James, Extended Epilogue Chapter 12
“I hope I‘m privileged enough to say that even my most ordinary moments are special because I get to share them with her.”
-James, Extended Epilogue Chapter 11
“I look into his ocean eyes, and I see a million possibilities. A future we can share. I see love and desire and everything I thought I thought I couldn‘t have, in between shades of blue.”
-Bex, Chapter 47, Page 291
“And as much as I love football, I love her more.”
-James, Chapter 40, Page 246
“If I could only pick one person to be around, one person to know, one person to love, for the rest of my life—I‘d choose her.”
-James, Chapter 34, Page 212
“Whether we like it or not, our past is part of us. But we can move forward, together.”
-Colby, Chapter 41, Page 278
“We‘re your best friends… We‘re here to pet your hair when you need hair peters and kick your ass when you need ass kickers. And we know you‘d do the same for us.”
-Andie, Chapter 39, Page 269
“Would it help if I killed him, so Colby won‘t have to? I‘m old, I‘ll plead temporary insanity.”
-Gram, Chapter 32, Page 233
“Girl, you know I don‘t go to games for the hockey. I go to stare at Mitch.”
-Andie, Chapter 28, Page 211
so real of u girl
“You were into that, huh? I knew you would be. You little freak.”
-Colby, Chapter 28, Page 208
this is a closed door book so the context of this, which i currently do not remember, is probably very safe and not actually spicy at all. i just loooove the word FREAK!
-Chapter 22, Page 175
the start of the eagles making me piss myself whilst reading this book. they really put the COM in romcom!!!
“He referred to me as beautiful. Now, if I was a good feminist, my heart wouldn‘t flutter at the compliment. But apparently, I‘m not a good feminist.”
-Noel, Chapter 12, Page 106
“What do all the girls in my books have that I don‘t have? Why am I the uptight spinster instead of the cool girl who catches the attention of the most eligible bachelor from across the ballroom?”
-Noel, Chapter 6, Page 62
“Just keep an open mind. Love might be where you least expect it.”
-Gram, Chapter 4, Page 41
“I will remember this moment for the rest of my life. The first time I saw her. The moment I knew love at first sight was a real thing.”
-Colby, Chapter 1, Page 3
😭🥰🥹😍
“Sometimes life is more fun when it‘s unplanned.”
-Mel, Epilogue
“I sigh, feeling so happy and content. I never knew how much I needed someone to love the quirks about me.
The very things I dislike about myself the most. But West knows my struggles and loves me anyway.”
-Mel, Chapter 14
swoon! this is something i want in a relationship so badly
“But then again, just because something is difficult, doesn‘t mean it‘s impossible.”
-Mel, Chapter 12
“Because family looks different for everyone. Sometimes it‘s not the family you‘re born into, but the one you build. The one you work for. And this is mine.”
-Andie, Chapter 33, Page 261
“They can take me as I am or not at all. I will never change myself for someone else.”
-Adalyn, Chapter 37, Page 267
“The heavy, quick beating of my heart thumps against his, and the world around us disappears. It‘s just us. The way I like it.”
-Adalyn, Chapter 31, Page 222
“His touch is electric, burning my body, and I must be a masochist because I ache for more of the feeling.”
-Adalyn, Chapter 16, Page 109
“I‘ve learned that not every hero deserves his happily ever after. Sometimes, the hero is just a villain in disguise.”
-Braxton, Chapter 41, Page 306
“My greatest mistake in life is letting you run from me, and I would give up my career in a heartbeat if it meant that I don‘t ever have to lose you again.”
-Maddox, Chapter 39, Page 291
“I‘ve waited my entire life to have you like this, and I would wait another lifetime, regardless of what you decided to do. Just because you didn‘t wait doesn‘t mean you love me any less that I love you. It just means I hurt you as seed as you hurt me. I don‘t blame you for moving on. But what we did and didn‘t do doesn‘t matter now. What matters is that I‘m the last one to have you like this.”
-Maddox, Chapter 30, Page 222
SWOOOOOOOON 😍😍😍
“It‘s all what-ifs. I have to remind myself of that. We can‘t go back. There‘s only now and what we do next.”
-Maddox, Chapter 26, Page 195
“I startle at how easy it is for my father to throw me under the bus. Like I‘m an easy casualty. Yet, it doesn‘t hurt as much as I thought. Maybe because he‘s already done enough damage to our relationship. Maybe when it comes to my love for him, I don‘t have anything left for him to break.”
-Braxton, Chapter 25, Page 188
this hit different, as i also don‘t have the strongest relationship with my dad
“Somehow, people always seem to find their way back to where they‘re supposed to be.”
-Braxton, Chapter 8, Page 61
“You reeked of heartbreak, and I had no clue if I was up for the task of taming a player.”
-Sierra, Epilogue, Page 272
“You don‘t get to hide your problems from me. Your problems are also mine.”
-Braden, Chapter 22, Page 174
“Fear is an all-encompassing emotion. It fills your stomach with acid and spikes your blood with adrenaline. Fighting against fear is like going up against the boss at the end of a video game without actually playing a single level.”
-Sierra, Chapter 10, Page 77
“Love doesn‘t disappear overnight, not when you feel so strongly about somebody.”
-Sierra, Chapter 2, Page 26
“I don‘t need anyone to make me happy. Just myself.”
-Sierra, Chapter 34, Page 291
“Shit. Why is loving somebody so damn hard?”
-Sierra, Chapter 32, Page 271
“There was something magical about watching two people announce their love for one another so publicly. It gave me butterflies and only grew my obsession with fairytales as a little girl.”
-Sierra, Chapter 29, Page 245
“When you find someone who loves you as much as you love them, your differences don‘t matter. The person that you think is too good for you fell in love with you for who you are. If they wanted someone different, they would have gone and found that person.”
-Ava, Chapter 30, Page 246
“I can‘t continue to drown when I have someone offering me a life jacket.”
-Scarlett, Chapter 27, Page 215
“I didn‘t think I would ever be able to replace what I lost, but because of you, I think I have.”
-Scarlett, Chapter 21, Page 172
“I‘m the jealous type. I‘m smart-mouthed and sometimes brash. I don‘t like to share. I cant cook anything that doesn‘t come from a microwaveable container. I hate talking on the phone—texting works just as well without the awkward silences that come from a phone call. And I would do absolutely anything and everything for the people I love.”
-Gracie, Chapter 24, Page 175
ditto. to all of it. every single word.
“But the only thing I‘m sure about right now is that no matter how much we go through together, it will always be us against the world.”
-Gracie, Chapter 12, Page 89