J. Sterling Quotes

I could wait and marry you someday, but I'd much rather marry you today. Someday may never come. Today is already here. Please don't make me wait to make you my wife.

There were simply some guys you wanted to hold on to - every memory, every note, every conversation - you longed to keep it all. And that was how I felt when it came to him.

Then don't give up. One day you'll look around and realize that all the things you thought mattered so much, really didn't matter much at all.- Gran

Coach Smith poked his head into the dugout. If you ladies are done with the warm and fuzzies, I'd like you to get your asses on the field with your team.

I never knew you could spend hours just kissing a girl. I never knew because I'd never done it before. In the last month, I'd learned just how erotic kissing could be. Many nights I'd left her place unsatisfied sexually, but completely content emotionally.
I sound like a fucking chick. I want to go drink a beer and punch something.
That's better.

I suddenly wondered - can you still be Daddy's little girl if you don't have a dad anymore?

My heart hammered inside my chest as thoughts of stopping him raced through my mind.
―This doesn't change anything,‖ I stammered, my defenses fading.
―It changes everything.‖

Every experience I'd ever had with a guy had changed me in some way. Whether it was a single idea, or an altered view, I was never quite the same girl after as I had been before. I firmly believed that wasn't a bad thing, either. The only way we could truly know what we wanted in a partner was to figure out the things we didn't want. Process of elimination, I supposed, but you risked losing pieces of your heart along the way.

This is a frat party, Meli. There are no good guys.

Sometimes letting go is the only way to find out who you're meant to hold on to.

I love you. I don't want to be anywhere without you. You told me once that I was your game changer, but the thing is, you're mine too. It took me a little time to realize that, but I finally did. You're my game changer. Because nothing else matters if you're not with me.

I don't want to be here without you. We can fix this. But we can't fix it if you walk away. I can't make us work by myself.

Have you ever noticed how pretty and beautiful words can be? How easy it is to say the things you think someone wants to hear. How you can affect a person's entire day with just a few measly sentences?

Our scars don't point us in the direction were headed, Cass, they simply remind us of where we've been

She wasn't the type to give away her heart, but she had so quickly opened up and given it to me.

Love is the one thing in this world worth taking a risk for. When you're older and you look back on the life you lived, you won't regret the fact that you took the chance to love someone. But you will regret the chances on love you didn't take. Especially the ones rooted in fear. They're only scary because you have the most to lose. You feel the most for them. Don't let the fear of losing love stop you from having the experience altogether.

I'd never experienced such red-hot intensity. No one had ever made me feel so connected to them before. Not even Colin, and I'd been head over heels in love with that guy. Maybe I'd just been head over heels in stupid with him?

My head questions everything and believes nothing."
"So your head wants proof and your heart wants reassurance?

You're not the only one who has to try to make it through each day. I lost us too, ya know?

I know I don't deserve you, but I need you

I love you. I wish there were different words that I could say, but no one's been clever enough to invent any yet. So it's all I've got. But it's everything. I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Please come home soon.

We're all scarred. That's how we know we've lived a life worth fighting for. Love is a battlefield! Thank you, Pat Benatar!

No one ever said love was easy. And if they did, they lied.

Being on that pitcher's mound, it's the one thing I'm really good at. The one thing I haven't fucked up. And when I'm on the field, everything else fades away. You know?" He turned to look at me, his eyes craving understanding.
I smiled and he continued. "It's like my mind is clear when I'm out there. It's not about my mom or my dad or the stupid shit I've done. It's about me, the ball, and the batter. It's the one place in the world where I feel like I'm in control. Like I have a say in what happens around me."
I stopped my head from nodding in agreement once I realized that I was doing it. "I feel that way when I'm taking pictures. Anything that I'm not seeing through my lens fades away in the background. And I get to frame my picture any way I choose. I get to dictate how it looks. What's in it. What isn't. Behind that lens I have complete control in how things are seen."
He smiled, his dimples indenting his cheeks. "You get it.

Is that a bad thing? I asked, not entirely sure how I felt about the situation. Had it been someone other than Paige, I would have thought they were a spoiled brat getting whatever they wanted because they were famous. And it would have annoyed the living shit out of me. But since it was Paige, I didn't feel as irritated. Which made me a hypocritical dick who was okay with double standards. I should make a T-shirt.

Do you know how crazy that made me? I'm trying to concentrate on my fucking fucking ball baseball game and all I can think about is why the hell the girl I'm in love with is ignoring me. I knewsomething was wrong when you never called. I tried to shake it off, but I couldn't. You can't do that tome. Don't you understand? You can't fucking do that to me when I'm trying to play ball!

But when I told you I loved you, I meant it. I didn't mean that I'd love you only if it was easy, or only if it was drama-free. I think we both know life isn't like that.

Sometimes life was messy and got in the way. But wasn't that part of the beauty of falling in love and being in a relationship? You figured things out together as you grew, and faced the challenges that life enjoyed the hell out of throwing at you.

Fuck space! Girls always think they know what they want, when really it's just some crazy-ass test they're putting us through. They say they want space, but they really want the exact opposite. They tell you to go away and leave them alone forever, but they really want you to fight for them and win them back. Bitches are always setting us up to fail.

Life is too short..and nothing is certain. Nothing. Just because you tell someone you'll talk to them later, or you'll see them tomorrow, there is no guarantee that either of those things will happen. You hope they will. Hell, we all assume they will. But we don't really know. Life can change in an instant. A single instant.

Thank God for little brothers, especially those who can talk around a mouthful of cheeseburger.

I feel like someone ripped out my heart and smashed it with bricks. It hurts. I hurt. And I'd gladly take your hurt too if it meant that you'd be okay. I'd do anything for you.

Thank you. It's my job to protect you. It's my job to keep you safe. Let me do it or I'll fucking go insane

No relationship can survive without trust, honesty, and communication, no matter how close you are.

She seriously looked like a fucking angel. And I wanted to be her devil.

You're so beautiful. I love everything about you." He planted a kiss on top of my foot. "Even when you're stubborn ... And Bossy

Kitten,
Letting go of someone who owns your heart is hard.
Sometimes holding on to that person is even harder. I
know I'm not the easiest person to love, but you are.
I'ts not that I can't live without you; it's that I don't want to. There's a difference. We all make choices in life and I choose you.
My heart belongs to you. And I'm not asking for it back, even if you don't want it anymore. I'm just asking for the chance to have yours again. I promise I'll be more careful with it this time.
Love Always,
Jack

But when you don't follow them up with any action, they're completely pointless. They're just sounds and syllables. But they mean absolutely nothing.

I looked into his eyes and then down at his mouth before continuing. "Have you ever noticed how pretty and beautiful words can be? How easy it is to say the things you think someone wants to hear. How you can affect a person's entire day with just a few measly sentences?"My slight smile dropped. "But when you don't follow them up with any action, they're completely pointless. They're just sounds and syllables. But they mean absolutely nothing." My gaze glossed over as my mind wandered.

She smiled and her whole face lit up. Or maybe it was mine. All I know for certain is that smile lit up even my darkest days.

Don't hold your breath, sweetheart. You'll die. Guaranteed, I shouted over my shoulder as I pulled open the screen door with new resolve.

When life gives you lemons, cut 'em open and squeeze the juice in life's face!.. The Game Changer
.

Because when everything else is a distant memory, the people you love are all that's left. And love is the single most important thing we can do in our lives. Give it. Receive it. Teach others how to do it.

You could meet a thousand people and none of them would mean anything to you, but then you'd meet one, and suddenly they meant everything.

Don't make me beg, Kitten. Don't make me beg in front of all these people. It's embarrassing.

But then I remembered that our hearts
didn't care about logic or time. My heart didn't play by rules that my mind made up. It didn't follow silly timelines or measure its feelings based on the number of days it had known someone. No, hearts simply felt, whether you wanted them to or not.

I'm losing my f**king mind. I've already lost my heart so I guess in a way that makes sense. I'm so f**king lost without you

What she really craved was a connection. That feeling you got when you knew you were supposed to be with someone.

There will come a time in your life when you lose something that matters to you. You'll fight for it and you won't win. But what really matters isn't the war you're waging, it's that you don't lose the person you are in the midst of the battle.

I don't know how to get over you

But I'll bet you money that if you go to our twenty- year high school reunion, you'll see Dalton and me there. Only then, we will have arrived together, and we'll be wearing wedding rings.

You're something, alright." I laughed into his bare chest, my eyes closing. "I'm your something ... " His voice trailed off into a wisper as I drifted off.

I know that. But here's the thing about baseball, Kitten. There's an expiration date for every single one of us who plays and we all know it. Eventually my baseball career will come to an end, and I can live with that. But I can't live without you.

Without you, I'd be a shell of a man. A hollowed-out, empty, lifeless carcass. And I know that because I've been there. I lived through it. I lived through losing you due to my own stupidity, and I can never explain to you what that felt like

You think I don't know that? Our story wasn't supposed to end at all

Husband. Fuck yeah, I'm your husband. I think that means I'm legally allowed to kill anyone who fucks with her, right? Right.

That anyone could father a child, but a real man chooses to be a dad.

Jack, I know I'm not perfect, but I'm really hoping you're not ready to give up on me yet. I don't have gifts or love letters or anything like you had. But what I can give you is my word, my promise, my vow to you. Which I will back up with actions, by the way.

It's like looking into a full-length mirror and seeing nothing but pure beauty in the reflection ... and then watching helplessly as it shatters into a thousand pieces before your eyes, knowing that you can do nothing to keep it from breaking ...

I recognized you instantly. All of our lives flashed through my mind in a split second. I felt a pull so strongly towards you that I almost couldn't stop it.

I promise to stand by you and not run away when things get tough," I told him solemnly. "I promise to always talk to you about the things that are bothering me, no matter how stupid and insignificant I think they are. I promise to be a better team player. Because there isn't a game on earth I want to play if you're not by my side.

I can't wait to knock you up and have a whole team of little baseball players around this place!

I made a mistake before, but it won't happen again. I know you'd leave me forever if I did and I can't ... " he paused, "I won't lose you again.

#23 on the field, #1 in your heart- Jack Carter

I'm going to make myself a promise right here and now. In Johnny's honor. I promise to live each day to the fullest. I promise to listen to my heart and then work through my fears to follow it. I promise to realize what my dreams are then take the steps necessary to make them a reality. I promise to be trut to me. Not what someone else wants me to be, but what I want.

It's funny the things you think will last forever when you're young.

Because once you give your body to a guy, there's no taking it back. And once you've done that it opens up feelings, emotions and vulnerabilities you never knew you were capable of having. I'm not ready to give him my heart. What if he breaks it?

Sasha told me you were looking for engagement rings. Do you have a specific style in mind?
Yeah the kind that fits on her hand and makes her say yes when I propose

Forgiveness is the attribute of the stong.

Sometimes life gets ugly before it gets beautiful

Shower sex isn't the same when you have a saran-wrapped cast on your good arm. But I powered through it because I'm a team-fucking-player.

Cassie's Rules for a Happy Life:
#1 - Don't Lie
#2 - Don't Cheat
#3 - Don't Make Promises You Can't Keep
#4 - Don't Say Things You Don't Mean

Fifty cents a touch, right? This oughta cover me for a while

I was meant to land wherever he settled, like the ocean washing seashells onto the shore. Jack was the shell, in constant motion and movement, being tossed around from place to place by the ebb and flow of something more powerful than he. And I was the sand, gripping and holding on to him, comforting his tumble with each push and pull of the tide, yet always constant. When I walked into the waiting

Chrystle? I'm back!
I refused to say that I was home because Cassie was my home. But I'd lost that, and her, forever, so I'd never truly be home again.

ANYONE SEEN MY KITTEN?

I am so fucking in love with you I can't see straight. I don't love her. I'll never love her. But I fucked up and now I have to pay for it. I'll never forgive myself for hurting you," he said. "Or losing you.

I never realized how exhausting it was to turn women away. It was one thing to hook up with them and then call it a day, but to be off the market completely was something I'd never dealt with before. To put it simply, girls don't like being rejected, especially if it's because of another girl.

Both cities had numerous tall buildings, but that was pretty much where their similarities ended. While New York appeared dirty and lived in, Chicago was spotless and trash free, newer maybe. And where New York buzzed with constant energy, Chicago exuded more of a gentle hum.

I can't live without your Touch.You'll see that I've provided enough money to pay for at least twenty or so.

I don't know any other couple who has been to hell and back more than the two of us. I feel like everything we've been through has only made us stronger. We've had to learn to work together. To be a team. To support each other and stand by each other.

Watching fireworks light up the night sky. You two burn brighter when you're together." "Even fireworks burn out," I said, my voice solemn.

It was heartbreaking when you recognized that moment when pieces of your reality turned into memories.

Kitten, I'd break my fucking pitching arm if it meant keeping you safe.

Don't, she snapped and I stopped. No fighting back, no response, no arguing. I simply turned my ass right around and sat back on her bed. If I had a tail, it would sure as shit have been tucked between my legs.