Kandi Steiner Quotes

Everyone feels like they can hide behind a mask or a costume, but in the morning, they still wake up as the person beneath the mask.

What are you afraid of, Rhodes?" I asked softly, moving a little closer to him. He kept his back turned, his fingers still lightly on the photo, and for a moment I thought he might not answer. "Starving." He just barely whispered the word, but it was loud enough to knock every other thought from my mind. "I know what it feels like to be hungry. In many aspects." He turned to me then, his eyes slightly glossed over, like he wasn't quite there anymore. "Nothing scares me more than the possibility that I may never cure that hunger." I

One more weekend with Whiskey, and then I'd have to let him go.For good.

And just like that, I'd taken my first shot. I didn't tell Jamie it was my first one, I didn't think I needed to. I wanted to hate it, to detest it, to grimace and wipe my mouth with the back of my hand and reach for a chaser. But we set the glasses back on the counter slowly, our fingers brushing, and Jamie's eyes were on my lips where leftover whiskey remained. My tongue traced the liquid, and he inhaled stiffly, eyes snapping up to mine.

Cat, meet mouse.

Parties, boys, lavish events, boys, study groups, boys. Need I say more?

Sometimes it's harder than you think. There's always this fear that even though I may know what I want, I may never actually make it a reality. Sometimes it's more complicated than just wanting something and making it happen.

Life doesn't exactly give us what we need when it's the perfect time. It's not a pitching machine straight over the plate. Life throws curve balls - hard and fast, unpredictable. But you still have to hit that sucker or strike out swinging.

How did I end up here? How did I land myself in this shithole? And what the hell do I do now?

On a scale of one to sexy I'm at a solid awkward turtle ninety percent of the time.

I'm sorry that up until now, I saw you as something I should quit instead of something I should fight for. My

He kissed me like it was a privilege, like he didn't want to rush, like we had forever. I think I knew even then that we didn't.

I never could have expected I'd lose so much of myself betting on you.

I don't want to be just comfortable, Mom. I want a love that makes me everything but comfortable. If it doesn't drive me mad, if it doesn't break my heart at the thought of losing it, if it doesn't push me to new places and force me to grow - what kind of love is it, really?

You're light. Don't ever lose that. Don't let the world weigh you down like them.

You're not just different, you're exceptional. And I think it's time that I make you feel that way, too.

Don't act like you're not still attracted to me. Don't act like you don't watch me every class. Don't act like you don't have the same things going through your mind that I do right now.

What are your hobbies?" "Sports, weight lifting, drinking, fucking.

I was like my father. And that was okay. I had always said I was a combination of him and my mother, and it was true. I had his selfish tendencies, but they were balanced out by my mom's giving heart.

Maybe the key to finding the perfect song is simply rewriting the lyrics.

Ignorance is a blessing as much as it is a curse. You can't crave what you don't know exists. The

He wasn't a tiny meowing kitten by any means, but he wasn't the pit bull I'd become used to, either.

Words don't get written from a heart that's never felt. They come from pain, from love, from unspeakable depths - and they were my only release.

Sometimes, the darkness is where you find yourself.

My mom always told me to never give my heart to a girl with a guy best friend, because her heart isn't really hers to give in return.

It was then that I realized my life was my own. I could do anything, be anyone, if I only had the courage.

Maybe it was about finding love in the one person who loved you before you had the chance to love yourself.

You thought I would wait, and I thought you changed your mind." Jamie moved to me then, slowly, as if he was waiting for me to stop him. Then, he bent at the knee to meet me at eye-level. "I could never change my mind about you.

Whatever you choose, make sure it makes you happy.

But sometimes, even when we know something is bad for us, we do it anyway. Maybe for the thrill, maybe to cure our curiosity, or maybe just to lie to ourselves a little longer.

Uncomplicate it. Don't make excuses. Some of life's biggest heartaches come from missed opportunities and lame excuses. Don't miss out on what could be the best chapter in your life because you're too busy rereading the last one.

I want to meet the love of my life, marry her, fill our house with kids and do what I need to do to give them everything they need." "You

For a moment, I let myself believe I was beautiful - just like he'd said.

Finding something beautiful in the chaos. Rhodes

You're weightless. The world hasn't touched you yet. You're not heavy with the weight of pain, and guilt, and selfishness.

Two birds locked inside a cage, we aren't supposed to last,
And I guess we both could blame it on our past.
But I'm out of excuses if you're done with pretending,
I'm ready to start the story that doesn't have an ending.

I love you, Wren," he said, voice strong and smooth as the river. "For everything that you are and everything that you aren't.

There's always this fear that even though I may know what I want, I may never actually make it a reality.

Being that all of my intelligence is wasted in the classroom, my common sense is at exactly level zero.

I was where I needed to be. I wasn't going to regret staying in Pittsburgh or taking the full-time job with Rye Publishing. I loved what I did, who I worked with, and how my future looked. I worked damn hard to make it to where I was. I knew going into my internship that the likelihood of me getting a full-time position was slim to none, and yet I'd impressed the shit out of them and landed a permanent spot. There were no regrets there. And, though I missed the surf, I really did love the city. I loved who I was becoming. Sure, I was lonely, but I had offers to go out - to make friends - I just had to start taking them. I could do that.

I saw him first, but it didn't matter. Because he saw her.

The truth is, there are some challenges we face in our lives that completely change us.

A new life had started for me when I'd met her. She'd opened my eyes, shared her light, and pulled me from the shadows.

I lost you three years ago, I told myself I'd never let that happen again. It's important to me to be with you, B. But I can't be if you don't let me.

Every life-altering change stems from a series of small, seemingly meaningless amendments.

Sometimes you have to walk out on a limb, knowing you could fall thirty feet to the hard ground, just to see if that apple on the edge is worth the risk like you think it is."
"And what if it's not?"
"Then you get up, dust yourself off, and keep walking til you find the next tree.

I wasn't sorry the first time I kissed you, even when you weren't mine, and I'm not sorry I kissed you the other night, even when I wasn't yours. Because the truth is you've always been mine, and I'll always be yours, and that's just the way it is.

Using the bathroom in a frat house is like hanging out the door of a speeding car. You're taking a risk.

You're a princess. And princesses are never nervous. Princesses are brave and pretty and fearless.

There's more courage in admitting you love someone and fighting for them than letting them go because it hurts less." Suddenly,

You sure you don't want to eat the tin foil, too?

You know, they say that Bill Wilson asked for whiskey as his dying wish. The man was dying, at the end of the line, and he wanted the one vice he'd been fighting all his life. Even the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous wanted whiskey on his deathbed.

Because that's what life's about. It's about paddling out and fighting the waves until you find the perfect one to ride home on.

And I remember it hurt that first time he touched me. Not because it was painful, but because it was everything but. It hurt from somewhere deep inside my gut that told me I would never get to have him, to keep him, or to feel the way I felt with his hands on me with anyone else for as long as I tried. Where

He could leave. I could leave. We could both end up heartbroken, sitting on the floor of our souls and trying to piece together our lives again. But, we could also find forever. We could take the next steps together - toward a year, five, or maybe, forever. And that was a game worth playing.

I knew from that moment on that all the fairy tale bullshit I was fed by Disney and everyone else was nonexistent. I stopped looking for it, got more realistic, and I've been fine. Until now," I look up into Corbin's eyes. "Until you.

Can we stop talking about penis fly traps for like two seconds? This is serious!

Thank God I have my fraternity brothers. Real families are a disappointment.