Hopeless Colleen Hoover Quotes

The way he looks at me makes me feel ... I try to search for an adjective to follow up that thought, but I can't find one. He just makes me feel. ~ Colleen Hoover

Live. If you mix the letters up in the words like and love, you get live. ~ Colleen Hoover

I'm just a brother who loved his sister more than life itself. ~ Colleen Hoover

He's holding onto me, but this time it feels like he's holding onto me because his earth has shifted off its axis, and I'm his core. ~ Colleen Hoover

Real ugly endings are better than fake happily ever after's ~ Colleen Hoover

That's how it is when a person develops an attraction toward someone. He's nowhere, then suddenly he's everywhere, whether you want him to be or not. ~ Colleen Hoover

Why do I feel like I don't care what you feel like? ~ Colleen Hoover

I nod and hope he backs the hell away from me, because I'm about to have an asthma attack and I don't even have asthma. ~ Colleen Hoover

Not all mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness. ~ Colleen Hoover

We don't get to choose our parents, and parents don't get to choose their children. But we do get to choose how hard we're willing to work in order to make the best of what we're given. ~ Colleen Hoover

Silas, I just saw my first penis! ~ Colleen Hoover

O don't know when you'll be ready for me. It might be next month or next year. Whenever it is, just know that I have absolutely no doubt that we can make this work. I know we can. If there are two people in this world capable of finding a way to love each other, it's us. ~ Colleen Hoover

I've lost a lot in my long life. Yes, I've seen pain and I've seen strife. But I'll never give up; I'll never let go. Because I'll always have my ray of hope. ~ Colleen Hoover

If you aren't living your best life for yourself, you can't be your best self for those in your life. ~ Colleen Hoover

I guess that's what makes lust so bittersweet. The feeling is beautiful, but the effort it takes to deny it is way too hard. ~ Colleen Hoover

We all have a limit. What we're willing to put up with before we break. When I married your father, I knew exactly what my limit was. But slowly . . . with every incident . . . my limit was pushed a little more. And a little more. The first time your father hit me, he was immediately sorry. He swore it would never happen again. The second time he hit me, he was even more sorry. The third time it happened, it was more than a hit. It was a beating. And every single time, I took him back. But the fourth time, it was only a slap. And when that happened, I felt relieved. I remember thinking, 'At least he didn't beat me this time. This wasn't so bad. ~ Colleen Hoover

Come back over in an hour. Then you, Auburn Mason Reed, I will completely devour. ~ Colleen Hoover

I'd rather love you at the bottom than despise you at the top. ~ Colleen Hoover

That's ... " He points to Claire's nursery and tries to speak, but it takes him several tries to get his sentence out. "That's his sister," he finally says, blowing out an unsteady breath. "Rachel. You gave him a sister. ~ Colleen Hoover

God gives us the ugliness so we don't take the beautiful things in life for granted. ~ Colleen Hoover

She asks if I'm a virgin, but her voice is timid when she asks it. "No," I say. "But now that I've met you, I kind of wish I was. ~ Colleen Hoover

If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die. ~ Colleen Hoover

If I knew how to stop the tears, I would. I don't want him to hear me cry. I don't want him to know how upset I am that we can't have this every day of our lives. I don't want him to ask me what's wrong.
When he feels my tears falling against his chest, he doesn't do anything to stop them. Instead, he simply holds me with a much tighter grip and presses his cheek against the top of my head. His hand brushes softly through my hair.
"I know, baby," he whispers. "I know. ~ Colleen Hoover

I want to tell him that what he did was nice, but nice is such a silly word for kindness. Anyone could pretend to be nice. What Silas did was innate. Boldfaced kindness. ~ Colleen Hoover

Part of me wasn't sure I wanted him in the bed with me, but I soon realize that falling asleep in our shared sadness is somehow more comforting than falling asleep alone. ~ Colleen Hoover

I used to be fine when I was alone. But now that I have you, I'm lonely when I'm alone. ~ Colleen Hoover

I lean forward and grab the bowl of ice cream she didn't finish and pull it to my, then take a bite. She watches me as I close my lips around the spoon and pull it out of my mouth. She scrunches up her nose staring at the spoon. "I could have herpes, you know," she says. I grin at her and wink. "You somehow just made herpes sound appealing. ~ Colleen Hoover

You've passed like three stores that sell batteries," she says. "We need to get one now in case it's too late on our way back."

"You don't need a battery. Your battery is fine," I say.
I avoid looking over at her but I can see her watching me, waiting for more explanation.

I don't immediately respond. I flick the blinker on and turn onto my grandparent's street. When I pull into their driveway, I turn the car off and tell her the truth. What harm could it do at this point?

"I unhooked your battery cable before you tried to leave today." I don't wait for her reaction as I get out of the car and slam the door. I'm not sure why I slam the car door. I'm not mad at her, I'm just frustrated. Frustrated that she doubts me after all this time.

"You what!?" she yells. When she gets out of the car, she slams her door intentionally.

I keep walking, shielding the wind and snow with my jacket until I reach the front door. She rushes after me. I almost walk inside without knocking but remember how it feels, so I knock.

"I said I unhooked your battery cable. How else was I going to convince you to ride with me?"

"That's real mature, Will. ~ Colleen Hoover

Until then, I will continue to love you more and more with every struggle we face than I loved you when all was perfect. ~ Colleen Hoover

Every day of my life it feels as if I'm
fighting my way up an escalator that only goes down.
And no matter how fast or how hard I run to try to reach the top, I stay in
the same place, sprinting, getting nowhere. ~ Colleen Hoover

It's amazing how you don't realize just how alone and scared you were until you have someone by your side to support you. ~ Colleen Hoover

Are you actually good looking?" she asks skeptically.

"Terribly good looking," I reply.

"Let me guess. Dark hair, brown eyes, great abs, white teeth, Abercrombie & Fitch."

"Close," I say. "Light brown hair, correct on the eyes, abs, and teeth, but American Eagle Outfitters all the way."

"Impressive," she says.

"My turn," I say. "Thick blonde hair, big blue eyes, an adorable little white dress with a matching hat, royal blue skin, and you're about two feet tall."

She laughs loudly. "You have a thing for Smurfette?"

"A guy can dream. ~ Colleen Hoover

Because the overwhelming need to hear her has completely taken over, and I don't allow myself to think about where the invisible lines are drawn. ~ Colleen Hoover

Wet eyes and a dry heart. ~ Colleen Hoover

I can be pleasant to people who deserve i ~ Colleen Hoover

The day I realized that maybe my life was thrown off course because fate had something even better in store for me. ~ Colleen Hoover

Her eyes are closed when I reach the couch again. She looks so peaceful just lying there. I watch her for a moment, wishing I knew what the hell was going through her head, but I refuse to ask. I can carve pumpkins just as well as she can. ~ Colleen Hoover

What do you want to be?"
"Happy," she says with a smile.
That's the perfect answer. ~ Colleen Hoover

I know how you like to be asked and not told. But I'm not asking you to marry me ... I'm telling you to marry me, Lake.. because I can't live without you. ~ Colleen Hoover

Why do I feel like love and irritation go hand in hand with you? ~ Colleen Hoover

The thing about dancing is that no matter how good it feels when you're doing it, it's always extremely awkward when it's over. - Owen Gentry ~ Colleen Hoover

Let's not let this be your life tonight," he says. "Let's get back in the car and pretend we're driving away because we want to ... not because we need to. We can pretend I'm taking you somewhere amazing ... somewhere you've always wanted to go. You can snuggle up to me and we can talk about how excited we are and we'll talk about everything we'll do when we get there. We can talk about the important stuff later. But tonight ... let's not let this be your life. ~ Colleen Hoover

I'm staring, emotionless, into a pair of unfamiliar, dark eyes. I feel as though I'm staring at two eyes I've never seen before, despite the fact that I've more than likely looked at these eyes on a daily basis since I was old enough to reach a mirror. ~ Colleen Hoover