Leighton Vander Esch Quotes

Don't try to be anything but yourself, and find success as yourself. Otherwise, you won't be happy. ~ Leighton Meester

My brain tries to reconcile the gap between the man I thought he was, the man he is, and the man I want him to be. ~ Leighton Del Mia

Is that what this is about? You think I'm sleeping with Taryn?"
"Of course I do! I'm sure it's no secret !"
"Why do you say that?"
"Well, first of all she's gorgeous and--"
"You're gorgeous."
"And she flirts very openly with you."
"I wish you'd flirt very openly with me. ~ Michelle Leighton

Never give up. In the end it'll all be worth it. ~ Leighton Meester

And the girl? I'm pretty sure he got her from a movie set where the music sounds like bow chicka bow wow. That or she's inflatable. ~ Michelle Leighton

Avoidance is never the answer. Yes, life is all about pain and trouble and frustration and anger, but it's also about love and friendship and good days and sunshine. You can't have one without the other. If you avoid pain, you avoid living. ~ M. Leighton

Do me a favor," he whispers, curling my fingers over the back of his and bringing them to his mouth. "What?" His eyes never leave mine as he brushes his lips over my knuckles. "Dream of me tonight," he says softly. He watches me, waiting for a response. I have no words, so I simply nod. He doesn't need to know that no one else occupies my dreams. No one. "Dream of my lips, teasing you." Straightening one of my fingers, he kisses the tip. His voice is like velvet and his words are like an aphrodisiac. "Dream of my tongue, tasting you." His tongue sneaks out to flick the end of my finger. A surge of desire rocks my core. "And I'll dream of you. Of what it feels like to be inside your warm, wet body. ~ M. Leighton

I love you Madly James and if I never see you again, know this: someday, whether it's today or a hundred years from now, I'll die with you on my mind. ~ M. Leighton

But you don't get social with your employees," I remind him quietly.
"I'd made an exception for you." His face is getting close and closer. Slowly. A centimetre at a time.
"But it's your rule."
"I'll break it for you," he whispers.
"No, don't do that," I say breathlessly.
"Fine, then you're fired," he says just as his lips meet mine. ~ M. Leighton

Maybe he thinks you're worth the risk. If he doesn't, then he's not worth the risk ~ M. Leighton

It felt like he'd been starved for sunshine and had now been deprived the chance of standing in its warmth. ~ M. Leighton

My dear…if you ever wish to flee a nightmare, all you must do is turn on the light, he whispered.
-Mr. Trinozka - Chapter 4
This is one of my favorite from chapter 4 ~ Shayne Leighton

Within a fraction of a second, I not only recognize the voice, but I react to it. My stomach flutters in pleasurable excitement.
"Good morning," I return. It's Cash ~ Michelle Leighton

He smirked. "Decision time, pretty lady... back to reality?"
She touched his cheek. "Or down the rabbit hole? ~ Jake Vander-Ark

The sorrow in the man's grey eyes was a chill and warmth at once. It was no pleasure to know that one's death was going to cause so much grief to others when there was nothing that could be done to avert it; but all the same, he was grateful that they cared. ~ Elorin Leighton Grey

94 was a good year to be twelve. Star Wars still had two more years as Box Office King, cartoons were still hand-drawn, and the Disney "D" still looked like a backwards "G." Words like "Columbine," "Al Qaeda" and "Y2K" were not synonymous with "terror," and 9-1-1 was an emergency number instead of a date. At twelve years old, summer still mattered. Monarch caterpillars still crawled beneath every milkweed leaf. Dandelions (or "wishes" as Mara called them) were flowers instead of pests. And divorce was still considered a tragedy. Before Mara, carnivals didn't make me sick. ~ Jake Vander Ark

Nash leans forward and cups my cheek with his hand. He cocks his head slightly as he considers me. Don't do that. Don't ever make it out like you're less. Because you'd be gravely mistaken. ~ M. Leighton

He taught me to stand up for what I believe in, to shout it out at the top of my lungs. He taught me to feel - the deep, gut-wrenching, heartbreaking, soul-singing kind of emotion I had avoided for so long. He taught me about the importance of life. He taught me about the beauty of death. He also taught me about love. ~ Michelle Leighton

I'm a little disappointed when we reach the car. I could really just walk and talk and tease her all night long. ~ Michelle Leighton

I love you. Today. Tomorrow. Always." I ~ M. Leighton

I've never fallen in love right off the bat. I get scared to say I love you too soon because it means so much. It means you're not seeing an end to things. ~ Leighton Meester

I grit my teeth against the little stab of jealousy I feel.
What the hell's that all about?
Anyone will tell you I don't have a jealous bone in my body. There are too many willing women in the world to get all bent out of shape over one. Envy is just not in me.
Not usually. ~ Michelle Leighton

I bet he's an actual good guy. The kind that I desperately need in my life. The thing of it is, he'll never be mine because he's a good guy. By nature alone, a good guy would never cheat on his girlfriend, hence the impossibility of anything happening between Nash and me. Even if they were to break up, he'd probably be too nice a guy to hurt her like that, by dating her cousin. ~ M. Leighton

I don't know why I feel so compelled to tell Olivia all my dirty little secrets, but I do ~ M. Leighton

Being a feminist simply means you believe in equal rights, and I think if you ask anybody if they believe in equal rights, they'll say yes, man or woman. And if they don't - who the heck would say that? ~ Leighton Meester

It's not like that. If all i wanted was a whore, i could've taken my pick from the bimbos at school. Whether you like it or not, Dad, i'm in love with Miracle and i have every intention of marrying her if she'll have me. ~ M. Leighton

I grew up reading 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice' - girly kind of books. ~ Leighton Meester

I feel like my friends are in a cult because we're like, 'No outsiders! ~ Leighton Meester

I like to be judged by my family and friends because they know me. ~ Leighton Meester

I realize he doesn't think I'll do it. No one probably does.
And that's exactly why I will. ~ M. Leighton

All the publicity, the attention, the interviews, the photographs, were too much for me (after throwing his second no-hitter in 1938). ~ Johnny Vander Meer

The state is the nursing mother of human culture. ~ Joseph Alexander Leighton

If it was up to me, I'd make the world disappear and it would be just us. Just you and me. ~ M. Leighton

I never wear makeup when I'm not at work. It can make you forget what you look like, and I've grown to really love the way I look without it. ~ Leighton Meester

I don't even think about fame at all. ~ Leighton Meester

Life operates exactly like the Star Wars prequels. It's boring, bloated, painful when it shouldn't be, and lacks a cohesive storyline. And ultimately, it only exists to boost the ego of its creator. ~ Jake Vander Ark

When I was young I knew everything ~ Brian Vander Ark

remembered the eye in the tent guilt with gold. "Just ~ H. Leighton Dickson

When she smiles shyly at me, I exhale. And when her cheeks turn pink, I chuckle. I don't know why that makes me so happy. But it does. ~ M. Leighton

I couldn't be happier. ~ Leighton Meester

Any earthly production would have been cancelled at the slightest suggestion of rain, but this was William's Stage - it was William's call - and if the children danced and the congregation remained transfixed, the show would go on. ~ Jake Vander Ark