Penelope Ward Quotes

In the midst of my vulnerability, I found my self-worth. ~ Penelope Ward

That's the thing about true love. It can rise from the ashes because at its source, it's indestructible. Layers can be stripped away and lost, but if you're lucky enough to find them again and put them back together, the end result is stronger than ever. ~ Penelope Ward

Every day in life, people we will likely never encounter a second time, pass us by. For some unknown reason, I just couldn't accept that he was one of them. ~ Penelope Ward

This is all coming from someplace deeper, like when we make love my soul cries tears of joy because it comes together with its other half. ~ Penelope Ward

But I think for the first time in my life, something has mattered enough for me to take a chance. I'm way more terrified of losing you than I ever could be of trying and failing. ~ Penelope Ward

I didn't mean hang glide. I meant do things that give you an adrenaline rush?"

"I still get one every time I take off. When I'm barreling that plane down the runway at a hundred and eighty miles an hour and I pull back on the yoke to lift the nose and we break from the ground…it's like the first time, every time."

"So you're a thrill seeker."

Carter shrugged. "At times. Life without a little thrill is boring, beautiful. ~ Penelope Ward

Don't you know by now that you are everything? ~ Penelope Ward

Sometimes, love also means putting the needs of those you love ahead of your own. ~ Penelope Ward

Since Hetty wasn't even here yet, I excused myself to go to the bathroom where I promptly picked my kindle up again. Don't judge. ~ Penelope Ward

Well, my life had been nothing but selfish up until then. Nothing should ever come before family. I learned that the hard way. ~ Penelope Ward

We were laughing about nothing. At one point, we stumbled upon a chapel. There was a sign that read, Fake Weddings Here.

Chance stopped me in the middle of the sidewalk. The vapors of alcohol on his breath infiltrated my nostrils as he spoke close to my face. "Marry me, Princess."

"What?"

"We have an illegitimate goat - a fake child together." He laughed. "It's only proper that we partake in a fake wedding ceremony to make you an honest woman."

"You're insane!"

"Shit, we can text a picture to Harry. How fucking awesome would that be?" His mischievous smile sent tremors of desire through me. "Come on, it'll be fun. ~ Penelope Ward

When something is worth fighting for, you don't wait around to figure out logistics. You say yes, you accept the gift you've been given, and you figure out the rest later, because life is too damn short to be unhappy. ~ Penelope Ward

She was the one. Our time together seemed to flash before my eyes, all of our many conversations, ranging from our deepest thoughts and hang-ups to the strange and funny. It was her. It had always been her. ~ Penelope Ward

You're the only girl in the entire world that's forbidden, and fuck me if that doesn't make me want you more than anything. ~ Penelope Ward

... longing for someone I couldn't have. ~ Penelope Ward

Nothing has ever compared to how I feel about you. It's made me question everything that ever came before it. ~ Penelope Ward

It's always when you want time to stand still that it flies the fastest. ~ Penelope Ward

Come fly with me, beautiful. ~ Penelope Ward

Thank you for continuing this journey with me, Perky. There is no way I was ready to let you go. I don't know what this is, but it's the best thing I have in my life right now, and I don't want to lose it. ~ Penelope Ward

I never wanted to see you again, Greta.
It's so fucking good to see you again, Greta. ~ Penelope Ward

I like myself better when I'm with you. I think you bring out the best in me, Kendall - a side I haven't seen for a really long time. Kinda forgot that part of me even existed anymore until you got on my plane. ~ Penelope Ward

Who the fuck do you think you are, trying to take my date home?" Bentley shouted.
"I am her home, fucknut. ~ Penelope Ward

I want to give you a choice depending on what you're in the mood for." "Okay." "We can go find the nearest hotel, and I can make love to you in a bed or..." "Okay. Or?" "Or we can go outside right now and fuck hard in that alley. ~ Penelope Ward

You are in control of your destiny - except in the next twenty-four hours. I'm in control of it for now." He winked and flashed a devious smile. "You're stuck with me whether you like it or not. ~ Penelope Ward

Half of the people in the world will tell you to follow your head, half will tell you to follow your heart. My advice, follow the one that isn't confused. The stronger one will eventually convince the other to fall in line. ~ Penelope Ward

It used to. Now, it's just broken. How do I fix it?" "Sometimes, we can't. ~ Penelope Ward

He closed his eyes and leaned his forehead against mine. "So yeah, you're right. I'm not attracted to you. It's more like I'm captivated by you. ~ Penelope Ward

He stared at me long and hard before I felt his hand wrap gently around my neck. That seemed to be his thing. I loved it. ~ Penelope Ward

This was a different kind of a kiss, not one that leads to something, but a hard, painful one.
It was a goodbye kiss. ~ Penelope Ward

I cannot drive hundreds of miles with a total stranger," I said. "It's a fuck of a lot safer than driving alone." "Not if you're a serial killer!" "Look who's talking. You're the one who decapitated a U.S. president." I couldn't help but laugh. This situation was seriously insane. "Holy shit, Princess, is that a laugh at your own expense, I see? ~ Penelope Ward

I didn't want him to move on. I wanted to go backwards, back in time and hug him. Never let him go. ~ Penelope Ward

I assumed he would judge me, but in reality, no one could ever judge me the way I judged myself. ~ Penelope Ward

Sometimes, if you're lucky, the biggest hardship can lead to your greatest blessing. It just takes time to see that God works in mysterious ways. ~ Penelope Ward

That embrace had made me realize that it was absolutely possible to genuinely like someone that you were insanely jealous of. ~ Penelope Ward

I see through you. The harder you try to be good, the more you're starving to be bad. ~ Penelope Ward

You asked what I plan to try? Everything. Every goddamn thing, Frankie - until you tell me to stop. Until you look me in the eyes and tell me there's no point in continuing. ~ Penelope Ward

I had to stop. I threw my kindle across the room. My eyes were so filled with tears that the words were becoming blurry toward the end. ~ Penelope Ward

walked in and sat down in booth number ~ Penelope Ward

If you don't cut that out, I don't bring the girl back here to see you. No more girl! You hear me? I'm tired. NO MORE GIRL! ~ Penelope Ward

In the end, there was you, and that made it all worth it ~ Penelope Ward

Life is made up of little moments that don't seem that important at the time, but in retrospect they're what get you to where you are. ~ Penelope Ward

out of sight, out of mind, right? That motto is just a
temporary fix - until you're forced to come face to face with what you've been running from. That's when
the mental walls you've built to hide behind come crashing down in one hard blow. ~ Penelope Ward

What they don't know won't hurt htem. You're not hurting anyone by doing what you love and being around people that make you happy. ~Evangeline ~ Penelope Ward

I never stopped loving you. There may have been times I tried to hate you, but even then, I never stopped loving you. ~ Penelope Ward

Why are you so interested in what I'm doing with my mouth? ~ Penelope Ward

I don't remember the exact words, but the ending went something like this: Your wings already existed; now you must learn to fly. ~ Penelope Ward

I never stopped thinking about you. All of these years, they feel like a blur. I look at you sitting in front of me right now, and I'm feeling all of the same things I did when we were together. ~ Penelope Ward

Okay. It's not hard to find a beautiful woman, right? Definitely not hard to find a smart woman. And there are definitely some women with good hearts. But in my experience, it's extremely rare to find the whole package. ~ Penelope Ward

My daughter was calm as a clam. She had no clue what that text meant for the rest of her life. She had no clue that her father had just abandoned her. ~ Penelope Ward

I wanted to help you feel better...I wanted to bring you out of your darkness. But in the process, I fucked up and fell in love with you ~ Penelope Ward

You know why it didn't work out with him?" "Why?" "Because God made you for me." Not ~ Penelope Ward

I may be walking out of here, but there's not a piece of my heart that is coming with me. ~ Penelope Ward

Sometimes, if you're willing to withstand a little pain in life, you might discover a pleasure that you never would have otherwise known existed. ~ Penelope Ward

You were always there... until you weren't anymore. Losing you taught me not to count on anyone but myself. It shaped who am I today... and that's not necessarily a good thing. ~ Penelope Ward

This was supposed to be a trip about finding my own answers (and maybe finding some great shoes along the way), not about being a notch in the bedpost of Captain Freelove, no matter how fuckably handsome he was. ~ Penelope Ward

Don't you know I'd burn in hell for a single taste of you? ~ Penelope Ward

If everything before this had been a controlled burn, then this was the explosion. ~ Penelope Ward

The "one that got away" was supposed to stay away, not come back and leave you all over again. ~ Penelope Ward

As I write this, what she definitely doesn't know is that a few years later, I came back for her, but it was too late. ~ Penelope Ward

That was the first time I realized that I'd fallen in love with him. I loved Justin, More than a friend, more than anything. I was so mad at myself. My biggest fear was losing him. It hit me that it was going to happen someday. Maybe it was already happening. ~ Penelope Ward

From the day you first walked into my life, you've been saving me. ~ Penelope Ward

I have this theory. If you think about almost any given moment in life, there is a Beatles song that can describe it. ~ Penelope Ward

Fuck history. Fuck love. Fuck fate. Fuck happiness. Fuck mind-blowing sex. Fuck it all. ~ Penelope Ward

The heartbeat is the purest form of honesty. ~ Penelope Ward

I'm afraid to be with him and afraid to be without him. ~ Penelope Ward

In the end, all we have are memories. I don't have nearly enough memories with you. I want to make some. ~ Penelope Ward

You're perfect for me, baby. I always knew that, never doubted it. ~ Penelope Ward

Love isn't always only about the person who makes you feel the safest or even how much you care about someone. Sometimes, it's about the person who ignites your soul, and that may also be the person you fear the most. ~ Penelope Ward

I lost all those years, only to end up in the same place, wanting you and wishing I hadn't ever let you go. ~ Penelope Ward

I was living the moment I'd always feared: knowing what it was like to have her and still feeling as though I needed to let her go. ~ Penelope Ward

Thank you for giving me mine ~ Penelope Ward

If my body had this kind of response now, what would have happened if he'd actually done more? Spontaneous impregnation? ~ Penelope Ward

He can't take you away from me because our story's not finished. To be continued. ~ Penelope Ward

Shit or get off the pot."
"Shit or get off the pot? I was paying $250 an hour for advice my father gave me in third grade. ~ Penelope Ward

Days are all we have, Rory. That's all life is... a bunch of days threaded together. All we can be guaranteed is today. No one knows what's going to happen beyond today. We should never make a decision on an assumed future, but rather on how we feel at this very moment. ~ Penelope Ward

I'm sure would like an opportunity to try to fix yours if you'd let them. ~ Penelope Ward

I hadn't held anyone like that in years. But never had it felt like this-like home-to me. ~ Penelope Ward

Fuck me. This man was insanely hot, not someone I expected to come across out here. This was the middle of nowhere USA, not the Australian outback for Christ's sake. ~ Penelope Ward

You can't change the past by punishing yourself in the present. ~ Penelope Ward

Temptation is natural. That doesn't mean you should act on it." He ~ Penelope Ward

the same way that you can easily switch the letters of a word around to see another hidden meaning, such is life. A life can be defined by its hardships or its blessings. It's all a matter of how you look at it. So, while this book was once setting up to be a tragic tale, it turned into a love story, an imperfect but unconventionally epic romance. ~ Penelope Ward

He'd now officially become his brother's bastard child who impregnated his stepsister. ~ Penelope Ward

That was your cue to follow me. ~ Penelope Ward

It's okay to look different, Lilith. Beauty is only a matter of opinion. If you believe you are beautiful, then that's all that matters. These are really tough years you're approaching now. Your decisions now as a teenager can change your entire life. Just make sure you talk to me or comeone if you're ever feeling like life is too much to handle. And never let anyone convince you that you're not worthy, only to take advantage of you. ~ Penelope Ward

He'll be okay. We'll take care of him. Even when he's having a bad day, we'll do our best to make him feel safe."
"Thank you, Frankie. I knew you would. That's why I'm here."
For him.
And for me.
For you.
I'm here for you.
I want you in my life again.
Even if all you'll give me is your friendship.
Fuck that. That will never be enough for me.
Not with you.
There was so much I wanted to tell her but couldn't. ~ Penelope Ward

You can't have it both ways, Damien. You can't look at me the way you do … You can't keep me close and treat me as if I'm a huge part of your life and expect me not to get attached to you. It's unnatural and unhealthy, and whether it's your intention or not, you're hurting me. ~ Penelope Ward

But the right thing...was admitting that I couldn't possibly fully love her if my heart beat faster for someone else ~ Penelope Ward

You have no idea how close I've come to losing it with you so many times. No clue … Don't think I can't tell exactly what you're thinking when you look at me. You are so transparent, and it drives me crazy. ~ Penelope Ward

You're a little dodgy, you know that?"
"And you're fucking adorable. ~ Penelope Ward

I didn't really belong to their group or any group for that matter. ~ Penelope Ward

You light a fire in me, Evangeline, one I can't put out, one I don't want to. I wish I could show you how I feel. ~ Penelope Ward

I want to be the first one to show you everything and to be the one you'll always remember for the rest of your life. ~ Penelope Ward

Yeah. When was the last time you took a risk?"
"I'd say two days ago when I got on a plane to Brazil at the recommendation of a crazy person I met in a bar."
"Alright. I'll give you that one. That did take some balls. But when was the last time you had a real adrenaline rush? The kind that pumps through your veins so powerfully that it makes you think you haven't really been alive before then?"
I knew the answer to that. When you got in that cab yesterday. Only I didn't have the balls to say that either. ~ Penelope Ward

As hard as it may be to believe, I never meant to hurt you, and I sure as fuck wouldn't stand by and let someone else hurt you, either. ~ Penelope Ward

I wish I fucking hated you, Evangeline. I'd give anything. I wish I could rid you from my heart, but you are my fucking heart. ~ Penelope Ward

Someday Perky. Someday... When you're ready, you'll realize just how dirty my mouth can be all over you. And you'll love it. ~ Penelope Ward

I think sometimes people come into our lives at a certain time for a reason. ~ Penelope Ward

I wiped my eyes. Big girl panties. Big girl panties. Big girl panties. ~ Penelope Ward

The bottom line, though, is that I was a dumb, hormonal, fifteen-year-old girl. It was the wrong decision. [...] You never gave me the time of day to tell you how sorry I was once I came to my senses that following year. So, I need to say it now. I am so sorry if my leaving like that hurt you in anyway."
"Hurt me?" [...] "It changed me. I loved you. ~ Penelope Ward

He kept his hand on my throat and lightly squeezed it. It was innocent, but there was a fine line being drawn with every second that passed. ~ Penelope Ward