Pietrowski Colleen Quotes

I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more about that in a sequel. ~ Colleen McCullough

Speaking of ... does this mean you get your phone back?" I shrug. "I don't really want that phone back. I'm hoping my whipped boyfriend will get me an iPhone for Christmas. ~ Colleen Hoover

And sometimes when I feel that much emotion, something inside of me just snaps. ~ Colleen Hoover

I am a brave and bold businesswoman with zero fucks to give for men in scrubs. ~ Colleen Hoover

I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens. ~ Colleen McCullough

Silently we lie there, staring at each other. Eventually Ivy moves; to my delight she rolls closer to me, snuggling her head into the crook of my shoulder and placing a hand on my chest. Carefully I drape my arm around her waist and comb my fingers through her long hair while my other hand pulls the forgotten blanket over us.
"Rylan?" Ivy murmurs a minute later.
"Yeah?"
"Tell me again the words you told me when we were dancing."
I grin into her scalp. "I like you."
"I...like you, too."
Her fingers dance across my heart. ~ Colleen Boyd

The phone. "God, this sucks, man. The only good thing about this entire school since you moved is fifth period." "What's fifth period?" Holder asks. "Nothing. They forgot to assign me a class, so I hide out in this maintenance closet every day for an hour." Holder laughs. I realize as I'm listening to it that it's the first time I've heard him laugh since Les died two months ago. ~ Colleen Hoover

Mr. Kadam asked me many questions about Oregon. He seemed to have an unquenchable thirst for learning new facts and asked me about everything from sports, which I know almost nothing about, to politics, which I know absolutely nothing about, to the flora and fauna of the state, which I know a lot about. ~ Colleen Houck

Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern. Sometimes it seems easier to just keep running in the same familiar circles, rather than facing the fear of jumping and possibly not landing on your feet.
My mother went through it.
I went through it.
I'll be damned if I allow my daughter to go through it.
I kiss her on the forehead and make her a promise. It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us. ~ Colleen Hoover

A boss once told me, "Colleen, it's not about the meeting, it's about the scotch after the meeting. You either need to learn to drink or take up golf."

Turns out I'm not a good scotch drinker. ~ Colleen Ferrary Bader

Grant me the serenity to selflessly forgo my relationship to save humankind;
To accept that the man I love cannot and will not change;
The courage to let him realize his potential and fulfill his destiny;
And the wisdom to stay as far away as possible. ~ Colleen Houck

The only difference between falling in love and being in love is that your heart already knows how you feel, but your mind is too stubborn to admit it. ~ Colleen Hoover

And the fact that she punched that girl right in the face without a moment's hesitation? I've got to hand it to her, she's tougher than I first thought. ~ Colleen Hoover

I'm terrified to lose him for good, so I sell myself short and take what I can from him, even though I know I deserve better. ~ Colleen Hoover

My fight to live does not begin now. I have been fighting all my life, I just didn't know it. ~ Colleen Oakes

Whew! You two are blowing hotter air than a tornado circlin' a volcano in Hades. ~ Colleen Houck

When things get too good and too right and too perfect, it's only because the ugly twist hasn't yet infiltrated the goodness of it all ... ~ Colleen Hoover

I have no concern for the shape of my body as long as it is strong. ~ Colleen Houck

I also don't trust people who claim for a classic to be their favorite novel. I think they're lying just to sound educated, or they simply haven't read another book beyond high school English requirements. ~ Colleen Hoover

God loves us for who we are. We can´t work our way to his love.
That doesn´t work here on this wold either.
You either love someone for who they are, or you can forget it. Love that is earned is no love at all.
It won´t last. ~ Colleen Coble

Prepare her, Vizier. A cloud of darkness overshadows us. The fiery darts of the adversary have already begun to fly, but rest assured, light is always more powerful than darkness. We are mere candles casting our weak light upon the universe, but she can be so much more. If she will stand as our beacon, there is still hope. ~ Colleen Houck

If it were possible to hear a smile, hers would be a love song. ~ Colleen Hoover

Whatever it is you're running from-it goes with you. it stays with you until you find out how to confront it. ~ Colleen Hoover

I'd say probably the most expensive costumes I've ever made were the costumes in 'The Planet of the Apes,' because of the research and development that went into them and the amount of layers. ~ Colleen Atwood

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'm really not any good at this whole dating thing, and I don't even know if this is a date, but I know that whatever it is, it's a little more than just two friends hanging out, and knowing that makes me think about later tonight when it's time for you to leave and whether or not you plan to kiss me and I'm the type of person who hates surprises so I can't stop feeling awkward about it because I do want you to kiss me and this may be presumptuous of me, but I sort of think you want to kiss me, too, and so I was thinking how much easier it would be if we just went ahead and kissed already so you can go back to cooking dinner and I can stop trying to mentally map out how our night's about to play out. ~ Colleen Hoover

I've been doing this with her for on day and I have no idea what's happening. I don't know if it's a full moon or if I have a tumor wrapped around my heart or if she really is a witch. Whatever it is still doesn't explain how this kind of thing can exist between two people that ridiculously fast ... and actually last. ~ Colleen Hoover

When you're willing to give up the things that mean the most to you just to see someone else happy, that's real love. ~ Colleen Hoover

Mom: A doctor, Lily? AND your own business? I want to be you when I grow up. ~ Colleen Hoover

Twenty-two hours and our war begins
Our war of limbs
and lips
and hands ...
The best part of finally
Not calling retreat?
The showers above us
Raining down on our feet
While the bombs are exploding and the guns fire their rounds. Before the two of us collapse to the ground. Before the battle, before the war ...
You need to know
I'd go fifty-nine more.
Whatever it takes to let you win.
I'd retreat all over
and over
again. ~ Colleen Hoover

I'm sorry about that. I'm sure you didn't miss me like I missed you, but sometimes the things that matter to you most are also the things that hurt you the most. And in order to get over that hurt, you have to sever all the extensions that keep you tethered to that pain. You were an extension of my pain, so I guess that's what I was doing. I was just trying to save myself a little bit of agony. ~ 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

He seemed very pleased with himself for surviving a near-death experience. I could practically hear him chanting to himself: I overcame. I conquered. I'm a man etc etc. ~ Colleen Houck

Teaching yoga is the only thing I can do. I can't imagine not doing it. I love it because I believe in it. ~ Colleen Saidman

I need to learn how to rely on myself to stay strong because I'm the only one I can trust. ~ Colleen Hoover

He's put his scars on full display for you, and you need to show him the respect he showed you by not turning away from them. ~ Colleen Hoover

It's the small things people do for others that define the largest parts of them. ~ Colleen Hoover

The first time you kissed me?" I say. "That moment when your lips touched mine? You stole a piece of my heart that night ~ Colleen Hoover

Do I get any kind of training?"
"Do you know how to use a basic calculator?"
I roll my eyes "Yes."
"Consider yourself trained. ~ Colleen Hoover

After the room is finished, my mother and Sky head downstairs. I stack the boxes in the hallway, then turm to shut the door. Before I close it completely, I look to her bed. I don't watch her die again. I watch her smile. ~ Colleen Hoover