“Everything’s not always black and white, Princess. Sometimes we have to do shit because there’s not another choice. Maybe you should think about that before you snub your nose at me.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“Don’t cry, Princess. You know what they say. You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you meet your prince.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“Colt lies on my bed and pulls me down behind him. I expect him to go for my clothes, but instead he kisses me again.
“Blanket.” I mutter, between kisses.
“If you’re cold I’m doing something wrong.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“I'm a prick half the time, but you make me better. You make me happy. I don’t want to lose you. I love you. I don’t want to lose you.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“I'm fucking good at this boyfriend shit. Who would have thought?”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“This isn’t a fucking game anymore. No charades here. I don’t know exactly what to call it, but whatever it is, it’s ours. I’m going to latch onto it. And never let go.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“But when he smiles? Really smiles, it’s perfect. Like toothpaste commercial, boy-next-door beauty that makes it really hard to be pissed at him.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“Just know that you can. I won’t tell. I might not be able to do much for you, but I’ll hold your secrets.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“I thought this was a game,” I remind him.
“Not anymore and you know it. Everything else in my life is all fucked up. This is the only thing that’s real.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“You don't have to do it on your own. Let me take some of the weight, baby."
But he has so much already. "You have your own problems."
"We'll share each others.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“It's easier to hide in the dark...but easier to let go too.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“The cup is half full, sunshine and flowers and I try to act like I agree, but really I’m pissed someone dumped out half of my drink.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“I’m tired of running … This is the only thing that’s real. Don’t run from me, Tiny Dancer.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“My face is in his neck and I think if I was going to cry, this would be the perfect place to do it”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“Tomorrow… don’t remind me I said this. I won’t want to talk about it, but tonight… keep me safe.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“Words are so ridiculous sometimes. They don't really mean anything, but they're all I have.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“Pity isn't the only thing I don't do. Princesses are high on my lists too.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“A laugh jumps out of my mouth, surprising me. I can’t even remember the last time I laughed and it puts me on edge. I suddenly want to do the same thing to her. Let her see how it feels to teeter on that cliff.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“I feel like a dick for being an ass.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“I don’t know how in the fuck we got here, but somehow this game is more real than anything else.
And I want it.
I fucking want it.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“Is it crazy that I’m proud of her for standing up to me at the same time that I’m pissed at her?”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“When we pull away we’re both breathing hard, but I don’t think she’s thinking about her aunt or her mom anymore. “Damn I’m good.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“She loves him the way a mother should love their child. Thoroughly. Completely. To her, he's the most important person in the world and I'm so very happy they have that.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“We can't always control what we don't like, Tiny Dancer.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“There’s no talking. No laughing. Nothing but eager hands and sad eyes.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“I squeeze my eyes shut as though that will somehow make it go away, but I know it won’t. It happened and there’s no changing it. No changing any of the things that happen to us. All there is to do is move on. Starting now.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“I grab her arms and pull her toward me. Now she has her arms wrapped around my waist and we’re chest to chest. She’s laughing and I almost want to laugh with her. For a second it feels real and okay. The knot in my gut loosens and I’m not scared to breathe.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“you're just pissed you liked it”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“You guys think you fooled me in the beginning,” she rasps. “You were only fooling yourself.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
“Yo podría no ser capaz de hacer mucho por ti, pero yo voy a guardar tus secretos.”
― Nyrae Dawn, quote from Charade
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“All my life, all I'd ever heard was: Emily's so shy, Emily's so quiet, Emily's so clever. Thinking back on it now, I don't know if I was ever any of those things, or if I just became shy and quiet and clever because everyone said I was.”
― Tanya Byrne, quote from Heart-Shaped Bruise
“Robert McKee says humans naturally seek comfort and stability. Without an inciting incident that disrupts their comfort, they won’t enter into a story. They have to get fired from their job or be forced to sign up for a marathon. A ring has to be purchased. A home has to be sold. The character has to jump into the story, into the discomfort and the fear, otherwise the story will never happen.”
― Donald Miller, quote from A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
“A strange occurrence was the sudden appearance of eight emperor penguins from a crack 100 yds. away at the moment when the pressure upon the ship was at its climax. They walked a little way towards us, halted, and after a few ordinary calls proceeded to utter weird cries that sounded like a dirge for the ship. None of us had ever before heard the emperors utter any other than the most simple calls or cries, and the effect of this concerted effort was almost startling.”
― Ernest Shackleton, quote from South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
“I look over to the girl again to make sure she’s actually there and this isn’t some freaky Christmas Carol–type shit where she’s an apparition that has come to teach me some sort of lesson.”
― Anna Todd, quote from After We Fell
“He looked like he could pleasure a girl and devastate her in the same breath without even trying.”
― Francette Phal, quote from Monster
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