Quotes from Forever My Girl

Heidi McLaughlin ·  302 pages

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“Hey, Jojo?” he yells.
“Yeah.” I yell back.
“I’m going to marry you someday.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“I’m standing in front of you, Josie. You just have to turn around.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“Her tear-streaked face is beautiful. I want to wipe away her tears. I want to take the last ten years and erase them. I want to start over.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“When you love someone, you just know.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“Josie Preston, I have loved you since I was sixteen. I know I've screwed up a whole lot, but I promise to make it up to you every day. Would you do me the immense honor of wearing my ring, taking my name and becoming not only my partner in life, but most importantly, my wife?”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl



“I only have eyes for one woman, period … When I saw you, I knew I had made a mistake. I should have never left or at least come back for you. My life is better with you in it, Josie. I’m not going to do anything to jeopardize that.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“I promise you, I’m done running. I’m still selfish, but only where you and Noah are concerned. I have years of spoiling to make up for and I plan to spend every day of my life making sure you both know how much I love you.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“Never will I or have I told fans that I love them, even with something as innocent as this. I’ve only loved one person in my life and those words are saved for my girl and now my son.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“There’s nothing worse than a woman who tries too hard.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“I've missed so much. Like the day you opened your flower shop or how you came up with the name Whimsicality. I missed the day you brought Noah into this world and saw him for the first time. I missed your late-night cravings and his midnight feedings. I'll never forgive myself for not being there, Josie.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl



“I want every part of you in my life, Jojo, when you’re ready.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“Are you really speechless or has the vodka finally impaired your ability to function like a normal human?”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“The last thing Betty says to me that day is something I will never forget. “Follow only your dreams, Liam.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“I thought for sure we'd spend forever together. I thought our love was one of a kind. I would almost be okay if he had met someone else and fallen in love, but he didn't. He just left. He said he was suffocating.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“Bye, dad,” Noah says before running off to the truck. The look on Liam’s face must match mine. “Don’t worry, Jojo,” he whispers to me. He places a kiss on my cheek before walking way. “Take care of my family, Nick,” Liam says as he slips his helmet on muffling out Nick’s tirade. I watch Liam’s bike as it flies down the road. When my eyes meet Nick’s, he’s glaring at me. He shakes his head, punching his truck in the process. I think I just lost my fiancé.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl



“I never thought I’d see the boy who stole my heart and failed to give it back. I’m not sure I want it back.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“Purple Rain comes on. It’s the song we first danced to at homecoming.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“Get off your high horse, Josephine, because if you fall it won’t be pretty.” I stuff my hands into my pocket and walk away. I didn’t want to blow up at her, but she egged me on.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“Knock it off you two,” Mason says as he slaps me in the back of the head. “If you give him a stiffy during the game, some linebacker is going to break his pecker.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


“Her make-up is running down her face, black and heavy, leaving a path of pain ruining her beauty.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl



“Your cat doesn’t like you? How come?”

I shrug. “I don’t know. He’s very mean though and I think about telling him to pack his kitty bags and move out.”
― Heidi McLaughlin, quote from Forever My Girl


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Heidi McLaughlin
Born place: in Portland, The United States
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