Quotes from November 9

“You’ll never be able to find yourself if you’re lost in someone else.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“When you find love, you take it. You grab it with both hands and you do everything in your power not to let it go. You can’t just walk away from it and expect it to linger until you’re ready for it.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“You can’t leave yet. I’m not finished falling in love with you.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“If we’re going to kiss, it has to be book-worthy.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“She “loved me” in quotations She kissed me in bold I TRIED TO KEEP HER in all caps She left with an ellipsis . . .”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“She’s not the kind of girl you choose your battles for. She’s the kind of girl you fight to the death for.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“I thought I was stronger than a word, but I just discovered that having to say goodbye to you is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“I would never let anyone else borrow my heart if I know there’s a chance in hell you might want it back.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“Sigh"
"Did you just say sigh? out loud? instead of actually sighing?
"Eye roll”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“Whoever said the truth hurts was being an optimist. The truth is an excruciatingly painful son of a bitch.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“It took four years for me to fall in love with him. It only took four pages to stop.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“Goals are achieved through discomfort and hard work. They aren’t achieved when you hide out in a place where you’re nice and cozy.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“It’s easy to fall in love, Ben. The hard part comes when you want out.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“I think about you every second of every day and I don’t know how to get over you,” she says.

“Don’t,” I beg her. “Please don’t get over me.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“Don't stop" I tease in a seductive voice. " Give me more, Ben. Did you read eBooks or..." I run my finger slowly down his chest."Hardbacks?"
He pulls his hands behind his head and a smug look washes over his face. "Oh, they were hardbacks, all right. And I'm not sure if you're ready for this, but...I have my own TBR pile. You should read it, Fallon. It's huge"”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“Loving someone means accepting all the things and people that person loves, too.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“You left with my soul in your fists and my heart in your teeth, and I don’t want either of them back.” ~Ben”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“In her darkness, she is silent.
In my darkness, she screams.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“I don’t want to be your first, Fallon. I want to be your last.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“One of the things I always try to remind myself is that everyone has scars,” she says. “A lot of them even worse than mine. The only difference is that mine are visible and most people’s aren’t.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“If she’s not careful, I might just fall in love with her. Tonight.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“I’m in love with her. Like, really in love with her. Crippling, debilitating, paralyzing love.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“We don't get to choose our parents, and parents don't get to choose their children. But we do get to choose how hard we're willing to work in order to make the best of what we're given.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“Whether or not the couple ends up together at the end of a book doesn’t determine whether that book has a happy ending or not. As long as the two people end up happy, it doesn’t really matter if they end up happy together.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“I missed you,” he says. “A lot. And screw it if I’m not supposed to admit that, but I tried the whole alpha-male thing for two seconds and I just can’t do it. So you don’t get alpha-Ben today. I’m sorry.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“If you don’t show up today, I’ll be there next year. And the next. Every November 9th I’ll wait for you, hoping one day you’ll be able to find enough forgiveness to love me again. But if that doesn’t happen and you never show, I’ll still be grateful to you until the day that I die. You saved me the day we met.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“Why do you look like you’re in pain?” she asks.

“Because keeping my mouth off you hurts like hell.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“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, quote from November 9

“Because when you love someone, you owe it to them to help them be the best version of themselves that they can be. And as much as it crushes me to admit this, the best version of you doesn’t include me.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

“Fucking beautiful,” I whisper.
She smiles and then ducks her head. “I feel stupid.”
“I barely know you, so I’m not about to argue with you over your level of intelligence, because you could very well be as dumb as a rock. But at least you’re pretty.”
― Colleen Hoover, quote from November 9

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