Quotes from Sometimes Never

“The people you love most are the ones who hold the power to hurt you so completely.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“I never thought I could love someone so much, but sometimes never is a distorted perception, because I continuously find myself falling deeper in love with her every day.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“The place doesn't matter. It's the person. It's you and it's me. That's the important part. I happen to love where I am. In your bed that smells like you, surrounded by the things that make you you.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“It’s funny how some things are just words until one day, it happens to you, and it’s like an epiphany.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“Mason Patel is my counterpart. He is the eraser to my chalk. The milk to my cereal. The chocolate to my peanut butter. We were made for each other in cookie heaven.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“Does it scare you? That you might love someone that much someday, just to lose them too?" "Yes," I confess, "I've been scared since the first time I saw you.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“You’re related to her?” I hear Mason say through the door. Then he laughs loudly. He has a great laugh. “Your name is Guy Love?” He barks out a laugh, louder this time. “Ironic, isn’t it?”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“I do not have a hero complex. I have always been attracted to strong, independent women. I like a girl who has her shit together. No strings. Simple. Confident. But the way she nearly sighed the word 'broken'--as if it was her sole identifier, as if it's branded on her somehow, as if admitting this has cost her dearly, shamed her--just killed me a little bit. I want to save her. I want to be her hero. I want to make her see she is so much more than her damaged past.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“I love you.'
'I love you too.'
She never misses an opportunity to say it. You never know when you can run out of chances.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“Mason, I’m ruined. I can never give you what you deserve. I’m incapable of loving someone like—like you want. I will never be able to do it right. I will never deserve to be loved.”

My breathing is erratic. I shove myself to my knees and grasp her arms, pulling her toward me once again. “Sometimes never is a distorted perception. I love you, Hope. And I’m not the only one. I know you care about me. I see it in your eyes. I feel it. Everybody needs love. Everybody. And some people need it more than others. You’re a liar if you say you don’t. I’ll do that for you. I’ll love you. All you have to do is let me.”
             
The wind whispers against my back as if giving me a nudge toward her and I take it as a sign. I propel myself into her, pushing my bare skin to hers. I need to feel her. I need her to feel me.
             
This is real.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“You've turned my wounds into wisdom. Teaching me to learn from my mistakes. Which ones were mine and which were out of my control.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“She cries harder and I know I should hug her, comfort her in some way, but I'm selfishly counting the pieces of my heart that lie on the floor around me.
One for every touch.
One for every kiss.
One for every time I told him I loved him.
One for every time he told me.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“It's a damn good thing you're so pretty, honey, because sometimes, you're really quite stupid.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“I'm done counting days. Now because of you I'm making the days count.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“Shape me, mold, manufacture me, and tell me that I'm beautiful.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“You’re not supposed to go anywhere. Jenny said you’re grounded for getting superended.”
I snort. “Damn, Hope,” Guy sings. “You got superended? I think we need to drop the p in your name ‘cause you is a hoe.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“Playing an instrument says you have passion. Taking the time to teach someone else, especially someone younger, says you’re not only sweet, but patient. It told me you obviously like music. Musicians typically appreciate all music, so it told me you were more open. The fact that your little brother thought you were good meant you’re dedicated. And the way he looked at you, like you hung the moon, spoke loudest of all. It told me that someone loved you. That you had to be a good person to have so much respect from your brother when most brothers can’t seem to get along. It told me you were special.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“Sometimes I think my veins run with poison. We’re all slowly dying, right? From the moment we’re born, our time dwindles away. Like some countdown we’re not privy to. We can die at any moment.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“I want to tell you you look beautiful, but I know you don't like that." He dips his chin toward his chest and presses his lips together. "Is it alright if I say that I couldn't breathe for a minute when I saw you? Or that it took every last ounce of self restraint to not start making out with you in front of Guy and Annie? Because the only thing that held me back was the idea you wouldn't like that very much.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“I have enough scars.
I do not have enough scars.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“What would happen if I cut there? Right across my face where everyone could see. Everyone would know. Maybe someone would finally stop me.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“I'm afraid that if I let myself feel this way I do about you, ugh, I'm so afraid you'll realize what I am, and you'll walk away. And it'll hurt me.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“You're not supposed to go anywhere. Jenny said you're grounded for getting suspended."
I snort.
"Damn, Hope," Guy sings. "You got suspended? I think we need to drop the P in your name 'cause you is a hoe.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“Does it scare you? That you might love someone that much someday, just to lose them too?"
"Yes," I confess, "I've been scared since the first time I saw you.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“I'm just going to be really honest right now because this is all new to me and I don't know how else to handle it." He takes a deep breath and pushes the air off his forehead. "I like being around you. I like talking to you. When I'm not with you, I'm thinking about you.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“I'm broken too. I think... I think we can fix each other.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“She takes deliberately slow steps toward me and I'm a second away from dropping at her feet. This girl is a goddess and I am her slave.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“Sometimes never is distorted perception. I love you, Hope. And I'm not the only one. I know you care about me. I see it in your eyes. I feel it.

Everybody needs love. Everybody. And some people need it more that others. You're a liar if you say you don't. I'll do that for you. I'll love you. All you have to do is let me.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“Please," I whisper. "Please don't make do this. Don't make me choose.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

“I'm not mad, Mason. I am crushed. Acting mad makes it easier to deal with than letting it rip me apart.”
― Cheryl McIntyre, quote from Sometimes Never

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