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Tell Me Lies QUOTES

Tell Me Lies QUOTES

1 " People always talk about realizing they’re in love during the happy moments, but I think you realize it in the bad ones. The ones that knock you off center, scaring you when they prove that no matter what kind of logic is in your head, it’s what’s in your heart that determines fucking everything. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

2 " It’s funny—when you get what you want, it almost automatically decreases in value. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

3 " Love—real love—isn’t something you construct or hope or imagine or plan for the future. Love is something you live and feel in real time, in every single moment, big or small. It’s reciprocal and often unglamorous. But we bank on it because it’s what gives life meaning. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

4 " You know what they say—charm is the ability to make someone think that both of you are quite wonderful. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

5 " Well, time and space give you clarity, and sometimes you don’t realize things until . . . you do. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

6 " What many people fail to understand is that the world is carved by nature’s laws, not moral values. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

7 " didn’t know if I was addicted to the pain or if love was pain that you had to push through in order to access something greater, a final result you didn’t understand but stored your faith in. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

8 " Everyone has that guy, Luce. That one guy you think you’ll never be able to shake—the one who gets under your skin and epically fucks you up for a little while. I know I did. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

9 " The bartender appeared and asked what I wanted. I didn’t know or care. A bottle of Xanax. A loaded gun. I ordered a vodka tonic. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

10 " And all of a sudden I know, because when you figure out the truth you can feel it, hot and deep in your bones, "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

11 " I swore that I’d never date anyone again unless I had that feeling—the feeling that everything had been flipped inside me, for the better. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

12 " Manipulation is not a bad word. It’s not a cynical mind-set. It’s a proactive approach to exploiting opportunities. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

13 " Don’t you want me to be happy? "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

14 " I was still wired from the coke but felt the anxious onset of depression creeping in at the back of my brain, like a leech. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

15 " there was that sudden disturbance in the air again; it was almost everywhere now, as unmistakable as the smell of smoke. I suddenly had the overwhelming feeling that something terrible was going to happen, or had already happened, or was in the process of happening. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

16 " My heart felt empty and full at the same time. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies

17 " What I’ve come to learn and what most people fail to understand is that love is a choice. If you assess the worth of your relationship solely in terms of your feelings it is likely to fail, or at least be extremely short-term. You cannot go on having these “feelings” for someone forever. With girls, the exciting part is winning their affection. That’s the fun. Then you have to choose who you’re going to love, backed by the reasons why. "

― Carola Lovering , Tell Me Lies