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If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1) QUOTES

If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1) QUOTES

1 " Sometimes, at the least opportune times, the past is an insomniac, alive and well. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

2 " I can’t let you break my heart. I don’t have much of it left. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

3 " I roll my eyes. 'Are you trying to find some sort of reason that I've become such an asshole? The reason is... I'm an asshole. There are some things in life that can't be explained. Period. Assholes are assholes. Rainbows are pretty. Kittens are cute. Chic flicks are sad. It's the way of things, no explanations. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

4 " She’s like a breath of fresh air.
I may be the Big Bad Wolf, but even wolves need to breathe. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

5 " Love never fails, Mila. That's what your parents believed. And because of you, it's what I believe now, too. You stuck by me and loved me when I didn't deserve it. All I want is a chance to prove that I can be worthy of it. Your parents were sort of fucked up in their own way, like me, and they never got the help that they needed. But I will. I promise. I will put the work in. I will learn how to cope with painful things and I will never leave you again. Just tell me that you'll stay with me. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

6 " She walked in beauty, She sleeps in peace. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

7 " You’ve seen me at my worst. Maybe you should see me at my best.”
My words hang between us, heavy and charged, and I don’t know what the fuck I am doing.
“When are you at your best?” she asks hesitantly. And I can see from the determined look on her face that she is trying hard not to feel intimidated. I’m impressed. She’s like a kitten standing up to a lion.
“In bed. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

8 " I love you. I love how you are so sweet and innocent and kind to people, but you are such a vixen in the sack. I love how you look at me. I love your smile. I love everything about you. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

9 " I'll give you a reason," I tell her, my voice raw. "I promise. If you give me the chance, I will give you a reason to be with me. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

10 " Love never fails.
But then again, sometimes love has to put boxing gloves on and be tough in order to survive. Sometimes, you have to do the harder thing—the thing where you let someone grow on their own. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

11 " Things are the way they are, but everything has a reason. Kittens are cute because they're tiny fur-balls with smushed faces. Rainbows are pretty because they have every color in the world in them and they're made from refracted light. Chick flicks are sad because chicks sometimes just need a good cry. And assholes are always assholes for a reason. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

12 " It was never an option. Love never fails, Mila. And I'll never fail you again. That's a promise. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

13 " Life is just a mixture of good and bad, of varying shades of grays and whites and blacks. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

14 " Please," I tell her. "Please forgive me. I'm so sorry that I hurt you. I'm so sorry that I've been an asshole and that I shut you out. I didn't know how to handle things without being self-destructive. Self-destruction is all I've ever known. Deep down, it's what I felt like I deserved. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

15 " Mila, I've said this before, but you are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. You are beautiful inside and out. I don't deserve to have met you. I don't deserve you in any way. But there's nothing I want more than to be with you. to wake up beside you for the rest of my life. I am so grateful that you stuck by me for as long as you did. And all I want to know now is what I can do to make you stick with me again? You name it and i'll do it. Anything. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

16 " I don't think I'm ever going to let you off my lap," I tell her. "So I hope you're comfortable. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

17 " You're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. And I love you. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

18 " I don't want to start over again," she says slowly. "I like what we had. I don't want to re-do it. I love you, Pax. But I don't know if I can handle it if you leave me like that again. You shut me out and i couldn't help you. That's not what people do when they love someone. You ripped my heart out and stomped on it. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

19 " Mila, that day, in your shop almost crushed me. When you said no to me, I didn't know if I would survive it, but I knew I had to. I knew that i had to change, for me and for you. And I think I have. I'm still working on it.... it's going to be a process. But I'm willing to put in the work. Forever, if that's what it takes. So... I'm going to ask you again, babe. Stay with me. Stay with me here in my house. It's only a five minute drive to your shop when it's open. And you can use the studio for your art. I promise to try not to snore. And to put the toilet seat sown. Most of the time, anyway. Just stay with me. Please. I never want to be away from you again. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)

20 " Give me another chance," I ask urgently. "I will do anything that you want me to do if you just tell me that we can start again. I know I don't deserve it, but I'm asking anyway. I honestly don't know if I can breathe without you. Please. I love you, Mila. Please tell me we can work it out. "

― Courtney Cole , If You Stay (Beautifully Broken, #1)