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Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1) QUOTES

Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1) QUOTES

1 " Falling for someone can be a lot like playing roulette. You don't know what will happen when you place that bet, but you can take a deep breath anyway and put all the chips out there. And when the ball spins around and around, you pray it lands on your number. Probability says you'll likely lose, and in this game of love with Leo, odds were I would lose, too, but I had to try. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

2 " Fuck you perfectionism. Without you, I am brilliant. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

3 " Behind every beautiful thing is a world of pain. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

4 " He was my Prince Charming, but I wasn't his Cinderella. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

5 " I can't forget the words you've never said. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

6 " Sometimes I wish I had a lower IQ so I could enjoy your company. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

7 " Truth can be awful and even excruciating, but once it's released, it's like a bird that's been caged too long who finally flies to freedom. I felt a little like that. Free "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

8 " Leo, I know it’s unexplainable because I barely know you, but being with you makes me feel good inside and happy. I’ve never had that. When I see you, I feel like I’m home. Like we’re pieces of a puzzle that have finally come together. And . . . and I think being happy isn’t about the big moments, like when you graduate from college or get that job you’ve been wanting. It’s the small moments that take your breath away and make you truly happy, like the first time you see your newborn’s face or . . . or when you meet someone who could be your soulmate. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

9 " Happiness. I believed few people ever achieved it. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

10 " I fucking hated pity. It was a wasted emotion. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

11 " Loving people hurt; losing them could destroy you. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

12 " Is it true that soulmates always end up together? I didn't think so, but I hoped that if there was such a thing as reincarnation, we would meet again in a another life and try again. If it was possible, I'd find him, for another chance at love. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

13 " Why was he my Romeo, but I wasn't his Juliet? "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

14 " if love is the answer then I don't wanna ask the question "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

15 " It's the small moments that take your breath away and make you truly happy, like the first time you see your newborn's face or...or when you meet someone who could be your soulmate. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

16 " SOMETIMES, YOU JUST need a badass theme song to get you through the day. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

17 " I didn't want to coast by anymore. I wanted some fucking happiness. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

18 " And like the missing chips in this china, pieces of my spirit were also gone, destroyed by people who claimed to love me. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

19 " Making something out of nothing made me feel like I was important, like I had value. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)

20 " I'm the only one for you, just me. You're my bad girl. No one else's. "

― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Very Bad Things (Briarwood Academy, #1)