Amazing Book Quotes

“Sometimes I wore smiles but didn’t feel them. Sometimes I felt them and didn’t wear them. I didn’t want her to know how much I craved this. I bit my bottom lip.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“But breaking was beautiful. It hurt, and it was an uphill climb back to sanity, but you came back stronger, fiercer, and more solid than you were before. Tate had obviously been through it, I had, and eventually so would K.C., I thought.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“Sometimes I wondered if the angels talked to get me to behave or to entice the devil to come out to play.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“The thing is, Fallon . . . I told you before to lock the door if you wanted me to stay out. Funny thing is . . .” I leaned in. “You. Never. Did.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“Madoc was always calm, after all. So calm all the damn time growing up. He didn’t shout or show his anger until he’d had enough. And you never knew exactly when that was going to be. That was the scary part about him.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“But that was two years ago. She wasn’t sexy to me anymore. Now she was lethal.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“He was here. We were alone. We were angry. Déjà vu.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“He was soft and slow, gentle and attentive. Possessive.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“Fallon continued. “We learned in school that bullies abuse others because they feel bad about themselves. They’re hurting.” She brought up her knees and locked her arms around them, her tone light and taunting. “We shouldn’t be mad. We should pity them." Madoc has never had to make a real decision in his entire life, which means he’s never had anything real. This house, the cars, the money. It’s all an illusion. It’s like parading a victory when you missed the war.” She took a breath and whispered slowly. “Madoc has no idea who he is.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“This is why Madoc was going to be a great lawyer like his dad. Working people wasn’t just about the words you spoke. It was about body language, tone, and timing. Keep your voice natural, your body relaxed, and distract them with a change of subject as soon as possible. Here it comes in three, two, one . . . “Come on,” he nudged Addie. “It’s fine.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“I was fifteen then, too young to fall in-love. Or maybe it is only then, with dew of childhood still in my eyes, that I was capable of such love. I will never know, of course.”
― Danielle Trussoni, Angelology

“I knew exactly how I felt about Madoc. And I knew why I felt that way. I hated him. I hated what he did to me. But why in the hell did he hate me?”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“Fallon affected my body in weird ways. But only because she’s different, I told myself.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“Oh, shit!” My breath caught as I slid, and I stupidly kept my weight on Tate, which was too much for her. Backward I fell and into my lap she stumbled. We slammed to the floor, hitting the wood hard. I’d probably bruised every damn inch of my ass, but Tate was cool. She landed on me. That was cool for me, too.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“But we were different now. I wanted only his pain, and judging from the girl he’d come home with last night, Madoc was still the same. A user.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“Fallon and I were a lot like them. Only I didn’t love her, and she didn’t love me. I was infatuated with her once— and loved that she let me take my pubescent urges out on her— but we weren’t in love.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“My attitude. It’s what I fed off of as well. It’s what made people like me.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“Guys didn’t like their cars messed with. And I didn’t like being messed with, so I guessed we were even.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“You see that girl, she looks so happy right? But inside she's dying. She's hurt and tired. Tired of all the drama, tired of not being good enough, tired of life. But she doesn't want to look dramatic, weak or attention seeking so she keeps it all inside. Act's like everything's perfect but she cries at night, boy does she cry at night, so that everybody thinks she is the happiest person they know, that she has no problems and her life is perfect. Little do they know.”
― Jayne Higgins, Exactly 23 Days

“This thought, this truth, it highlighted the distance between us. We lived in different timeframes. A reminder that, even right now, we didn't share the same moments. We could never truly be together.”
― P.I. Alltraine , Heartbound

“Madoc has no idea who he is.”
― Penelope Douglas, Rival

“In a battle of wills, of the gods of old. For each his revenge, will he forfeit his soul. On the chess board of blood, will their narrative play. aged, innocent lives, revenge claims her way. Out of hate will come love, and love will come hate. For immortal and man, have entwined their damned fate.”
― L.A. Starkey, Deceived

“Amazing grace, amazing life.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“As long as Luciano and Arianna were together, he felt that all was right with the world.”
― Mary Hoffman

“I grew sideways to get my share of the sun, letting my roots claw into the unwelcoming rock.
Withering is not an option.”
― Tracy Badua, This Is Not a Personal Statement