Yes & I Love You Quotes

“Being capable of doing something and actually enjoying it turned out to be two different things.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“She was over someone trying to force her into something that didn’t come naturally. Not everyone had to be a damn extrovert.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“I had a counselor once tell me that we need to be careful with the stories we tell ourselves because our brains believe them. Maybe it's time you start telling yourself another story.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“Fear is there to protect us, but fear is also what gets us stuck.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“Sometimes when you get the dream, you realize it wasn't what you were looking for at all. That you already had what you most wanted right where you were standing. You just weren't looking hard enough.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“Life is one big improv stage anyway. You're only as good as the people standing there with you.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“Ask for what you want. Always. Not just with me. If, in the future, a guy ever thinks you’re weird or throws shade at you for doing that, then you drop his ass on the hot pavement. Sex can be fun. It can be hot. It can be kinky or serious. It can be a lot of things. But what it should always be is a safe zone to explore what each person likes. If everyone is consenting and it’s legal, there really are no limits beyond that. Just be you.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“Her shyness was just a layer that made it harder to see the real parts of her. It didn't make them any less real.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“Do you know how much power there is in learning not to give a fuck if you look stupid?”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“I wish you hell, sweetheart. Oops, darn typewriter, no spell-check. I wish you well.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“She was over someone trying to force her into something that didn’t come naturally. Not everybody had to be a damn extrovert.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“So,” he said, turning fully to Hollyn, “you ready to play?”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“Yes, and” principle for this class—how to never block your partners’ ideas. Go with the ideas and then add to them. They linked the concept to brainstorming in a business and how it can help not to shut down any ideas during that initial stage.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“If Jasper can’t be in a committed relationship, that’s his issue, not yours. Don’t own other people’s hang-ups. But also don’t decide their answers for them before you ask.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“I’m looking for someone who I can have fun with on the journey to figure all that stuff out. A travel companion. Not a tour guide who already knows all the answers. How boring would that be? I want the man, not the résumé.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“When you do that, you walk off feeling like you can conquer the goddamned world because you realize, especially in comedy, that you’ve taken away the power of others to shame or embarrass you. You’re already making fun of yourself. What have you left them with? You’ve taken all their ammunition away and tucked it in your own pocket.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“The image of that confident, camera-ready woman slipped away from her like a rogue spirit escaping its temporary host. Another ghost haunting the streets of New Orleans.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You

“especially in comedy, that you’ve taken away the power of others to shame or embarrass you. You’re already making fun of yourself. What have you left them with? You’ve taken all their ammunition away and tucked it in your own pocket.” She spread her hands out to her sides. “People want to make fun of my size. I’ve already beat them to it. They want to call me a loud mouth. I’ve already claimed that nickname as my own. They’ve got nothing. They don’t get a vote on how I feel about myself.”
― Roni Loren, Yes & I Love You