Carrie Butler Quotes

“Rena?" I looked up as a figure emerged from the white void of snowfall. The snow dusted his broad shoulders as he took long, measured strides toward me, his black coat flapping in the wind.
As he neared, I made out his startled features. "Wallace?"
His gaze burned with indiscernible emotion. "Are you hugging the lamp post?”

— Carrie Butler

“Well, why not just snap my damn olive branch and beat me with it? I was only trying to help.”

— Carrie Butler

“I mean, that was the code, wasn't it? Single girls and taken guys weren't allowed to be friends. The leash always got in the way.”

— Carrie Butler

“One second she's all timid, and then reeoowr! Hellcat.”

— Carrie Butler

“Maybe that was why another part of me
a very small part
had wanted to kiss Wallace then. Both sides of his mouth, between his brows, and every other place those stupid worry lines marred his expression. That part of me had wanted to hold him tight and give him the comfort I knew he couldn't ask for.
But that part terrified me the most.”

— Carrie Butler

“Thank you.""You don't have to thank me. It's the truth." He visibly relaxed, the corner of his mouth twitching upward. "Though, you're welcome to thank me in any way you see fit."
I rolled my eyes and leaned forward, kissing his cheek. "Thank you."He looked thoughtful at that, tensing in concentration."What?""I'm trying to think of something else I can say, for you to thank me."I smacked his arm.”

— Carrie Butler

“All because I fell in love with a madman.”

— Carrie Butler

“It doesn't matter what's wrong with him. We're not going to act like he doesn't exist. Not anymore.”

— Carrie Butler

“My hopes for pie died on the sidewalk. There went my grin.”

— Carrie Butler

“Stop bein' such a pussy."
"I'm not a p-pansy," Aiden stuttered,tripping over the last word. Vulgar terminology didn't
exist in his vocabulary. Whenever he tried to push the envelope, he choked in the cutest way possible.
"I said pussy," she emphasized.
He went red from the neck up. "I heard you!”

— Carrie Butler

“Cole radiated that cool, bad boy sort of confidence-the kind that left most women flustered and ready.”

— Carrie Butler