Chelsea M. Cameron Quotes

“I can't promise not to make you mad. I can't promise that I won't hurt you. All I can promise is that I want you in my life, and I'll do anything to keep you there.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“Why do you think Beauty picked the Beast? It was the library.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“I love you, Missy girl. Even if I can't be with you, know that I'm here. So, that's it. More than the stars, Taylor. More than the stars.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“I don't like you. I don't like how your hair smells, and how I can't stop thinking about waking up and seeing your face. I hate how my bed felt empty when you left. I don't like how good you were with my family, especially Harper, and how I wanted ot see you with them again, but not just as a guest. As a member. You're right. I don't like you at all.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“Whoa, there. Calm down." "Don't tell me what to do." "Okay, fine. Freak out.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

Loving you was the best mistake I ever made

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I want you. Right now. If you said yes, I would kiss you. I would kiss you until we both forgot that lips were made for anything other than kissing. I'd take you out of that outfit, as cute as it is. I want to see what you look like with nothing on. I want to make you sigh like you did with the cake. I want to be with you. Right now.

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“There must be a mistake," I said.
He adjusted his bag on his shoulder. "That's a creative name. What do you shorten it to? Missy?”

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“I've never eaten here so I don't know what's good. Peanut butter and jelly is always good. You can't screw that up. Peanut butter and jelly has always been there for me and is one of the constants in my life. Peanut butter and jelly has never done me wrong. It's my favorite."
"Should I leave you two alone when it gets here? Sounds like you don't need me.”

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“That's what they all say. Everyone says they want to know you, but they don't. They want to know the nice things, the pretty things. No one wants to know the ugly parts, the parts that keep you up at night. They say they're okay with it, but then they drift away and you never see them again. I've seen it happen way too many times.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“I'd rather be your loser than some other girl's winner.”

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“Hunter kissed me as if he was going to hell, and he had this one kiss left and he was going to make the most of it.”

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“It's not your job to save me ... but I want you around.”

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Good. Because we could be amazing. You and me.

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“Just to let you know, I talk in my sleep." He shifted on his bed and chucked something on the floor. It could only be one thing. "Also, I sleep naked.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“I'm going to take a shower," I said and prepared for the comment I knew was coming.
"You know what they say, conserve water and shower with a friend.”

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“You're not just doing that to impress her, are you?"
"Everything I do is to impress her. It's my mission in life," he said with a completely serious face, while he squeezed my knee under the table.
Mom burst out laughing. "I like him," she said.
"Me too. I think I'll keep him," I said, taking his hand and twisting my fingers with his.
"Good," he said, giving my hand a squeeze.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

No sense in worrying about the past. It's not going to worry about you.

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“I can't take anything you don't give me. Stop giving me power over your life.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“You can stay on the porch. Like how you left me on the floor outside our room."
"I didn't know what else to do. You found the check, and I panicked."
"That isn't an excuse."
"I know. And I'm not saying that this is going to make up for it. I'm going to try, really try, to make you trust me again. I want you to trust me. I just ... I couldn't sleep last night without you. It was the strangest thing, being in the room alone without you. I couldn't hear you breathing, and your laughter was gone and you were gone, and it was like a part of my life was missing. A big part. I tripped going to the bathroom and banged my head. See?" He pointed to a lovely gash on his forehead.
"And then I burned my hand on the toaster oven. And then my car wouldn't start. Again. I've never had such bad luck in my life.”

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“You're serious?"
"As a heart attack."
I set my bag down and leaned on the counter. Okay, Hunter Zaccadelli, you could make me dinner.
"Stuffed French toast, sweet potato hash and strawberries and cream."
"Breakfast for dinner? You rebel, you.”

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“You can ask whatever you want, doesn't mean I'm going to answer.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“Do you have a red velvet cake?" "Of course," the waiter said, as if this was a ridiculous question. How dare I assume that they didn't have red velvet cake. The nerve.”

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“What have you done to me, Missy? he whispered, thinking I was asleep”

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“I know you said you didn't want this, but here's the thing. I don't believe you.”

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“The only bad book was a book that didn't have any pages in it.”

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“Not even a little?" Hunter whispered as we climbed under my Disney princess sheets.
"It's too weird. I can't have sex on a princess' face with my mom down the hall sleeping. I just have to draw the line.”

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“Charlotte didn't just shake my world. She created an earthquake that had irrevocably changed the landscape of my life.”

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Piece of cake. Or toast, in your case. I'll stuff your toast, baby.

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“Subject: You're totally picturing me naked right now
Missy,
So how about you and I head up to the stacks to do some "shelving"?”

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“Subject: Not a chance
Missy,
I accept your challenge, and may I remind you, that if you want me to leave you alone, there is that little bet we have going. Win it, and I'm gone.
Impatiently (and nakedly) yours,
Mr. Hunter Aaron Zaccadelli, esquire.
P.S. Bring it on.”

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“How about the fact that you want me, I want you and for some reason, it's impossible for us to be together, according to you”

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If the sky starts to fall, I'll catch it for you, pretty girl.

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“It was easier to blame myself than to say that it was an accident that I had no control over. Losing control is one of the scariest things. That's why people are afraid of the dark. Or death. They're afraid of not being in control.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

We can what if ourselves to death, but it won't do anything. The only thing we can do is keep moving even when it feels like you're walking through a pit of cement.

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Great, he was going to have PMS for at least a few days. Pissy Man Syndrome.

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“I love you so much, sweetheart. So much that sometimes I can't breathe. I can't think. You're all I've ever wanted, even before I knew I wanted it. I don't deserve you, Katherine.”

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“When she talked about beating the shit out me, I had to fight a smile. I had no doubt she could bring me to my knees. She could do that with her blue eyes alone.”

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“That once people decided what they thought of you, that was it. You'd been judged. You got a stamp on your forehead that you could never wash off.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“It wasn't a sweet kiss, it was a demanding, get-your-clothes-off kind of kiss. It was a kiss that made me want to wrap my legs around him and take him back to my room.”

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“The leaves were starting to blush from green to orange and red and yellow.”

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“It takes alot of energy to pretend you're fine when you're not. A bit like being in a play that never ends. I get an intermission, but I always have to go back on stage.”

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“Sex is one of those things that's complete loss of control. You give yourself up, in your most vulnerable state, to another person, and they give themselves to you.”

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Pretty soon you're not going to be able to understand me. I'll be so smart that you'll have no idea I'm insulting you. I chuck my empty box at her. I miss again.

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“He wants to put his basilisk into your Chamber of Secrets!”

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Love and hate are completely different." "Not really. They're the two sides of the same coin. One flip and you can be on the other side before you know it. I'll take either one from you.

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Takes one to know one. What kind of guy makes a girl an amazing cake without expecting something in return?"
"A guy who doesn't exist!" Renee yells from the couch, her mouth still full of cake. I hoped she didn't choke.

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True. We both could. One of these days our search history is going to tip off the NSA and then we're going to be in trouble. It was a valid worry for a writer.

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“The best way to get what you want is to pretend you don't want it.”

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“You could try and go through life without help from others, but you'd live a pretty lonely life and you wouldn't get far.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron