Courtney Cole Quotes & Sayings

Serva me, servabo te. Save me and I will save you. — Courtney Cole

The thought of his mind wandering while long sharp objects were trying to knock him off his horse alarmed me. — Courtney Cole

You can have all the time that you need, Mila. I'll wait forever if I have to. — Courtney Cole

I'm counting on that," Mila murmurs as she steps away. "I just need some time Pax; time for you to show that you are serious about this, about putting the work in. That's all I need. — Courtney Cole

Of course. I don't want you to go through that alone. If something hurt you enough to make you want to forget it, I want to help you get through it. let's chase these dreams away, Pax. — Courtney Cole

Because sometimes that's how life is. A puzzle made up of a million pieces, and when one piece doesn't exactly fit, it throws the rest of them off. — Courtney Cole

I nodded dejectedly. She was right. There wasn't a thing that we could do. But perhaps burn a few bunches of incense to Sekhmet. I would utter some frantic prayers to God too even though Christianity hadn't even been thought of yet. It wouldn't hurt to cover all of my bases. — Courtney Cole

Love never fails, Mila. That's what your parents believed. And because of you, it's what I believe now, too. You stuck by me and loved me when I didn't deserve it. All I want is a chance to prove that I can be worthy of it. Your parents were sort of fucked up in their own way, like me, and they never got the help that they needed. But I will. I promise. I will put the work in. I will learn how to cope with painful things and I will never leave you again. Just tell me that you'll stay with me. — Courtney Cole

I might be clueless about many, many things, but even I know that I can't make someone like me. If someone likes you, they'll realize it. And then it will be worth the wait. — Courtney Cole

And as we lingered in our intimate embrace, I knew that if I could freeze time right this second, I would. — Courtney Cole

You've seen me at my worst. Maybe you should see me at my best."
My words hang between us, heavy and charged, and I don't know what the fuck I am doing.
"When are you at your best?" she asks hesitantly. And I can see from the determined look on her face that she is trying hard not to feel intimidated. I'm impressed. She's like a kitten standing up to a lion.
"In bed. — Courtney Cole

I don't want to start over again," she says slowly. "I like what we had. I don't want to re-do it. I love you, Pax. But I don't know if I can handle it if you leave me like that again. You shut me out and i couldn't help you. That's not what people do when they love someone. You ripped my heart out and stomped on it. — Courtney Cole

My need for him was almost palpable because any time that wasn't spent in his arms was just ... wasted. Our time was always so limited. — Courtney Cole

I couldn't remember if I thanked you for what you did," I tell her. "And I can't get you out of my head. — Courtney Cole

The irony is lost on you. — Courtney Cole

Dear Reader, Dante Alighieri said, in his Inferno: "Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift." Dante lied. Our fate must be worked for. It must be paid for. With tears. With blood. With everything we have. And it is not until the end, the very end, that we will know if it was worth it. — Courtney Cole

The bad thing caught you.
I've never retreated in my life. I've never backed away from a fight and I've never cowered in fear. Ever. That's not who I am. But I've been in combat long enough to know that when something unbeatable chases you, you do the only thing you can do.
You run. - Gabe — Courtney Cole

I think about how the moonlight is really a reflection of the sun, of how the moon doesn't create any light at all. So a thing that seems to radiate silvery, ethereal light is really the darkest of the dark.
I'm the moon.
And I have no light of my own.
I need Dare for that.
But if he's the sun, he'll burn me.
And my metaphors are making me sick. — Courtney Cole

Someone should have mentioned to him that Karma was a venomous witch. — Courtney Cole

we're all prisoners. Prisoners of expectations, prisoners of responsibility, prisoners of life. — Courtney Cole

You're much too pretty to be bloody. — Courtney Cole

fake it 'til you make it. If you don't feel good, pretend you do because eventually you will. It hasn't worked yet, but I'm still holding out hope. — Courtney Cole

I can never watch you die again," I cried as tears streaked down my cheeks and fell onto him "I cannot do it. Are you listening? — Courtney Cole

Answers that are not freely given aren't really answers at all. — Courtney Cole

It was nice to meet you, Mila. Thank you for saving my life. — Courtney Cole

Death is big," Dare acknowledges. "But there are things bigger than that. If there's not, then this is all for nothing. Life is worth nothing. Putting yourself out there, and taking chances and all that. All of that stuff is bollocks if it can just disappear in the end. — Courtney Cole

They cannot stop what we feel. — Courtney Cole

Insomniacs know that there is something about the night. A darkness, an energy, a mystery that shrouds things. It hides things at the same time as it illuminates them. It is this thing that allows us to examine our thoughts in a way that we can't during the day. It is this thing that brings truth and clarity. — Courtney Cole

My screams were loud enough to reach the corners of the earth. — Courtney Cole

There are times we pay for sins that are not our own, — Courtney Cole

A simple thank you for saving my life would suffice. I don't need for you to carry me off to your bed to show your gratitude. — Courtney Cole

Mila, that day, in your shop almost crushed me. When you said no to me, I didn't know if I would survive it, but I knew I had to. I knew that i had to change, for me and for you. And I think I have. I'm still working on it ... it's going to be a process. But I'm willing to put in the work. Forever, if that's what it takes. So ... I'm going to ask you again, babe. Stay with me. Stay with me here in my house. It's only a five minute drive to your shop when it's open. And you can use the studio for your art. I promise to try not to snore. And to put the toilet seat sown. Most of the time, anyway. Just stay with me. Please. I never want to be away from you again. — Courtney Cole

It's okay," I assure her. "I like stalkers. — Courtney Cole

That day, that one day, changed me forever. It taught me that everything you love, everyone you love, even if you love them and hate them at the same time, can be taken away in a moment and there isn't anything you can do to change it. — Courtney Cole

There is nothing quite so terrifying as the descension of the human mind into insanity. — Courtney Cole

She's the reason I came to your house, remember? She called me or I wouldn't have known that things were so bad. She loves you, Pax. And if there's anything that you should take away from this is that you need to live for today. Tomorrow is not promised to you. — Courtney Cole

I roll my eyes. 'Are you trying to find some sort of reason that I've become such an asshole? The reason is ... I'm an asshole. There are some things in life that can't be explained. Period. Assholes are assholes. Rainbows are pretty. Kittens are cute. Chic flicks are sad. It's the way of things, no explanations. — Courtney Cole

I love you, too, Pax. I hope you know that. — Courtney Cole

But just because we can't see something doesn't mean it's not there. — Courtney Cole

I love you. I love how you are so sweet and innocent and kind to people, but you are such a vixen in the sack. I love how you look at me. I love your smile. I love everything about you. — Courtney Cole

I love you," I tell him again. "I see that," he laughs, kissing me. "Simple words would have sufficed. You didn't need to knock me down with it." I giggle. "Shut up and kiss me. — Courtney Cole

Words can harm people every bit as much as a weapon. — Courtney Cole

kismet always prevails and I'm someone he might like to know. — Courtney Cole

It was never an option. Love never fails, Mila. And I'll never fail you again. That's a promise. — Courtney Cole

Dying is like a ship that sails away for another destination. — Courtney Cole

What was it about relationships that made you feel so vulnerable? Oh, right. A relationship. In any relationship, you put yourself out there. You exposed all of your sensitive nerve endings and your heart and you just had to hope that you trusted the right person. — Courtney Cole

Warmth rushes through me because Kismet always prevails.
The jury has decided. I feel it in my bones. — Courtney Cole

Nocte liber sum. By night I am free. — Courtney Cole

I had forgotten about the sword in all of the excitement of almost burning alive. — Courtney Cole

You're too good to me," she announces. "Not possible," I answer. — Courtney Cole

Maybe because your mom just died in a car crash? — Courtney Cole

My name is Calla Price. I'm eighteen years old, and I'm half of a whole. — Courtney Cole

Life is just a mixture of good and bad, of varying shades of grays and whites and blacks. — Courtney Cole

I love you.
How much?
More than the ocean is large.
More than a shark loves human limbs.
More than Gavin loves his reflection.
More than baseball players love steroids.
More than chocolate, more than wine and way, way more than anchovies.
More than yesterday, but less than tomorrow.
...
How much? I type.
This much. It's his voice. — Courtney Cole

Because I'm a monster, like my father before me and his father before him, and so on. There is no help for me. — Courtney Cole

I'm not a good guy, Jacey. I'm not the person that you'd like to believe. Please know that. Don't make the mistake of romanticizing me. — Courtney Cole

The die has been cast. — Courtney Cole

I would plunge to the bottom of the ocean for you. I'd comb it for shells and make you a necklace and then hang myself with it. Because if you aren't here, I don't want to be either. — Courtney Cole

Things are the way they are, but everything has a reason. Kittens are cute because they're tiny fur-balls with smushed faces. Rainbows are pretty because they have every color in the world in them and they're made from refracted light. Chick flicks are sad because chicks sometimes just need a good cry. And assholes are always assholes for a reason. — Courtney Cole

Oh, Red. If you want to turn up the heat, you've got to be careful not to get burned by the fire. — Courtney Cole

She looked at me and she said, Branden, the best things in life are worth the greatest risk.Falling in love is one of those things. Can it breaks our heart?Yes. Most definitely. But more often than not, before we fall, we fly. — Courtney Cole

But heads and hearts don't always agree; and my heart was guilty as hell. — Courtney Cole

She's like a breath of fresh air.
I may be the Big Bad Wolf, but even wolves need to breathe. — Courtney Cole

What is it about that one motion, that one tiny thing, that always sticks in my head? It's so stupid. Such a silly thing to focus on. — Courtney Cole

Cheese and crackers? Really?" She looks at me skeptically. "Besides, he's not a gigolo, you prude! He's an escort. Big difference."
"An escort who, at the end of the night for a little more cash, will have sex with people. What do you call that?"
Sara's laugh has a wicked edge to it "I call it my good fortune. — Courtney Cole

God I loved that man. Love flooded every cell in my body and I felt physically ill at the thought of never seeing him again. — Courtney Cole

I wrote this story the way it needed to be written. I couldn't sugarcoat it. I couldn't water it down. It is this way because the story demands it. I'm not sorry. — Courtney Cole

I'm tired of hearing about how complicated your life is. Life is not that complicated. Either you like someone or you don't. Either you are true to them and your heart or you aren't. Pretty simple, actually. — Courtney Cole

His utter helplessness at the sight of my tears leaked through his confident voice. It was almost funny that such a great warrior as Hasani was reduced to panic at the sight of a stupid tear or two. — Courtney Cole

Dedication

To anyone who has ever found comfort in oblivion. — Courtney Cole

Pull on your goddess panties, my dear. It's time to come out swinging. — Courtney Cole

Want to know something?" he whispers into my ear. "You're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. And I love you. — Courtney Cole

He kisses me with abandon, like he's not afraid of the consequences, like it's only him and me, and there's nothing else around us. — Courtney Cole

I'm doing all I can to stay afloat in a sea of insanity, but I'm drowning more and more each day. — Courtney Cole

I've barely woken up and I'm faced with this spawn of Satan sitting on my bed. — Courtney Cole

If that was stressful for you, then did you ever think that maybe you made a mistake? That maybe you shouldn't have rejected me? And maybe you should give this thing a chance? — Courtney Cole

You aren't understood, and I can't explain it. That doesn't mean you're crazy. — Courtney Cole

Sometimes we hurt those that we love the most — Courtney Cole

Fiction is best served alone. — Courtney Cole

Sometimes, at the least opportune times, the past is an insomniac, alive and well. — Courtney Cole

Because tonight is perfect.
The sun is really setting now and it's beautiful. The oranges and reds and golds are shining over the horizon and onto our skin and everything is romantic and dreamy.
It's like a dream, actually.
I lean up and kiss Dante's cheek and he smells like the ocean and the salt and the sun. And maybe the woodsy scent of the olive groves. I sigh. There's no way that life gets any better than this. I settle back into his side for the drive and he wraps his arm around me. — Courtney Cole

Her bones felt thin and hollow beneath my fists, but her frailty didn't deter me. I wanted her to feel my pain. — Courtney Cole

Son, you were your mother's peace. You brought her so much peace and joy from the very first time she held you, that she knew she had to name you Pax. Your mother loved you more than anything in the world. She would have gladly given her life a hundred times over to keep you safe. Whatever you do, just live a good life for her. She had so many hopes for you. But when it boils down to it, all she would want is for you to be happy. — Courtney Cole

I am falling, falling, falling.
It is black and dark and I can't see, I can't think, I can't feel. But that's how I like it. If I can't feel, then nothing hurts. So I keep it that way — Courtney Cole

I lose myself in a world that isn't mine and for a while, that's for the best. — Courtney Cole

Pax is worth anything. — Courtney Cole

He deserves to be a focus. — Courtney Cole

Jacey, I can never give you what you want. You want someone who can open up and discuss feelings, someone who will be an active participant in your life. That's not me and it never will be. We need to pull the plug on this thing now, because once again, you're falling for the wrong guy. — Courtney Cole

And women don't usually like to be looked at. They feel vulnerable, exposed. They are self-conscious about their perceived flaws. What they don't understand is that men don't see them the same way they see themselves. We see curves and we love those curves. Confidence is sexy as hell, Alli Cat. It's the sexiest possible think that you can wear. — Courtney Cole

Life is full of kinks. And the great thing about kinks? They eventually work themselves out. — Courtney Cole

When you love someone and they love you, you deserve to be the most important thing to them, as important as breathing. — Courtney Cole

Courage is not being fearless - it is created by overcoming your fears. — Courtney Cole

DD and CP are inscribed inside a heart. Corny and sweet. I trace the letters with my finger. "What a coincidence," I murmur, for some reason aching on the inside, aching to be that CP and for Dare to be that DD. — Courtney Cole

I even dispose of my sleeping pills. Anything that can be a crutch to me, I pitch. Except for the three bottles of whiskey that I have in the kitchen. I'm trying to turn over a new leaf- I haven't gone fucking insane. — Courtney Cole

The good news is that fear is a choice. You can stand in front of it, punch it in the face and get on with life. - Gabe — Courtney Cole

She walked in beauty, She sleeps in peace. — Courtney Cole

Mila, I've said this before, but you are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. You are beautiful inside and out. I don't deserve to have met you. I don't deserve you in any way. But there's nothing I want more than to be with you. to wake up beside you for the rest of my life. I am so grateful that you stuck by me for as long as you did. And all I want to know now is what I can do to make you stick with me again? You name it and i'll do it. Anything. — Courtney Cole

Please," I tell her. "Please forgive me. I'm so sorry that I hurt you. I'm so sorry that I've been an asshole and that I shut you out. I didn't know how to handle things without being self-destructive. Self-destruction is all I've ever known. Deep down, it's what I felt like I deserved. — Courtney Cole

After tonight, I don't want you to come around me, Jacey. I don't want to hurt you any more than I have already. Tonight is all we have left. — Courtney Cole

He grinned lightly at me and I smiled back. Lord I loved this man. His smile was as bright as the sun. — Courtney Cole