J. Sterling Quotes & Sayings

Because once you give your body to a guy, there's no taking it back. And once you've done that it opens up feelings, emotions and vulnerabilities you never knew you were capable of having. I'm not ready to give him my heart. What if he breaks it? — J. Sterling

Every experience I'd ever had with a guy had changed me in some way. Whether it was a single idea, or an altered view, I was never quite the same girl after as I had been before. I firmly believed that wasn't a bad thing, either. The only way we could truly know what we wanted in a partner was to figure out the things we didn't want. Process of elimination, I supposed, but you risked losing pieces of your heart along the way. — J. Sterling

I never realized how exhausting it was to turn women away. It was one thing to hook up with them and then call it a day, but to be off the market completely was something I'd never dealt with before. To put it simply, girls don't like being rejected, especially if it's because of another girl. — J. Sterling

Half of me wanted to punch his gorgeous face, and the other half wanted to make out with it. — J. Sterling

It's funny the things you think will last forever when you're young. — J. Sterling

Live without regrets. It's very easy to, really. You just listen to your heart, follow it, and take chances. Always take chances. And take risks, especially when it comes to love. Because love is the one thing in this world that's worth risking everything for. — J. Sterling

#23 on the field, #1 in your heart- Jack Carter — J. Sterling

Forgiveness is the attribute of the stong. — J. Sterling

Love isn't all rainbows and unicorns all the
time. And neither is life. Sometimes life is really
freaking hard. — J. Sterling

What matters the most is who you love. Because when everything else is a distant memory, the people you love are all that's left. And love is the single most important thing we can do in our lives. Give it. Receive it. Teach others how to do it-Gran — J. Sterling

I know you can live your life without all of those things, but can you really live your life without Jack? -Gran — J. Sterling

Jack: I'm going to kiss you.
Cassie: This doesn't change anything
Jack: It changes everything.
Cassie: Prove it. — J. Sterling

Miserably. Forty minutes later, the group — J. Sterling

Being on that pitcher's mound, it's the one thing I'm really good at. The one thing I haven't fucked up. And when I'm on the field, everything else fades away. You know?" He turned to look at me, his eyes craving understanding.
I smiled and he continued. "It's like my mind is clear when I'm out there. It's not about my mom or my dad or the stupid shit I've done. It's about me, the ball, and the batter. It's the one place in the world where I feel like I'm in control. Like I have a say in what happens around me."
I stopped my head from nodding in agreement once I realized that I was doing it. "I feel that way when I'm taking pictures. Anything that I'm not seeing through my lens fades away in the background. And I get to frame my picture any way I choose. I get to dictate how it looks. What's in it. What isn't. Behind that lens I have complete control in how things are seen."
He smiled, his dimples indenting his cheeks. "You get it. — J. Sterling

I could wait and marry you someday, but I'd much rather marry you today. Someday may never come. Today is already here. Please don't make me wait to make you my wife. — J. Sterling

I suddenly wondered - can you still be Daddy's little girl if you don't have a dad anymore? — J. Sterling

Don't make me beg, Kitten. Don't make me beg in front of all these people. It's embarrassing. — J. Sterling

ANYONE SEEN MY KITTEN? — J. Sterling

We're all scarred. That's how we know we've lived a life worth fighting for. Love is a battlefield! Thank you, Pat Benatar! — J. Sterling

Cassie's Rules for a Happy Life:
#1 - Don't Lie
#2 - Don't Cheat
#3 - Don't Make Promises You Can't Keep
#4 - Don't Say Things You Don't Mean — J. Sterling

You're my game changer, you know that? — J. Sterling

Nothing made you realize how much you'd been ignoring your heart, until someone came along and smacked it awake simply by existing. — J. Sterling

Thank you. It's my job to protect you. It's my job to keep you safe. Let me do it or I'll fucking go insane — J. Sterling

Sometimes life gets ugly before it gets beautiful — J. Sterling

Our scars don't point us in the direction were headed, Cass, they simply remind us of where we've been — J. Sterling

Who we loved wasn't always a choice. Sometimes it was an irresistible pull, a gravitational force, something we couldn't see or control that drew us toward another. Sure, we could try to fight it. But in the end, love always won because it didn't fight fair. It had a secret weapon, a tool of sheer force to use against us - our heart. And once that son of a bitch got involved, you could kiss away all options you thought might exist. — J. Sterling

She seriously looked like a fucking angel. And I wanted to be her devil. — J. Sterling

Love is life. If you miss out on love, you miss out on life -Gramps — J. Sterling

Loving another person is taking a giant leap of faith. It's being vulnerable at the most basic level. It's like taking your heart out of your chest and chucking it off a cliff, hoping that someone is waiting at the bottom with open arms to catch it. — J. Sterling

People spend their lives searching for their one true love, their other half. I found mine in college, dancing in a fraternity house driveway. Lucky for me, she found me right back. — J. Sterling

Sasha told me you were looking for engagement rings. Do you have a specific style in mind?
Yeah the kind that fits on her hand and makes her say yes when I propose — J. Sterling

Have you ever noticed how pretty and beautiful words can be? How easy it is to say the things you think someone wants to hear. How you can affect a person's entire day with just a few measly sentences? — J. Sterling

I failed you that night, Cassie. I'll never forgive myself for not making sure you were safe and protected. That should have never happened to you. And it won't ever happen again. I promised you I'd never let anyone hurt you like that. Just let me keep my fucking promise to you — J. Sterling

Fuck space! Girls always think they know what they want, when really it's just some crazy-ass test they're putting us through. They say they want space, but they really want the exact opposite. They tell you to go away and leave them alone forever, but they really want you to fight for them and win them back. Bitches are always setting us up to fail. — J. Sterling

Fifty cents a touch, right? This oughta cover me for a while — J. Sterling

Oh my God, you feel incredible." He breathed heavily against my ear. "Holy shit, I may never recover from this. — J. Sterling

I changed my mind. Get out of my house now. I'll set your things on fire and mail you the ashes. — J. Sterling

Life was too short and too precious to waste making decisions you didn't really want. — J. Sterling

I don't know any other couple who has been to hell and back more than the two of us. I feel like everything we've been through has only made us stronger. We've had to learn to work together. To be a team. To support each other and stand by each other. — J. Sterling

Watching fireworks light up the night sky. You two burn brighter when you're together." "Even fireworks burn out," I said, my voice solemn. — J. Sterling

I can't wait to knock you up and have a whole team of little baseball players around this place! — J. Sterling

I know I don't deserve you, but I need you — J. Sterling

When you only dream of doing one thing for the majority of your life, it's almost unfathomable to think about doing anything else. You don't know how. It's all you ever wanted and you'll not only fight like hell to get there, you'll fight like hell to stay. — J. Sterling

Listen to me, Madison. I can't have you running away from me. I know you needed some time today to process and work through everything, but don't push me away. I don't like it. I want to be the one you run to, not the one you run from. — J. Sterling

I can't live without your Touch.You'll see that I've provided enough money to pay for at least twenty or so. — J. Sterling

You're not the only one who has to try to make it through each day. I lost us too, ya know? — J. Sterling

Sometimes other hearts have to break in order to keep your intact. — J. Sterling

Listen, that girl is my world, and I can't stand the thought of anyone hurting her. I'd handle this myself if I could play the game and be by her side at the same time, but I can't — J. Sterling

Watching the two of you interact, it was like watching fireworks light up the night sky. You two burn brighter when you're together. — J. Sterling

Because when everything else is a distant memory, the people you love are all that's left. And love is the single most important thing we can do in our lives. Give it. Receive it. Teach others how to do it. — J. Sterling

I was almost awestruck when I realized that like this meant without a condom. Jack's vulnerability shone through him in that exact moment like a lighthouse beacon in a raging storm. Somewhere along the way, we'd crossed an imaginary line where feelings and emotions blurred into the unknown. A place neither of us dared to go before. — J. Sterling

I don't know how to recover from this...from you — J. Sterling

I don't know how to get over you — J. Sterling

This doesn't change anything," I stammered, my defenses fading.
"It changes everything." He sounded so sure of himself as his soft lips silenced my weak protest. — J. Sterling

She smiled and her whole face lit up. Or maybe it was mine. All I know for certain is that smile lit up even my darkest days. — J. Sterling

I was one hundred percent not in control of this situation. This girl fucking owned me right now. I sat on that bed waiting for her to give me the time of day. I didn't necessarily like this feeling, but I suffered through it ... for her. I convinced myself that I'd probably suffer through pretty much anything for this girl. — J. Sterling

Coach Smith poked his head into the dugout. If you ladies are done with the warm and fuzzies, I'd like you to get your asses on the field with your team. — J. Sterling

Without you, I'd be a shell of a man. A hollowed-out, empty, lifeless carcass. And I know that because I've been there. I lived through it. I lived through losing you due to my own stupidity, and I can never explain to you what that felt like — J. Sterling

I was meant to land wherever he settled, like the ocean washing seashells onto the shore. Jack was the shell, in constant motion and movement, being tossed around from place to place by the ebb and flow of something more powerful than he. And I was the sand, gripping and holding on to him, comforting his tumble with each push and pull of the tide, yet always constant. When I walked into the waiting — J. Sterling

Is that a bad thing? I asked, not entirely sure how I felt about the situation. Had it been someone other than Paige, I would have thought they were a spoiled brat getting whatever they wanted because they were famous. And it would have annoyed the living shit out of me. But since it was Paige, I didn't feel as irritated. Which made me a hypocritical dick who was okay with double standards. I should make a T-shirt. — J. Sterling

Kitten, I'd break my fucking pitching arm if it meant keeping you safe. — J. Sterling

Sometimes letting go is the only way to find out who you're meant to hold on to. — J. Sterling

This is a frat party, Meli. There are no good guys. — J. Sterling

Then don't give up. One day you'll look around and realize that all the things you thought mattered so much, really didn't matter much at all.- Gran — J. Sterling

Chrystle? I'm back!
I refused to say that I was home because Cassie was my home. But I'd lost that, and her, forever, so I'd never truly be home again. — J. Sterling

I never knew you could spend hours just kissing a girl. I never knew because I'd never done it before. In the last month, I'd learned just how erotic kissing could be. Many nights I'd left her place unsatisfied sexually, but completely content emotionally.
I sound like a fucking chick. I want to go drink a beer and punch something.
That's better. — J. Sterling

I feel like someone ripped out my heart and smashed it with bricks. It hurts. I hurt. And I'd gladly take your hurt too if it meant that you'd be okay. I'd do anything for you. — J. Sterling

Sometimes life was messy and got in the way. But wasn't that part of the beauty of falling in love and being in a relationship? You figured things out together as you grew, and faced the challenges that life enjoyed the hell out of throwing at you. — J. Sterling

My head questions everything and believes nothing."
"So your head wants proof and your heart wants reassurance? — J. Sterling

Part of my identity for as long as I can remember is being a baseball player. If I'm not that anymore, then who am I?"
"Who do you want to be?"
"Harry Potter — J. Sterling

I recognized you instantly. All of our lives flashed through my mind in a split second. I felt a pull so strongly towards you that I almost couldn't stop it. — J. Sterling

You could meet a thousand people and none of them would mean anything to you, but then you'd meet one, and suddenly they meant everything. — J. Sterling

It was heartbreaking when you recognized that moment when pieces of your reality turned into memories. — J. Sterling

When life gives you lemons, cut 'em open and squeeze the juice in life's face!.. The Game Changer
. — J. Sterling

There were simply some guys you wanted to hold on to - every memory, every note, every conversation - you longed to keep it all. And that was how I felt when it came to him. — J. Sterling

I promise to stand by you, to hold you up when you're about to fall, and to always keep you safe. I never believed there was a girl out there for me. Until I met you. You changed everything. And I never want to live without you. I love you more than I ever thought possible. — J. Sterling

Do you know how crazy that made me? I'm trying to concentrate on my fucking fucking ball baseball game and all I can think about is why the hell the girl I'm in love with is ignoring me. I knewsomething was wrong when you never called. I tried to shake it off, but I couldn't. You can't do that tome. Don't you understand? You can't fucking do that to me when I'm trying to play ball! — J. Sterling

Both cities had numerous tall buildings, but that was pretty much where their similarities ended. While New York appeared dirty and lived in, Chicago was spotless and trash free, newer maybe. And where New York buzzed with constant energy, Chicago exuded more of a gentle hum. — J. Sterling

Jack Carter does not exist as a full person without Cassie Andrews — J. Sterling

I know that. But here's the thing about baseball, Kitten. There's an expiration date for every single one of us who plays and we all know it. Eventually my baseball career will come to an end, and I can live with that. But I can't live without you. — J. Sterling

Husband. Fuck yeah, I'm your husband. I think that means I'm legally allowed to kill anyone who fucks with her, right? Right. — J. Sterling

Jack, I know I'm not perfect, but I'm really hoping you're not ready to give up on me yet. I don't have gifts or love letters or anything like you had. But what I can give you is my word, my promise, my vow to you. Which I will back up with actions, by the way. — J. Sterling

You're both so screwed up alone that together you're like the perfect mess. — J. Sterling

Kitten,
Letting go of someone who owns your heart is hard.
Sometimes holding on to that person is even harder. I
know I'm not the easiest person to love, but you are.
I'ts not that I can't live without you; it's that I don't want to. There's a difference. We all make choices in life and I choose you.
My heart belongs to you. And I'm not asking for it back, even if you don't want it anymore. I'm just asking for the chance to have yours again. I promise I'll be more careful with it this time.
Love Always,
Jack — J. Sterling

I'd never experienced such red-hot intensity. No one had ever made me feel so connected to them before. Not even Colin, and I'd been head over heels in love with that guy. Maybe I'd just been head over heels in stupid with him? — J. Sterling

Shower sex isn't the same when you have a saran-wrapped cast on your good arm. But I powered through it because I'm a team-fucking-player. — J. Sterling

She wasn't the type to give away her heart, but she had so quickly opened up and given it to me. — J. Sterling

I'm losing my f**king mind. I've already lost my heart so I guess in a way that makes sense. I'm so f**king lost without you — J. Sterling

Love is the most important thing? Above everything else — J. Sterling

She was reluctant at first, but when I screamed that she was ruining my life, she relented. I'd have to use that tactic more often. — J. Sterling

I love you. I wish there were different words that I could say, but no one's been clever enough to invent any yet. So it's all I've got. But it's everything. I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Please come home soon. — J. Sterling

Love is the one thing in this world worth taking a risk for. When you're older and you look back on the life you lived, you won't regret the fact that you took the chance to love someone. But you will regret the chances on love you didn't take. Especially the ones rooted in fear. They're only scary because you have the most to lose. You feel the most for them. Don't let the fear of losing love stop you from having the experience altogether. — J. Sterling

You don't cause me stress. I cause me stress because I can't relax when it comes to you. Because I love you so damn much. — J. Sterling

Letting go of someone who owns your heart is hard. Sometimes holding on to that person is even harder. I know I'm not the easiest person to love, but you are. — J. Sterling

But I'll bet you money that if you go to our twenty- year high school reunion, you'll see Dalton and me there. Only then, we will have arrived together, and we'll be wearing wedding rings. — J. Sterling

Life is too short..and nothing is certain. Nothing. Just because you tell someone you'll talk to them later, or you'll see them tomorrow, there is no guarantee that either of those things will happen. You hope they will. Hell, we all assume they will. But we don't really know. Life can change in an instant. A single instant. — J. Sterling

I promise to stand by you and not run away when things get tough," I told him solemnly. "I promise to always talk to you about the things that are bothering me, no matter how stupid and insignificant I think they are. I promise to be a better team player. Because there isn't a game on earth I want to play if you're not by my side. — J. Sterling

But when I told you I loved you, I meant it. I didn't mean that I'd love you only if it was easy, or only if it was drama-free. I think we both know life isn't like that. — J. Sterling

You could close your heart to love forever, but you'd miss out on all the good that came with giving and receiving love. You had to decide if it was worth the risk. — J. Sterling

Oh my God! You little slut! You want to have a good date with him and want to have ten thousand of his little baseball babies! Cassie!!! — J. Sterling