Nicola Haken Quotes & Sayings

Broken crayons can still colour. — Nicola Haken

I'm too much. Too broken. Life is better alone. I like it that way. — Nicola Haken

I'm so fucking happy right now. It's an emotion I'd almost forgotten and I refuse to let it go. — Nicola Haken

Because they're wrong. People who judge me are wrong. There's nothing wrong with me. There's nothing wrong with being gay, or how I dress, or how I choose to express myself. I'm not hurting anyone, but they're hurting me. If I change to fit in with their misguided opinions then I'm just reinforcing them. On top of that, their lives wouldn't alter. They don't know me. They have an issue with gay people in general, not me personally. So, if I changed who I was to fit in with what they deem an acceptable society, it wouldn't affect them, but it would affect me. I'd be living a lie. I'd be miserable, and they wouldn't even know about it. They'd find another gay person to disapprove of. So why do that? Why change for people who don't even know who I am?" This — Nicola Haken

To me, I see scars of courage. Inflicting them gave him the strength to survive the pain that's plagued him all his life. I'm grateful to every one of them because he's still here, with me. — Nicola Haken

I live my life balancing on a set of scales, the slightest weight tipping me into darkness. The problem is each time that happens, they never quite rebalance. — Nicola Haken

..I'm not, like you. I'm straight."
"So is spaghetti until it gets hot. — Nicola Haken

I'm not just a reader or a writer; I inhale written words like they're my oxygen. It's not a hobby. It's a passion. People intrigue me. Life intrigues me. I see a story behind every pair of eyes I meet, history in every voice. I'll see someone wearing a smile and wonder what put it there. Words allow me to immerse myself in a whole other world. I get to become a different person. — Nicola Haken

It never gets easier. Somehow, grief becomes a routine part of life. It never leaves, you simply learn to live around it. Looking — Nicola Haken

I did just make an arse out of myself though. I bumped into the hottest guy I've ever seen in the toilet and just stared at him like some kind of moron. Think David Gandy but younger. — Nicola Haken

It's amazing how powerful a smile can be, even a forced one. It's all it takes to fool people into believing you're not falling apart inside. — Nicola Haken

I'm thinking I shouldn't be here, but also that I don't want to be anywhere else. I feel nervous, excited, satisfied but ashamed. I'm thinking I don't know why the pull I feel towards you is so intense, and I'm thinking I don't have the strength to keep fighting it any longer. — Nicola Haken

Solitude is addictive. Once you discover how peaceful it is, you no longer want or need to deal with people anymore. — Nicola Haken

People hear the words mental illness and immediately think crazy. But he's not crazy, and there's no reason you can't have a happy and positive relationship like anyone else." "You — Nicola Haken

In that moment, I understood implicitly what my mom had meant. That was the moment I felt my heart smile for the first time. — Nicola Haken

I woke around eleven with a dick so hard I could've drilled through concrete. — Nicola Haken

I fell in love with you at your worst. I've had some of the best times of my life with you at, as you say, your worst. So I can't even imagine how special life will be when I get to experience your best. — Nicola Haken

Maybe that's why I write romance. I'm a dreamer at heart. If I can't have it in real life, I'll live it on paper instead. — Nicola Haken

You need to stop this, Jake. It's not going to happen. I'm not... like you. I'm straight." "So is spaghetti until it gets hot," he whispered — Nicola Haken

Hell, she's even too much of a slut for Jason to fuck. — Nicola Haken

broken crayons can still colour. I've — Nicola Haken

The darkness still looms over my head, threatening to rain down on me. Some days it does, only now I have people there to help me dry off before it seeps into my bones. — Nicola Haken