Penelope Ward Quotes & Sayings

You asked what I plan to try? Everything. Every goddamn thing, Frankie - until you tell me to stop. Until you look me in the eyes and tell me there's no point in continuing. — Penelope Ward

Someday Perky. Someday... When you're ready, you'll realize just how dirty my mouth can be all over you. And you'll love it. — Penelope Ward

In the end, there was you, and that made it all worth it — Penelope Ward

Anyone could father a child. But a good parent puts his child's needs before his own. A parent should be selfless not selfish. — Penelope Ward

You're my truth. Everything else is a lie. — Penelope Ward

why you've been unable to open your heart to anyone. It belongs to someone else. — Penelope Ward

It used to. Now, it's just broken. How do I fix it?" "Sometimes, we can't. — Penelope Ward

As I write this, what she definitely doesn't know is that a few years later, I came back for her, but it was too late. — Penelope Ward

If you don't cut that out, I don't bring the girl back here to see you. No more girl! You hear me? I'm tired. NO MORE GIRL! — Penelope Ward

Sometimes, love also means putting the needs of those you love ahead of your own. — Penelope Ward

Even after seven years and a failed engagement to another man, my one true heartbreak had remained at the hands of my stepbrother. — Penelope Ward

Shit or get off the pot."
"Shit or get off the pot? I was paying $250 an hour for advice my father gave me in third grade. — Penelope Ward

This was a different kind of a kiss, not one that leads to something, but a hard, painful one.
It was a goodbye kiss. — Penelope Ward

He'd now officially become his brother's bastard child who impregnated his stepsister. — Penelope Ward

I lost all those years, only to end up in the same place, wanting you and wishing I hadn't ever let you go. — Penelope Ward

My layover just got more interesting. — Penelope Ward

I'm terrified to lose you, but I am way more terrified of living without you while you're alive and well. For the record, I would rather have a single day of truly being with you than twenty thousand days of going through the motions with someone who doesn't have my heart. I don't care if I never have the chance to grow old and decrepit with you. I want today. I want to watch creepy movies with you and the dogs, burn toast in your apartment. I want to feel you inside of me. I want to experience everything with you while we're both alive. WE ARE BOTH ALIVE. A good life is about quality, not quantity. I just want to be with you for however long that may be. But I can't force you to see things the way I do. When — Penelope Ward

You're a little dodgy, you know that?"
"And you're fucking adorable. — Penelope Ward

I didn't want him to move on. I wanted to go backwards, back in time and hug him. Never let him go. — Penelope Ward

the same way that you can easily switch the letters of a word around to see another hidden meaning, such is life. A life can be defined by its hardships or its blessings. It's all a matter of how you look at it. So, while this book was once setting up to be a tragic tale, it turned into a love story, an imperfect but unconventionally epic romance. — Penelope Ward

I didn't really belong to their group or any group for that matter. — Penelope Ward

Since Hetty wasn't even here yet, I excused myself to go to the bathroom where I promptly picked my kindle up again. Don't judge. — Penelope Ward

Well, my life had been nothing but selfish up until then. Nothing should ever come before family. I learned that the hard way. — Penelope Ward

I told myself that I loved my independence: being able to do whatever I wanted, go wherever I wanted, eat whatever I wanted, but deep down, I longed to share my life with someone. — Penelope Ward

I never stopped loving you. There may have been times I tried to hate you, but even then, I never stopped loving you. — Penelope Ward

We need to eat."
"So, we'll get breakfast out?" I stupidly asked.
"Yes, breakfast. What else would I be eating out? — Penelope Ward

You were the best thing that ever happen to me. I hope that someday I can say you were one of the best, but for now, it's only you. — Penelope Ward

I had to stop. I threw my kindle across the room. My eyes were so filled with tears that the words were becoming blurry toward the end. — Penelope Ward

I'm sure would like an opportunity to try to fix yours if you'd let them. — Penelope Ward

I want to give you a choice depending on what you're in the mood for." "Okay." "We can go find the nearest hotel, and I can make love to you in a bed or..." "Okay. Or?" "Or we can go outside right now and fuck hard in that alley. — Penelope Ward

But even if nothing were to happen between us, my attraction to you is a sign that something was off between Jade and me. You shouldn't covet someone else like that if you're in a healthy relationship. It's an indication that something is missing, even if you don't know exactly what it is. I don't believe in dragging things out if the outcome is already determined in your mind." "Is — Penelope Ward

That was the first time I realized that I'd fallen in love with him. I loved Justin, More than a friend, more than anything. I was so mad at myself. My biggest fear was losing him. It hit me that it was going to happen someday. Maybe it was already happening. — Penelope Ward

This was supposed to be a trip about finding my own answers (and maybe finding some great shoes along the way), not about being a notch in the bedpost of Captain Freelove, no matter how fuckably handsome he was. — Penelope Ward

Half of the people in the world will tell you to follow your head, half will tell you to follow your heart. My advice, follow the one that isn't confused. The stronger one will eventually convince the other to fall in line. — Penelope Ward

You light a fire in me, Evangeline, one I can't put out, one I don't want to. I wish I could show you how I feel. — Penelope Ward

Keep Calm and Go Fuck Yourself. — Penelope Ward

Yeah. When was the last time you took a risk?"
"I'd say two days ago when I got on a plane to Brazil at the recommendation of a crazy person I met in a bar."
"Alright. I'll give you that one. That did take some balls. But when was the last time you had a real adrenaline rush? The kind that pumps through your veins so powerfully that it makes you think you haven't really been alive before then?"
I knew the answer to that. When you got in that cab yesterday. Only I didn't have the balls to say that either. — Penelope Ward

The "one that got away" was supposed to stay away, not come back and leave you all over again. — Penelope Ward

Fuck history. Fuck love. Fuck fate. Fuck happiness. Fuck mind-blowing sex. Fuck it all. — Penelope Ward

But the right thing...was admitting that I couldn't possibly fully love her if my heart beat faster for someone else — Penelope Ward

But in that moment, I felt it happen. My heart slowed, took a deep breath, and let out a giant sigh. Just like that, it gave in, unable to fight it anymore. I had no idea how long we had or how things were going to play out, but I knew without a doubt that I was in love with Carter. *** — Penelope Ward

Promise me I'll be your first and last — Penelope Ward

I want to be the first one to show you everything and to be the one you'll always remember for the rest of your life. — Penelope Ward

I needed to kill him with kindness instead of showing my anger. — Penelope Ward

What they don't know won't hurt htem. You're not hurting anyone by doing what you love and being around people that make you happy. ~Evangeline — Penelope Ward

I love you so much. But I can't bear to be with you if your heart isn't in this with me. — Penelope Ward

out of sight, out of mind, right? That motto is just a
temporary fix - until you're forced to come face to face with what you've been running from. That's when
the mental walls you've built to hide behind come crashing down in one hard blow. — Penelope Ward

Every day in life, people we will likely never encounter a second time, pass us by. For some unknown reason, I just couldn't accept that he was one of them. — Penelope Ward

The bottom line, though, is that I was a dumb, hormonal, fifteen-year-old girl. It was the wrong decision. [...] You never gave me the time of day to tell you how sorry I was once I came to my senses that following year. So, I need to say it now. I am so sorry if my leaving like that hurt you in anyway."
"Hurt me?" [...] "It changed me. I loved you. — Penelope Ward

if you let something go and it doesn't come back to you, it was never really yours to begin with. — Penelope Ward

If everything before this had been a controlled burn, then this was the explosion. — Penelope Ward

Wow. Impressive." "Why is that?" "Most girls wouldn't know that." "Well, I'm not most girls. And I happen to know a lot more about cars than just that. — Penelope Ward

You're perfect for me, baby. I always knew that, never doubted it. — Penelope Ward

Well, you could always have him change your tire." He gestured to a large and scary-looking man who seemed to be watching us. This guy looked like Herman Munster in the flesh. — Penelope Ward

Unconditional love isn't possible without forgiveness. — Penelope Ward

We're never a hundred percent in control in life, Nina. We just think we are. Something bigger than us is always in the driver's seat. What we can control is our perception, our reactions to things. We can also control whether we choose to live life or live in fear. — Penelope Ward

Sometimes, the more difficult road leads to the greatest destination. — Penelope Ward

But I think for the first time in my life, something has mattered enough for me to take a chance. I'm way more terrified of losing you than I ever could be of trying and failing. — Penelope Ward

I think sometimes people come into our lives at a certain time for a reason. — Penelope Ward

Can I see the cockpit?
"There's nothing more I'd rather do than show you my cockpit. I thought you'd never ask. — Penelope Ward

I'd like to own you. You keep standing there much longer in that little rinky-dink towel, and you're going to feel how much you own me in about two seconds." I — Penelope Ward

... longing for someone I couldn't have. — Penelope Ward

In the same way that you can easily switch the letters of a word around to see another hidden meaning, such is life. A life can be defined by its hardships or its blessings. — Penelope Ward

Some of the most beautiful things are those we can only enjoy from afar. The unattainability makes the attraction more intense. — Penelope Ward

Temptation is natural. That doesn't mean you should act on it." He — Penelope Ward

There's supposedly nothing more than a friendship going on between us, right? So, why does being around you hurt so badly sometimes? I think I might've figured it out tonight. It's because you tell me one thing, but your eyes tell me another, your heart tells me another. Your heart was beating faster than mine today. Why won't you open it up to me? — Penelope Ward

This is all coming from someplace deeper, like when we make love my soul cries tears of joy because it comes together with its other half. — Penelope Ward

You little shit, you remembered — Penelope Ward

Sometimes, those who put up the biggest shields are those who are protecting the biggest hearts. My Gram used to always say, if you want to know the size of a person's heart, look at how they treat animals or those that can offer them nothing in return. — Penelope Ward

Thank you for continuing this journey with me, Perky. There is no way I was ready to let you go. I don't know what this is, but it's the best thing I have in my life right now, and I don't want to lose it. — Penelope Ward

Always liquor before you poker — Penelope Ward

I love you, Aubrey. Can't you see that? I am head over heels in fucking love with you. I love you more than anything in this entire world. When I look into your eyes, I don't just see you, I see my children. Hell, I see an entire farm of children and deaf, dumb and blind goats. — Penelope Ward

You know why it didn't work out with him?" "Why?" "Because God made you for me." Not — Penelope Ward

Talk about holding the world in the palm of your hand. I wished I could carry him home in a breathable non-destructive display case with a lock. I wanted to shield him from everything this crazy world had to offer. — Penelope Ward

I like myself better when I'm with you. I think you bring out the best in me, Kendall - a side I haven't seen for a really long time. Kinda forgot that part of me even existed anymore until you got on my plane. — Penelope Ward

Love can't exist without fear. If the thought of losing someone doesn't scare the shit out of you, then it's not love. — Penelope Ward

I swallowed and seemed to lose my ability to speak as I took in the Adonis standing before me. I wanted to smack that cocky smile right off his face, though - his — Penelope Ward

I see through you. The harder you try to be good, the more you're starving to be bad. — Penelope Ward

She was the one. Our time together seemed to flash before my eyes, all of our many conversations, ranging from our deepest thoughts and hang-ups to the strange and funny. It was her. It had always been her. — Penelope Ward

It's such a shame. I just believe if you're a good person, God knows it. I don't think going to church every Sunday or saying you accept Christ makes a lick of difference in the end. — Penelope Ward

That's the thing about true love. It can rise from the ashes because at its source, it's indestructible. Layers can be stripped away and lost, but if you're lucky enough to find them again and put them back together, the end result is stronger than ever. — Penelope Ward

I never stopped thinking about you. All of these years, they feel like a blur. I look at you sitting in front of me right now, and I'm feeling all of the same things I did when we were together. — Penelope Ward

I have this theory. If you think about almost any given moment in life, there is a Beatles song that can describe it. — Penelope Ward

Someday, he'll realize he made a big mistake. He'll show up here, you'll be long gone, and the only bitch greeting him will be me. — Penelope Ward

my cookie? I'm not going to eat it." "Sure. I'll eat you." "What did you just say?" "I said I'd eat yours." I really needed to get some sleep. — Penelope Ward

Okay. It's not hard to find a beautiful woman, right? Definitely not hard to find a smart woman. And there are definitely some women with good hearts. But in my experience, it's extremely rare to find the whole package. — Penelope Ward

You only get one true love, one soulmate. Not everyone is lucky enough to find that person in a lifetime. — Penelope Ward

The trick is to force yourself to open it even though it's broken. A broken heart is still a beating one. — Penelope Ward

Sometimes, if you're willing to withstand a little pain in life, you might discover a pleasure that you never would have otherwise known existed. — Penelope Ward

That embrace had made me realize that it was absolutely possible to genuinely like someone that you were insanely jealous of. — Penelope Ward

Sometimes, if you're lucky, the biggest hardship can lead to your greatest blessing. It just takes time to see that God works in mysterious ways. — Penelope Ward

Fuck me. This man was insanely hot, not someone I expected to come across out here. This was the middle of nowhere USA, not the Australian outback for Christ's sake. — Penelope Ward

Physically, he was my dream and in every other way, my nightmare. — Penelope Ward

I still dream about your neck. I still think about you every day. For some reason, I just needed you to know that tonight. Please don't write back. — Penelope Ward

The heartbeat is the purest form of honesty. — Penelope Ward

Sometimes love is for a moment.
Sometimes love is for a lifetime.
Sometimes a moment is a lifetime.
Ours for a little while.
Wings for eternity. — Penelope Ward

I bought you a dinner in an elegant restaurant for our first one and took you for a plane ride for our second one. Those were damn good dates, Some woman would kill for that kind of lavishness. seems fiting date three we should be heading to a hotel. " He winked. — Penelope Ward

Listen to me, Nina. We do need to talk, but it's something I was really hoping to discuss with you in person. This is all my fault for being afraid to open up to you for so long. But here's what cannot wait a second longer: You absolutely need to know right now that you are the only person in this world that has my heart, and nothing that I have to tell you will change that. — Penelope Ward

walked in and sat down in booth number — Penelope Ward

She was the Little Red Riding Hood in this situation and I was the Big Bad Wolf with a big bad boner. — Penelope Ward