Noelle Quotes & Sayings

Painfully, step by step, I learned to stare down each of my fears, conquer it, attain the hard-earned courage to go on to the next. Only then was I really free. (Eleanor Roosevelt) — Noelle Hancock

so much. I've wanted you for so long. — Noelle Adams

something, and she was already running late. It had started as a bad morning, and — Noelle Adams

It's my job."
"Then thanks for showing up at work today. — Shannon K. Butcher

You can be young and still have views and opinions. — Joanna Noelle Levesque

Stranded A Winter Romance Duet Samantha Chase Noelle — Samantha Chase

Cowboy Rodeo was a very simple man. He liked his life simple. He liked his ranch full of animals, he liked the breeze across the plains, and he liked when the sun rose and set. He liked strong, cold whiskey and the stars at night.
Cowboy Rodeo realized at that moment he also really, really liked corsets and black pencil skirts that showed off the curve of the hip. — Shannon Noelle Long

Before I began seeing a therapist, I lost a few iPhones due to chucking them across a room. — Noelle Scaggs

But you're acting like that's the end of the story, that the brokenness is the final answer. When you know very well that it's not. You've always said that at the end of the story the world will be healed, fixed, all wrongs finally righted. And that what's broken is being redeemed, little by little, even now. — Noelle Adams

I'm like a hermit. Once I'm home, I'm home and when I ride in the car, I don't really listen to the radio as much. — Joanna Noelle Levesque

Jacob Woodward had been a professional surfer with an impressive reputation for ten years until he'd — Noelle Adams

I know it's wrong because it's not what you want, but I can't seem to talk myself out of it. Every time I look at you, I want you. Not as a friend. I want you in my arms. I want you in my bed. I want you all the time. — Noelle Adams

I'd never expect you to give me details about your personal life," he said at last. "And I know it's hard for you to share things that run deep. I know it might be easier if you had a mother you could talk to. But, if something has hurt you, you shouldn't try to carry it alone." He cleared his throat. "I'm your family, pumpkin. I'm the one you tell. — Noelle Adams

So?" Mac says.
I shrug.
"Oh, come on! Don't tell me you didn't feel something? That you didn't enjoy it?"
"It was nice, I guess."
"You guess?" Mac laughs and swipes his hair from his brow. "Tough crowd."
"Yeah, well, I guess you are an acquired taste. — Ashley Mansour

Are you going to teach me about make-up sex?"
He shook his head. "I'm going to show you what it means to be mine, with nothing held back. — Kit Rocha

It wasn't enough, just knowing that Noelle was alive and on her way back to us. So I sat there wondering if Noelle had screamed when she was taken. And if she had, why hadn't anyone heard? — Kristina McBride

I don't mean my life sucks. It just feels like I'm always waiting, and I don't want to do that anymore. — Noelle Adams

Often what keeps us stuck and continually doing penance is the very feeling that we must pay for lack of action. We become caught in a circle of blame, condemn ourselves, feel hopeless, and feed the fire - or slow burn - by reciting like a mantra our history of inertia and self-judged wrong choices. Well, let's break that dead-end cycle of waste and regret. — Noelle Sterne

Perfection is what we create in our own mind. I prefer the flaw. — Noelle Scaggs

He was going to miss her when she died. — Noelle Adams

Think of some things you've wanted to do for ages and have never given yourself time or permission to do them. The Voice knows what they are and has probably suggested them many times. You've always said inside, 'Oh, I couldn't. Costs too much. I've got too much work. I'm too tired. I can't be away from x that long. Should clean out the garage instead.' It's time to stop cleaning and start living. — Noelle Sterne

My parents aren't hippies. I'm North as in the North Pole. Unfortunately. My brother is Nicholas, and my sister is Noelle.
Wow. God. That's
About a hundred times worse than your name.
I was going to say devoted. Festively devoted. — Stephanie Perkins

How could you even think of doing that..." Edward said, and their hearts sank in disappointment, "...without me? — Jennae Noelle

Optimism is a gift, but one that must be carefully controlled. Your hopeful optimism will get us all killed! — Noelle Crawford

It wasn't so much that Lola Plum believed she'd learned her lesson in love. Lola Plum was just realistic about life. — Shannon Noelle Long

After a minute, she asked again, "So what did you want to do?"

"I'd like to have sex, if it's not too much trouble."

She burst into laughter and rolled over on top of him, loving the feel of his big, warm, strong body beneath her. "I guess I can muddle through such a thing, but it will be a real sacrifice on my part. — Noelle Adams

Jessica Cameron had to propose marriage in a couple of hours, and she was a little nervous about it. Trying — Noelle Adams

I thought it would be lovely to use [pet bulldog] Noelle as an example to teach the importance of being who you are. For me it's important to inspire children in a positive way, and at times they understand more messages through entertainment than when one is talking to them directly. — Gloria Estefan

Before she could think of anything witty to say in — Noelle Adams

her husband, when Sally was just a baby. How they hadn't believed Noelle. — Catherine Coulter

Leanne, would you kindly remove your nose from my ass? It's starting to chafe. - Noelle — Kate Brian

Well, possibly," I said, feeling my lips twitch again. "But maybe first you would tell us why you chose to manifest yourself in the form of Shirley Temple as last seen on the 'Good Ship Lollipop'?"
The demon twirled around, its big pink sash fluttering as it smoothed down its dress and frilly little petticoat. "My grotesque form isn't making you sick with fright?"
We both shook our heads, Noelle with a hand over her mouth to keep from laughing out loud. "Shirley Temple at her pinnacle was frightening," I finally told it, "but not in the sense I think you mean. — Katie MacAlister

Wish in one hand, shit in the other, see which one fills up faster. — Noelle Oxenhandler

I'm just saying, you could never be with a guy who didn't fight with you, who didn't challenge you, and who didn't try to fight through those walls you have up. That's why you haven't dated anybody at all. The guys you hook up with would let you walk all over them, and you'd never respect them at all. — Amy Noelle

Is this seat taken?"
The deep, gravelly voice jolted Noelle from her blood-thirsty thoughts. When she laid eyes on the man it belonged to her breath caught in her throat.
She blinked, wondering if maybe she'd dreamed him, but then he flashed her a captivating grin and she realized that he must be real - her mind wasn't capable of conjuring up a smile this heart-stoppingly gorgeous.
A pair of vivid blue eyes watched her expectantly as she searched for her voice.
"There are lots of other seats available," she finally replied, gesturing to the deserted tables all around them.
He shrugged. "I don't want to sit anywhere but here."
She moistened her suddenly dry lips. "Why?"
"Because none of those other seats are across from you," he said simply. — Elle Kennedy

one of the top corporate investigators in the company and making a very good living. She was also in a hot and heavy affair with Baron James, the son of company's founder. It was simply unwise to have an eight-month-long affair with a notorious bad boy like Baron. As much as she tried to keep the relationship purely about sex, she'd fallen for him anyway. Their affair had ended messily, — Noelle Adams

I ask you not to judge me for my weakness. The only way I can endure is to be in a place where I will never see you, never be haunted by the possibility of seeing you with him. I need to be somewhere where sheer necessity forces you from my thoughts minute by minute, hour by hour, I cannot do that here. — Joanna Noelle Levesque

First you invite your brother's kids here. Now you want to do a play. What's next? A cruise?"
"What's with your family and suggesting cruises?" she laughed.
"That was in no way supposed to be taken as a suggestion! — Jennae Noelle

Her first step toward this end was to cook dinner on Monday evening. In all of her visions of herself as a wife, she would at least sometimes make meals other than canned soup and sandwiches. — Noelle Adams

Being patient even in the thickest of storms can be the one device that may catapult you over any obstacle. — Noelle Scaggs

I don't think I've ever heard you laugh. Ever. You face life like it's a warrior come to chop your head off, and you're just biding your time fretting until it does. Haven't you ever heard of the power of laughter? — Noelle Crawford

Just because you've done something frightening once doesn't mean it's suddenly not scary anymore. — Noelle Hancock

Yeah, I can see how much you enjoyed it. Why did you go if it wasn't your thing?"
"I was dating him. It's polite to do things that the other person likes, to be supportive. — Noelle Adams

Do you chase dreams, or do you actually catch them? — Noelle August

Noelle: But I look like a freak now.
Craig: I told you, Noelle, everybody has problems. Some people just hide their crap better than others. But people aren't going to look at you and run away. They're going to look at you and think that they can talk to you, and that you'll understand, and that you're brave, and that you're strong. And you are. You're brave and strong. p.366-367 — Ned Vizzini

Now Lacey was mad. — Noelle Adams

Five Truths About Your Inner Voice:
1. It is here, always available, wherever you are, however you feel, whatever you have done.
2. It is solely on your side.
3. It knows what's absolutely right for you.
4. It is your friend, your ally, your guide, your ultimate supporter.
5. It is always with you and for you.
Whenever you're feeling perplexed, uneasy, anxious, mad, frustrated, sick, or any other other way you don't want to feel, ask your Inner Voice. Listen. — Noelle Sterne

This is the truth, Kate. I don't understand why every man in the world isn't in love with you. — Noelle Adams

I don't think you're heartless, Mitchell. I just think you're different from me. I take certain things seriously - like marriage and sex and... and tradition. I know you don't. That's fine. You don't have to. But I hope you understand that I do. — Noelle Adams

I think every little girl is fascinated with mermaids. — Joanna Noelle Levesque

supposed to do, Lace?" he asked gruffly. "She's my sister. I — Noelle Adams

There were five of them. 1. Never assume a man likes you unless he both tells you and shows you. 2. Never go out of your way to encourage a man to ask you out. 3. Never trap a man in a conversation about his feelings that he doesn't want to have. 4. Never analyze a man's behavior or read into his motivations and intentions toward you. 5. Never, ever, ever daydream about a future unless he's promised you a future. Those were her rules, and she was determined to keep them. — Noelle Adams

Victory is forged in the heart. — Noelle Crawford

All right, we need a way to get into the palace. Any ideas?"

"Ask nicely? Charge in? Fly? Wait, do you mean reasonable ones? — Noelle Crawford

Up next is Noelle.
'Hey, girl!'
'Don't you dare start calling me that. This is very nice of you to do. — Ned Vizzini

A meaningful experience is a glass of wine. It needs to breathe and open up; it can only be fully appreciated when you return to it later. — Noelle Hancock

Better for things to fall apart a little now, while you can still put them back together, than for you to wait until there's no hope. — Noelle Adams

There is a certain strength in being alone. — Heather Duffy Stone

Halt you villains! Unhand that science! — Noelle Stevenson

He doesn't say he loves you at all. He doesn't touch your skin or look into your eyes, and tell you you're the only girl in the world for him. That he's been scared to say it because he didn't want to lose you. He doesn't tell you he ached for you every minute he was away. — Amy Noelle

The greatest thing I have learned is how good it is to come home again. (Eleanor Roosevelt) — Noelle Hancock

So if it's so important for you to be self-sufficient, why do you call my self-sufficiency stubborn? Why can't I be self-sufficient too?" Her voice got strangely hoarse on the last words, and it wasn't because she wanted to cry.
He lifted the hand that had been caressing her back and cupped her cheek with it instead. "Because I'm here", he murmured. "Because I'm here, and I want to help you. — Noelle Adams

clothes looked good at all. So, after trying on half her closet, she settled for a pencil — Noelle Adams

putting my feelings on hold, I didn't think I could let myself act on them. I — Noelle Adams

Procrastination is the lazy cousin of fear.When we feel anxiety around an activity, we postpone it. — Noelle Hancock

Wait! Where are you going?" He called after her. "I need to show you my model face! — Jennae Noelle

Swallowing, he peered down at Noelle, floored by the sheer calm reflecting back at him. "You okay, babe?"
She rolled her eyes. "Of course. What do you think I am, a pansy-ass damsel who weeps at the first sign of trouble? — Elle Kennedy

But friendship meant you at least planted the seed for them, love meant allowing them the ability to weed their own garden until it was something healthy and thriving, blooming and bright and smelling of heather and tiger lilies. — Shannon Noelle Long

Changing yourself is supposed to mean hope, at least according to the self-help books and magazine paradigms, but for me - and I suspect many others - it simply means finding new ways to feel inadequate. — Noelle Howey

Michael is the warrior angel, standing in the gap for the hosts of God."

His face softened with something she knew - she knew - was powerful emotion. Like her, he couldn't always express it.

"In that little scenario, are you God then?"

She giggled at his dry, fond tone, but her voice broke as she admitted, "No. God would never have been as scared as I was."

"I would never have let anything happen to you."

"I know that. I was scared for you. — Noelle Adams

I like to discover little treasures in the cities we are in like a really amazing restaurant. I will go on my own and enjoy figuring out the ingredients as if I were making it at home, then I share my finds on my socials. I find that these little adventures bring me peace, because it is something I do when I am home. — Noelle Scaggs

I think we should all come together, and that race and color or social demographics really don't matter. — Joanna Noelle Levesque

in her four-year-old sedan. "Something's wrong. You can't ignore it when something sounds off in — Noelle Adams

adult working in the field of science and doing lectures — Noelle Adams

Maybe he was manfully hiding his raging desire. — Noelle Adams

The most unhappy people in the world are those who face the days without knowing what to do with their time. But if you have more projects than you have time for, you are not going to be an unhappy person. This is as much a question of having imagination and curiosity as it is of actually making plans. — Eleanor Roosevelt

I love talking about food, and bringing people together to enjoy it. — Noelle Scaggs

There is something so absurd about time and how it has simultaneously preserved and demolished our faces. — Noelle Oxenhandler

The next day she'd examined her red satin sandals
and with a frown said, "I'm thinking about buying two
snakes."
His are you kidding me "Why?" had caused her to
shrug.
"I'd name them Leftie and Rightie and when they
were big enough, they'd become Mamma's boots. — Gena Showalter

She had waited so long for this. For this intimacy to be whole, complete, to unquestionably mean love. — Noelle Adams

Believe it or not, I've never been the most popular person at any party." She tried for a wry smile and almost managed it.

He shook his head. "That's only because you hide from people. You don't let them get to know you. Claire, if you let them see who you really are, every person in that room would adore you. — Noelle Adams

Everything I listen to is influential in some way. — Joanna Noelle Levesque

I love being creative. — Joanna Noelle Levesque

We really are little book whores,aren't we?Not just in the number of books that we read,but the number of guys we are in love with. — Erin Noelle

It's easy to forget all of the bad memories once you've found Mr. Right." Her eyes got that look, and her smile faltered. I cringed. She was thinking of him again. "Then, when you lose him, you still remember the good. And you look for it everywhere, but you can't find it. — Amy Noelle

I know there are no guarantees in love, in marriage, in life, in anything. But I want you anyway. I want you all the way. I want you exactly as you are. — Noelle Adams

couple of women who'd seemed smart, pretty, and nice. — Noelle Adams

On the road, I try to maintain my connections with friends and family as much as I possibly can. That keeps me pretty grounded. — Noelle Scaggs

I am not trapped," Deanna said sharply, surprised and worried by the turn of the conversation. Kelly was so self-possessed that it was sometimes difficult to know what was going on in her mind. "I love you all. I live here and help with money because I choose to, because it makes me happy. I'd be miserable if I just up and left you in the lurch. — Noelle Adams

Kelly," her grandmother said, "The Pride needs to be dusted." Deanna and Kelly looked at each other. "The Pride" was a collection of Mrs. Beaufort's dead Siamese cats, all professionally stuffed by a taxidermist to preserve them. They were prominently displayed in the parlor, along with a host of other family treasure including china and costumes from their Beaufort forebears. — Noelle Adams

What are you staring at? You saw me in my underwear just a few hours ago."

He made a choked sound and smiled - his characteristic grin transformed into something else. "And I almost dragged you into bed then too. — Noelle Adams

What was it you told me, Jesus?" she asked him softly. "Do you remember? Love is love is love. Pain is pain is pain. Knowledge is knowledge. It doesn't matter what shape or form it takes, what matters is how you use it, what you do with it, and if you can accept it with some measure of grace. If you can, it's the most beautiful thing in the world. If you can't ... — Shannon Noelle Long

Being disappointed is sometimes an inevitable outcome that no one can control. — Noelle Scaggs

I was so utterly content that I was slightly wistful. It was the feeling I got when I was about to finish a really great book. I was nostalgic for this moment even as I was still in it. — Noelle Hancock

There's not a lot to do when you don't want to do anything. — Noelle Blanche

About being brave", she explained at the question on his face. "I liked what you were saying. And it seems to me... it seems to me that it takes just as much courage to fight windmills as it does to fight the real giants or the monsters or whatever it was in the story. — Noelle Adams

suit with a fitted jacket and pencil skirt. It — Noelle Adams

I'm familiar with a lot of guys, hang out with those guys. A couple of my teammates actually went to Florida, so I'm familiar with a lot of those guys. It's going to be fun walking out with a victory and rubbing it in their faces. — Joanna Noelle Levesque

his mouth again, flicking — Noelle Adams

Her name is Bear. Not 'the dog.' She wanted to come, so why would I leave her by herself all evening? — Noelle Adams