Nyrae Quotes & Sayings

When someone is important to you, you take care of them. You try to take their pain away, pull it into yourself if you can, because it's easier to fight her demons for her than to risk someone scarring her. — Nyrae Dawn

Our lips moved together perfectly. A perfect match. Because we had skills like that. — Nyrae Dawn

Buried deep-deep under that teenage boy exterior, you, Sebastian Hawkins, are a sweetheart. — Nyrae Dawn

You guys think you fooled me in the beginning," she rasps. "You were only fooling yourself. — Nyrae Dawn

A smile tilts half his mouth. "Are you checking me out, Annabel Lee?"
After all this time, I shouldn't, but I blush.
Tegan walks over to me. "You can look all you want, ya know? Look or don't look. It's all up to you, but I can say, if the situation were reversed, I'd definitely want to explore every part of you. — Nyrae Dawn

Speaking of - why the heck am I looking at his figure? My eyes snap up. Sure enough, he's looking, cocky little grin in place like he's God's gift to the female eye and he caught me praising the Lord. — Nyrae Dawn

He hurt me more than anyone ever has, but he loved me better than anyone ever did, too. — Nyrae Dawn

I squeeze my eyes shut as though that will somehow make it go away, but I know it won't. It happened and there's no changing it. No changing any of the things that happen to us. All there is to do is move on. Starting now. — Nyrae Dawn

You're hot, I'll give you that, but you kind of ruin it when you open your mouth. — Nyrae Dawn

The cup is half full, sunshine and flowers and I try to act like I agree, but really I'm pissed someone dumped out half of my drink. — Nyrae Dawn

Do I ever feel like anything? — Nyrae Dawn

If you have to use the words, "deep down" all that means is you're fooling yourself. You're seeing what you want to see and not what's really there. — Nyrae Dawn

We can't always control what we don't like, Tiny Dancer. — Nyrae Dawn

I let her catch me.
I like it when she catches me.
But last summer, she stopped chasing. It sucks. — Nyrae Dawn

I believe that everyone has certain key moments in their lives they'll never forget. Moments marking the beginning or end of something. Moments that will always own a little piece of you. You can track decisions you make or paths your life follows and they always lead back to one of these defining moments. This is one of them. — Nyrae Dawn

Love should be love. Want should be want. You can love someone with all your heart. They can be your heart, but you have to be able to stand on your own and I couldn't. — Nyrae Dawn

I'm tired of running ... This is the only thing that's real. Don't run from me, Tiny Dancer. — Nyrae Dawn

I think when love sneaks up on you, when it grabs onto you when you least expect it, maybe that's more of a sign that it's real. That it's meant to be and nothing could stop the two of you from falling for each other. — Nyrae Dawn

I'm already yours. I'm not sure there's a damn thing I wouldn't do for you. — Nyrae Dawn

I learned a long time ago not to put my happiness in someone else's hands because you can never trust them not to drop it. — Nyrae Dawn

Who would have known kissing someone you love was so much better than kissing other girls? — Nyrae Dawn

I think ... if things were different. If we were closer ... You'd be it for me, Star Girl. Is that stupid to say? That I think I could love you? — Nyrae Dawn

People hurts you if you let them." -Cheyenne. — Nyrae Dawn

I grab her arms and pull her toward me. Now she has her arms wrapped around my waist and we're chest to chest. She's laughing and I almost want to laugh with her. For a second it feels real and okay. The knot in my gut loosens and I'm not scared to breathe. — Nyrae Dawn

Holy crap, she's going to kiss me! Hanes is totally about to kiss me! Mayday, mayday! I don't think I want her to kiss me. Her arms wrap around me, and it's totally a hug. I don't know if I'm glad or disappointed. — Nyrae Dawn

Tomorrow ... don't remind me I said this. I won't want to talk about it, but tonight ... keep me safe. — Nyrae Dawn

Your heart beats so strong, I feel it against my chest. You make mine want to catch up, to match the rhythm. — Nyrae Dawn

There's no talking. No laughing. Nothing but eager hands and sad eyes. — Nyrae Dawn

There once was a girl who didn't know her name. One day she found out it had been Lonely. It was the day she discovered that wasn't her anymore, and then she didn't know her name again. — Nyrae Dawn

I felt the water rising enough to touch my Vans. She was worth ruing a pair of shoes over. — Nyrae Dawn

I don't feel like myself. But I do think I might pass for twenty-one. I'm under this makeup somewhere, I'm just not sure where. — Nyrae Dawn

I have to bite my lip not to lean down and kiss her. God, I want to kiss her so bad — Nyrae Dawn

Is it crazy that I'm proud of her for standing up to me at the same time that I'm pissed at her? — Nyrae Dawn

Words are so ridiculous sometimes. They don't really mean anything, but they're all I have. — Nyrae Dawn

It was freaky how once you realized you loved someone, and they felt the same way about you, they could look different, yet the same; how they felt familiar, but not. — Nyrae Dawn

Right now, I could do with a little less "Carter, I need you to" and a little more, "Carter, do what you need to do." Hell, maybe even a little, "Carter, do you need help? — Nyrae Dawn

I can't get you out of me. Your smile's in my head and your voice in my ear. — Nyrae Dawn

I need a friend. I think I want that to be you. Can we start over? — Nyrae Dawn

Don't be afraid to live. And hold onto the people you love. — Nyrae Dawn

I know that makes me sound like a jerk and maybe in some way I was, but girls play games too. Guys are just more likely to admit to it. — Nyrae Dawn

Colt lies on my bed and pulls me down behind him. I expect him to go for my clothes, but instead he kisses me again.
"Blanket." I mutter, between kisses.
"If you're cold I'm doing something wrong. — Nyrae Dawn

Her eyes don't leave her book, but I see her smile. It's like the inside of my chest hiccups or something at the sight. — Nyrae Dawn

It's like she has her heart in her hand and it's broken. She's holding it out and showing me all the little pieces. Or maybe it's my heart. — Nyrae Dawn

She played me. I totally got hustled by Kira.
And I like it. — Nyrae Dawn

When we pull away we're both breathing hard, but I don't think she's thinking about her aunt or her mom anymore. Damn I'm good. — Nyrae Dawn

Haunt me,
my little ghost,
Posses me
Live inside me,
And scare away my sins
Until there's nothing left.
But You. — Nyrae Dawn

She's the fire in my veins, the breath in my lungs, and the glue trying to hold each of my scars together. — Nyrae Dawn

I had to drink my first cup of soy milk with her. People bond over that shit. — Nyrae Dawn

We're guys. Half the time, we don't know who we are. It helps things become a lot easier if we know who you are. — Nyrae Dawn

She loves him the way a mother should love their child. Thoroughly. Completely. To her, he's the most important person in the world and I'm so very happy they have that. — Nyrae Dawn

If you aren't a pissed-off cat, you shouldn't make noises like one.~Freeing Carter — Nyrae Dawn

Tegan leans forward, pressing his lips to mine too quickly for my taste. "Because." Another kiss. "You're." Oh, one more. "My girl." Two kisses this time. "And it doesn't feel right for you to pay me for us to work out together. Because I want to be able to kiss you when I want and I can't do that if you're my client."
At least I think that's what he said. I'm not sure I caught anything after him telling me I'm his girl.
"I am? Your girl, I mean?"
He gives my waist a squeeze and I suck in my stomach. "I thought so, unless you're only using me for my make-out abilities."
"You're so -"
"Conceited. I know. But you like it. — Nyrae Dawn

Loving Alec helped me decide who I want to be. That's all I ever had to do, was decide who that was. It's always been my choice. — Nyrae Dawn

Maybe I don't deserve to ask you this, but I'm going to anyway. I want another chance. I want us to be together, with nothing in between us. No need, no pain, hurt, fear. I want us together because we want to be. Because we love each other. I'll never leave you again. — Nyrae Dawn

I'm fucking good at this boyfriend shit. Who would have thought? — Nyrae Dawn

Still I pulled her into a hug, because I knew she let me off the hook on purpose and yeah, I'm a guy and I love my mom. So shoot me. I'm man enough to hug her without feeling like a mama's boy. — Nyrae Dawn

Things said in the heat of the moment never count. — Nyrae Dawn

It's hard sometimes to see through the fog, the pain, hurt, fear and everything else we live with every day. Virginia Woolf couldn't do it. Annette Klinger couldn't, either. My heart breaks for them - that they couldn't get the help they needed for a disease they couldn't control. — Nyrae Dawn

you're just pissed you liked it — Nyrae Dawn

I stay awake half the night, still afraid that the smallest twitch will wake me up and none of this will have happened. — Nyrae Dawn

But my stomach starts constricting because I MIGHT HAVE WANTED IT TO BE A DATE. I mean, what is that? Dates lead to commitment and commitment leads to temporary insanity and temporary insanity leads to full on mental illness - picking out china patterns, choosing museums to get married in - and ends with two fucked-in-the head sons and a dad trying to hold it together when he's just as fucked-in-the-head as they are.
So no, I definitely don't want it to have been a date. — Nyrae Dawn

What kind of life is it if you don't let yourself experience it? If you don't go for what you want and live how you want? If you don't open your mouth and say what's important and cling to those you love? Not being who you are, or saying how you feel, or fighting for what you love, not being willing to risk your heart, is losing by default. — Nyrae Dawn

Never admit more than you have to. — Nyrae Dawn

We've grown and changed, screwed up, but at the beginning of each summer, we found each other again. Or maybe we never really lost each other. — Nyrae Dawn

A laugh jumps out of my mouth, surprising me. I can't even remember the last time I laughed and it puts me on edge. I suddenly want to do the same thing to her. Let her see how it feels to teeter on that cliff. — Nyrae Dawn

Jaden: "Dude, you've found something wrong with every girl. I'm about to play this one solo if you can't make up your mind."
Bastian: "We're not trying to decide between a Big Mac or a chicken sandwich here. This is some serious shit. We want epicness, we have to be choosy. — Nyrae Dawn

It's okay.' I rubbed my stomach.'These abs have been known to bring down much tougher girls. I won't tell anyone you want me. — Nyrae Dawn

No. I didn't say you could talk yet.You made me feel like crap. I didn't fit into your little definition of perfect and you never let me forget it. I can assure you there is nothing. Nothing that would ever make you worth the air you breathe. — Nyrae Dawn

Closer ... he's closer. He's going to kiss me. I'm caught between wanting to scream hallelujah and having a heart attack. — Nyrae Dawn

I don't know what it is about you that makes me want you so fucking bad.'
They may not be the words a girl longs to hear, but I cherish them. Because they're real and real is better than a pretty lie. — Nyrae Dawn

What is it about stars that you love so much?" he asks.
That answer comes quickly. "Because they're infinite. They're miracles, and anything is possible when you look out into the massive space that goes on and on." Because I want that. I want to explore and see what's out there and feel as free as those stars in the sky. — Nyrae Dawn

Fuck the world. We don't need anyone else. Just this right here. Just us. — Nyrae Dawn

It's easier to hide in the dark ... but easier to let go too. — Nyrae Dawn

Are you always an asshole?"
"No. There's just something about you that brings it out in me."
I cocked my brow at him.
"You're right. I lied. I'm always an asshole. — Nyrae Dawn

The stars here and the ones there are each special for their own reason. You grew up looking at these, while I looked at mine. Now we've both looked at each of them together. — Nyrae Dawn

But when he smiles? Really smiles, it's perfect. Like toothpaste commercial, boy-next-door beauty that makes it really hard to be pissed at him. — Nyrae Dawn

I'll be like your bodyguard or something. Me Tarzan. You Jane. — Nyrae Dawn

It's so strange how one choice can derail so many lives. It was so huge to me, I expected her answer to change everything, but it didn't. I guess that's life, right? You never really know what's waiting for you. You never really know what's going to happen or why. You just have to be able to deal with it. Big or small. — Nyrae Dawn

My skin tingled a little where she touched me. I was totally aware of that one spot more than I'd been aware of anything in my whole life. I didn't know if I wanted the feeling to go away or to feel it forever. — Nyrae Dawn

Only real men can pout without losing their masculinity. I have nothing to worry about there. ~What A Boy Wants — Nyrae Dawn

Nothing I've ever had feels as right as you. — Nyrae Dawn

Even if the next few days aren't perfect, this moment is. — Nyrae Dawn

Just touching her like this. Holding her face as our bodies touched everywhere made me feel like a freakin' rock star. — Nyrae Dawn

I see her now."
I stop and look at him. "Um, see who?"
"You. The girl I used to know. — Nyrae Dawn

I close my eyes as though that will make him unsee me. — Nyrae Dawn

I was still mad at her, but it felt different when I could see her than when I couldn't. Watching her took some of that anger away. — Nyrae Dawn

This is my friend, Sebastian.' 'Best friend,' I blurted out and then wanted to punch myself in the face for sounding so dumb. At this rate, I'd be painting nails with her any day now. Thank God, Jaden wasn't here. — Nyrae Dawn

If he's talking, he's thinking, — Nyrae Dawn

Go out with me. This weekend." I'm sure I look like one of those wrinkle dogs with the really big eyes, because they're wide and staring and I can't help it. "Like a date."
"A date?"
"A date." Snicker. "I can't seem to get enough of you. — Nyrae Dawn

This isn't a fucking game anymore. No charades here. I don't know exactly what to call it, but whatever it is, it's ours. I'm going to latch onto it. And never let go. — Nyrae Dawn

That's life. We win some, we lose some, but you can't live your life afraid of making mistakes. — Nyrae Dawn

You reminded me what it feels like to love. You made me fall in love and, fuck, I don't want to lose that. I don't want to lose you. — Nyrae Dawn

Don't listen to them," "There's nothing wrong with you," "Just forget about it" are just words. Sure, they may make the speaker feel better, but it's hard for the person hearing them to actually let it seep into their brains and hearts. — Nyrae Dawn

It's impossible to know you and not see how incredible you are. — Nyrae Dawn

Here was my epicness, because despite how things turned out, I wouldn't be anywhere else. I wouldn't want anyone else to take care of her. To watch her sleep. — Nyrae Dawn

What's the point in protecting yourself when it keeps you from feeling anything? — Nyrae Dawn

There once was a girl named Destiny. She was the fastest runner in the world. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't outrun who she was. Then she met a boy. He said his name was also Destiny, and for the first time in her life, she didn't feel like she was running alone. — Nyrae Dawn

I'm more of a paranormal romance kind of girl. Sad ... I know, but if a girl and a fallen angel can fall in love? I guess that gives a girl hope.
Or at least a few hours of quality entertainment. — Nyrae Dawn

Was this what love was? Thinking a girl looked beautiful in her pajamas and glasses? ~ What a Boy Wants — Nyrae Dawn

And i am ... looking, i mean. you said look at you and i just want to tell you, i am. - tegan — Nyrae Dawn