Naomi Kooper > Naomi's Quotes

“From naive, lonely princess to winner of hearts and minds less than a month, Jasmine managed to make people feel at ease with her while still maintaining her rule as leader.”
― Liz Braswell, A Whole New World

“I always felt like the black sheep because I was destined for something more”
― Gigi Styx, Breaking Rosalind

“We all justify the heinous shit we do, thinking it makes us better than the other monsters, yet nobody wants to see the reflection in the mirror.”
― Gigi Styx, Breaking Rosalind

“Stalking a girl who preferred to lie in bed watching movies, reading, and ordering endless takeout was boring. It had been four days, and she had only left the house twice. How could I stalk her if this was all she did?”
― Kate Crew, Rook & Rebel

“I’m not fucking around with his daughter. I don’t care who she is to him. She’s mine, and he just threatened to take her away.”
― Kate Crew, Rook & Rebel

“If looking at this art makes you feel an ounce of what I feel when I look at you, then we can both understand why I wouldn’t be bored. I could never be bored with you, Regan. I don’t have to like anything else in the room. If you are there, I have my own personal form of art to look at.”
― Kate Crew, Rook & Rebel

“This one is for anyone who’s ever tried their best to be worthy of real love, only to be found lacking. You are enough. Sometimes, things simply aren’t meant for you—not because you don’t deserve them but because better things are on their way. You will never be the one for the wrong person, but you will be everything to the right person.”
― Catharina Maura, Mine for a Moment

“I can’t dance anymore,” she cries. “My legs didn’t heal right, and it hurts too much. I lost one of the two things I loved most, Arch. You’re all I have left.”
― Catharina Maura, Mine for a Moment

“To the book girls—may your hot, tattooed man on a motorcycle show up at your doorstep with cookies, so you don't have to leave your house or your book.”
― Kate Crew, Rook & Rebel

“Never. It's not an option for me. Do you know what a rook does in chess?" She shook her head and I wrapped my arms around her. "He protects the queen. He can't take her down, he can't win against her. He only protects her. If you want to be queen of it all, I will cut down anyone in your way. I won't stop you or lock you up and yes, I would happily kill anyone who bothers you.”
― Kate Crew, Rook & Rebel

“Oh. It’s like getting on a horse,” I said, trying to sit back on the small seat. His head dropped forward, and I could feel him shaking now. “Are you laughing at me?” I asked. “I’ve just never had a girl say that as she got on top of me before.”
― Kate Crew, Rook & Rebel

“I change my mind. Please go on your date. Stalking you, killing him, tattooing my name on you. It sounds like my dream date.”
― Kate Crew, Rook & Rebel

“To knowing your worth and never settling for less than you deserve.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“I don’t have the money to buy you all the flowers you deserve yet,” he said, sounding so solemn and formal I couldn’t help but smile at the contrast between his tone and the jar of colorful paper flowers in his hands. “So I made them instead.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“You broke my heart, and you weren’t even there to witness it.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“I’ve never loved you more than in this moment. Watching you choose yourself when I didn’t will always prove as a reminder to me of your incredible strength and what a privilege it is to call you mine.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“You can go on as many dates as you want, amor,” Dominic said softly. “But no one will love you like I do. Você e eu. Não tem comparação.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“Loving someone wasn’t enough if I didn’t show it. Appreciating them wasn’t enough if I didn’t express it.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“If you need time, take it. If you want to date other people, do it. I won’t interfere. I didn’t appreciate you when I had you, and that’s my cross to bear. But you’ll always be the love of my life, and I’ll always be here, whether it’s a month, a year, or a lifetime from now.” The sound of her sob dampened my cheek with something hot and wet. “There are probably hundreds of men who’d line up for the chance to be with you. I only ask that you let me be one of them.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“That was the irony of life. People always reminisced about the good old days, but we never appreciated living in those days until they were gone.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“I loved you so much I lost myself.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“The difference is, back then, I thought I had nothing to lose. Now, I realize I have everything to lose.” Sadness reflected in his smile. “You.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“Poverty. Failure. Sabotage. I’d endured plenty over the years and survived, but seeing Alessandra cry was the one thing that could bring me to my knees. Every damn time.”
― Ana Huang, King of Greed

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire