Colleen Hoover quotes:

When I published my first novel, 'Slammed,' I included lyrics at the beginning of each chapter from one of my favorite bands, The Avett Brothers. The overwhelmingly positive response from readers to those lyrics really surprised me.

Does he treat you with respect at all times? That's the first question. The second question is, if he is the exact same person twenty years from now that he is today, would you still want to marry him? And finally, does he inspire to be a better person? You find someone you can answer yes to all three, then you've found a good man.

Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together

With the advancement in e-reading technology, I was curious if it were possible for readers to be able to hear the actual songs while reading the book. I contacted Amazon and discussed the idea with their Kindle team, and they were very enthusiastic about it.

I know it's hard for you to allow yourself to feel this. You've gone so long training yourself to block the feelings and emotions out any time someone touches you.

Morning.""What do you think you're doing?""Hey, you aren't the only one who had a bad night. Fourth grade is rough. I had two hours of homework.

It's the beautiful moments like this that make up for the ugly love

If you aren't on Goodreads, you should be. I've said it before, it's like Facebook for readers on crack.

When I sat down and wrote the first paragraph, I was like, 'Oh, I can go with this.' I didn't do an outline. I didn't do anything. I just wrote sentence by sentence, not knowing where the story was going.

I've done nothing for the past five years but try to be the hero who protects her. The problem? Heroines don't need protecting.

Don't take life too seriously Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit Laugh at it

God gives us the ugliness so we don't take the beautiful things in life for granted.

Today is a really bad day, Syd. A really, really bad day. Sometimes in life, we need a few bad days in order to keep the good ones in perspective

Her suspicion brings me a small sense of gratification. She thinks I'm lying about something. Now we're even.Lake

You better not turn out to be an asshole, she says quietly.And you better be done with that guy in Italy, I reply.

Will slams poems; I slam doors.

I've lost a lot in my long life. Yes, I've seen pain and I've seen strife. But I'll never give up; I'll never let go. Because I'll always have my ray of hope.

There will be days that I don't think we'll know how to survive. But we will, because we have each other.

You need to be proud of the fact that you survived everything you went through as a child. Don't seperate yourself from that life. Embrace it, because I'm so fucking proud of you.

The only difference between falling in love and being in love is that your heart already knows how you feel, but your mind is too stubborn to admit it.

I don't care who the student is, teachers should never be condescending. That should be the first rule in the teacher handbook.

This thing about you that you think is your flaw - it's the reason I'm falling in love with you.

When life gives you lemons, make sure you know whose eyes you need to squeeze them in.

Love and hate, despite their polar opposites, are both feelings that are induced by passion. I can handle that. It's the indifference I don't know how to process.

Desire is easy to fight. Especially when the only weapon desire possess is attraction. It's not so easy when you're trying to win a war against the heart.

Whatever connection we thought we had before this...it doesn't compare to this moment. No matter what happens between us in life, this moment has just merged pieces of our souls together. Well always have that, and in a way it's comforting to know."

Daniel?I raise an eyebrow to match his expressionHolder?What are you up to?I do not know what you are talking about, I reply innocently.You do know what I am talking about because when you are lying, you do not use contractions when you speak.I ponder his observation for a few seconds. Is that true?Shit. It's true.

... I have just experienced the most passionate kiss I've ever received from a guy, and it was on the freaking forehead!

Don't ask about my past. And never expect a future.

Thank you for loving me like you love me. Thank you for showing me that we don't always have to be strong to be there for each other--that it's okay to be weak, so long as we're there.

When you aren't sure what it is you hate or why you even hate it, it's hard to hold onto the details...you just hold on to the feelings.

The sky is always beautiful. Even when it's dark or rainy or cloudy, it's still beautiful to look at. It's my favourite thing because I know if I ever get lost or lonely or scared, I just have to look up and it'll be there no matter what...and I know it'll always be beautiful.

[...] Because I want your first kiss to be the best first kiss in the history of first kisses.

I know you are mad at me. I need you to be mad at me, Sky. But think I need you to still want me here with you even more.

I don't know how this hopeless boy weaseled his way into my life this week, but I know i'm definitely not ready for him to leave.

He never looks away, searching my eyes for truth. His reaction has left my heart pounding, shocked at how quick he was to dismiss any fault I may have had. I wish he was just as quick to dismiss his own faults, but he isn't.

I know my mouth is agape and my eyes are wide, but I'm relieved that hope isn't a tangible thing, because everyone around me would see mine crumbling.

I grab the pillows off the bed and chuck them at the reflection in the mirror of the girl I no longer know. I watch as the girl in the mirror stares back at me, sobbing pathetically. The weakness in her tears infuriates me.

Real ugly endings are better than fake happily ever after's

Live. If you mix the letters up in the words like and love, you get live.

No matter what happens life just keeps going and moving forward and words keep flowing and truths keep spewing whether you like it or not and life never lets you pause and just catch your fucking breath.

He's holding onto me, but this time it feels like he's holding onto me because his earth has shifted off its axis, and I'm his core.

I wonder if Dean is his nice persona and Holder is his scary one. Holder is definitely the one I saw at the grocery store earlier. I think I like Dean a lot better.

She's absolutely beautiful. Her hope is beautiful. The smile on her face is beautiful. The tears streaming down her cheeks are beautiful.Herloveisbeautiful.

You bend the laws of the universe when you fly," I say. "It's impressive. Defying gravity? Watching sunrises and sunsets from places Mother Nature didn't intend for you to watch them from? You really are superheroes, if you think about it.

Whatever connection we thought we had before this...it doesn't compare to this moment. No matter what happens between us in life, this moment has just merged pieces of our souls together. Well always have that, and in a way it's comforting to know.

I...will never...regret you.

Feel free to look around, but being as though there aren't any people eighteen or older here, stay off the bed. I'm not allowed to get pregnant this weekend.

Sometimes two people have to fall apart, to realize how much they need to fall back together.

You have to let it go. You can hold on to the hate and the love and even the bitterness, but you have to go of the blame. The blame is what's tearing you down, babe." -Sky

I can't help but watch his lips as they cover the opening of the bottle that my lips were just touching. We're practically kissing.

It's crap that you're letting on bad year determine your fate for the rest of your life.

Does not-your boyfriend realize I'm Mormon?"I nod. "It turns out, Holder doesn't have an issue with Mormons at all. He just has an issue with assholes.

I need one of those chapter breaks. I just want to catch my breath, but I have no idea how.

My eyes trail from his hand to the tattoo written in small script across his forearm. Hopeless

Breckin, this is Holder. Holder is not my boyfriend, but if I catch him trying to break the record for best first kiss with another girl, then he'll soon be my not breathing non-boyfriend.

I think I'd rather be heading to detention right now than to talk to him. My stomach is tied up in so many knots it could make a boy scout envious.

You have a nice mouth," he says. "I can't stop looking at it.""You should taste it. It's quite lovely.

I love how you aren't weird and awkward, despite the fact that you've been severely cut off from socialization to the point where you make the Amish look trendy.

I smile, amused by whatever game this is we're playing.He smiles, too.He.Smiles.Too.

I'm not a sucker for happily ever afters, but if these two characters don't get theirs I might climb inside this e-reader and lock them both inside that damn garage forever.

It's a shame when a body like that doesn't come with any brains.

I can already tell he isn't the kind of guy a girl gets a simple crush on. He's the kind of guy you fall hard for, and the thought of that terrifies me.

My body is a damn traitor.

You probably faked passing out the other day, just so you could be carried in my hot, sweaty, manly arms.

Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret in the future.

Sometimes life doesn't happen in chronological order.

Sometimes in life, we need a few bad days in order to keep the good ones in perspective.

You're incredibly brave. And you're going to make it through this because you have a very strong heart. A heart that is capable of loving so much about life and people in a way you never dreamt a heart could love. And you're beautiful in here. Your heart is so beautiful and someday someone is going to love that heart like it deserves to be loved.

A guy can tell a girl he's in love with her until he's blue in the face. Words don't mean anything to a woman when her head's full of doubt. You have to show her.

I'm Tetris, Silas. All my pieces and parts are going to fit into all of your pieces and parts.

All marriages have a time limit if you enter them for the wrong reasons. Marriage doesn't get easier...it only gets harder. If you marry someone hoping it will improve things, you might as well set your timer the second you say, 'I do.

We try so hard to hide everything we're really feeling from those who probably need to know our true feelings the most. People try to bottle up their emotions, as if it's somehow wrong to have natural reactions to life.

Never judge others. You both know good and well how unexpected events can change who a person is. Always keep that in mind. You never know what someone else is experiencing within their own life.

I want to be your soulmate, even if I don't believe in them.

As far as what readers can expect with 'Maybe Someday,' I'm not the type of writer who writes to educate or inform my readers. I simply write to entertain them.

I want you to remember who you are, despite the bad things that are happening to you. Because those bad things aren't you. They are just things that happen to you. You need to accept that who you are and the things that happen you, are not one and the same.

Love isn't always pretty. Sometimes you spend all your time hoping it'll eventually be something different. Something better. Then, before you know it, you're back to square one, and you lost your heart somewhere along the way.

There are people you meet that you get to know, and then there are people you meet that you already know.

I need someone who is willing to watch me brave the ocean and then dare me not to drown.

Please don't allow anyone to make you feel less than what you are.

Nothing is permanent. The only thing any of us have in common is the inevitable.

Push your boundaries, that's what they're there for.

Question everything. Your love, your religion, your passion. If you don't have questions, you'll never find answers.

I wonder if it's possible for people to fall in love with a person one characteristic at a time, or if you fall for the entire person at once.

Love is the most beautiful thing in the world. Unfortunately, it's also one of the hardest things in the world to hold on to, and one of the easiest things to throw away.

If words could break souls, my words just broke his in two.

Hearts get infiltrated. Promises get broken. Rules get shattered. Love gets ugly.

Imperfections define perfection

You just have to choose which wrong choice feels the least wrong.

If I were a carpenter, I would build you a window to my soul. But I would leave that window shut and locked, so that every time you tried to look through it all you would see is your own reflection. You would see that my soul is a reflection of you.

If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die.

Not everyone gets a happily every after. Life is real and sometimes it's ugly and you just have to learn how to cope.

Absolutely. Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret in the future. I questioned a lot about my relationship with your father. People make spontaneous decisions based off of their hearts all the time. There's so much more to relationships than just love.

I'm afraid if I listen to my heart once, I'll never figure out how to ignore it again.

It's not just lies they're referring to. It's life. You can't run to another town, another place, another state. Whatever it is you're running from-it goes with you. It stays with you until you find out how to confront it.

Sometimes not speaking says more than all the words in the world.

It's amazing how you don't realize just how alone and scared you were until you have someone by your side to support you.

Iâ??m the only one that can be held accountable for the way my life turns out.

I look at my reflection in the mirror and I see a girl who desperately wants to forgive a boy, but not without a hell of a lot of grovelling first.

Every single person that spent a few bucks to buy a book that I wrote deserves a big thank you from my whole family.

You don't deserve words, Sky. You deserve actions.

Laugh a lot. Never go a day without laughing at least once.

The weight of lies will bring you down, follow you to every town 'cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there.

Understanding a situation doesn't always make it easier

Find a balance between head and heart.

Sometimes you have to choose between a bunch of wrong choices and no right ones. You just have to choose which wrong choices feels the least wrong.

In reality, people are who they are and they'll never really change.

When I published my first novel, Slammed, I included lyrics at the beginning of each chapter from one of my favorite bands, The Avett Brothers. The overwhelmingly positive response from readers to those lyrics really surprised me.

It's not a confession if no one reads it. It's just an unshared secret.

Choose your battles, but don't choose very many.

The sky is always beautiful.Even when it's dark or rainy or cloudy,it's still beautiful to look at....it'll be there no matter what...and I know it'll always be beautiful.

How your heart can possibly find a way to love and trust a man again proves that I've fallen in love with the bravest woman I've ever known. I know how much courage it took for you to allow me in after what your father did to you. And I swear I will spend every last breath thanking you for allowing yourself to love me. Thank you so much for loving me, Linden Sky Hope.

It's amazing how much distance one truth can create between two people.

I got schooled this year by a boy. A boy that I'm seriously, deeply, madly, incredibly, and undeniably in love with. And he taught me the most important thing of all... To put the emphasis On life.

Some secrets should never turn into confessions. I know that better than anyone.

Selflessness. It should be the basis of every relationship. If a person truly cares about you, they'll get more pleasure from the way they make you feel, rather than the way you make them feel.

Keep an open mind; it's the only way new things can get in.