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respect the hand that I was dealt. And to be grateful I was even dealt a hand.


Colleen Hoover

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She nods.

I kiss her on the forehead. "...
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She deserves me.
If only she knew that.
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He winces. �...
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COLLEEN HOOVER I'm bored," he says.
"So go home."
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COLLEEN HOOVER Auburn Mason Reed,” I say out loud.

What are the chances?

I smile and run my...
COLLEEN HOOVER You can love a lot of things about a person but still not love the whole person.
COLLEEN HOOVER It’s midnight!” he says frantically, slapping at the door. “Call her. Call your roommate!” COLLEEN HOOVER Daniel,” she whispers.

I groan and drop my forehead to hers, touching her cheek with my...
COLLEEN HOOVER Imagine all the people you meet in your life. There are so many. They come in like waves, trickling ...
COLLEEN HOOVER I don't know how he calmed me down without even talking, but he did. Some people just have a calming...
COLLEEN HOOVER When I touch you, I’m touching you because I want to make you happy. When I kiss you, I’m kissin...
COLLEEN HOOVER Who cares about tomorrow?
What more is tomorrow,
than another day?
(-The Avett Brothe...
COLLEEN HOOVER There is no such thing as bad people. We’re all just people who sometimes do bad things.
COLLEEN HOOVER How could she love him after what he did to her? How could she contemplate taking him back?”
COLLEEN HOOVER Shouldn't there be more distaste in our mouths for the abusers than for those who continue to love t...
COLLEEN HOOVER Goals are achieved through discomfort and hard work. They aren’t achieved when you hide out in a p...
COLLEEN HOOVER Life is a funny thing. We only get so many years to live it, so we have to do everything we can to m...
COLLEEN HOOVER His memory is the last place i want to be. I would give anything to always be in his present.
COLLEEN HOOVER I don't understand my sudden obsession with staring at her, but i can't seem to stop.
COLLEEN HOOVER There can't be a maybe someday between us. There will never be a maybe someday.
COLLEEN HOOVER People don't get to choose who they fall in love with. The only get to choose who they stay in love ...
COLLEEN HOOVER I feel like my maybe someday just became my right now.
COLLEEN HOOVER Sometimes moving on is the only way to move on.
COLLEEN HOOVER Her lips are in close proximity to mine, so of course I have to kiss them.
COLLEEN HOOVER We've got an entire lifetime ahead of us to do things like get married. But sometimes things in peop...
COLLEEN HOOVER It’s worth all the aches,
All the tears,
the mistakes…
COLLEEN HOOVER Now that I have you back, I’m never letting you go. That’s a promise. I’m not letting you go a...
COLLEEN HOOVER There are moments in every relationship that define when two people start to fall in love.
A fi...
COLLEEN HOOVER I love you because of you. Because of every single thing about you.
COLLEEN HOOVER Sorry,” Kiersten says to Lake and I. “Mom says the FCC is responsible for inventing cusswords ju...
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