Chicklit Quotes

“If you love someone, why would you want that person to change?”
― Hailey Abbott, Getting Lost with Boys

“I have fallen in love with you, and there is no future for us. That you burst into my life suddenly only a short time ago. That it's too fast, too soon, and you will leave the same way you came into my life. I'll turn around one day and you'll be gone.”
― Rachel Gibson, Lola Carlyle Reveals All

“You were always mine. -Black”
― L.J. Shen, Vicious

“If you also thinks it means I wake up every morning wondering what I did to deserve having you back in my life, well, you'd be right about that too.”
― Julie James, Something About You

“People go to LA to "find themselves", they come to New York to become someone new.”
― Lindsey Kelk, I Heart New York

“Never let a boy know you’re crazy about him. He’ll lose interest, and then you’ll be a loser.”
― Hailey Abbott, Getting Lost with Boys

“I can't forget things, or ignore them-bad things that happen," I said. "I'm a lay-it-all-out person, a dwell-on-it person, an obsess-about-it person. If I hold things in and try to forget or pretend, I become a madman and have panic attacks. I have to talk.”
― E. Lockhart, Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, Plural. If My Life Weren't Complicated, I Wouldn't Be Ruby Oliver

“Ok. don't panic. Don't panic. It's only a VISA bill. It's a piece of paper; a few numbers. I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be?”
― Becky Bloomwood, Confessions of a Shopaholic

“Gideon laughed. "I like to be direct."
"Okay," I said. "But I warn you, I like to be evasive, inserutable and generally send mixed messages."
"I doubt it."
"Human interaction is not my strong point," I told him.
"Not seriously."
"Seriously," I said. Thinking: There is so much about me he doesn't know.
Gideon put his hand on my leg. "What's your strong point, then?"
"Goats," I told him. "I am excellent with goats.”
― E. Lockhart, Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, Plural. If My Life Weren't Complicated, I Wouldn't Be Ruby Oliver

“Don’t steal anymore hearts,” he told me. “You’ve already got mine.”
― Shana Norris, The Boyfriend Thief

“I feel like I should probably ask you to leave. But I don’t really want you to go. I want you to stay, but I know you shouldn’t.
- Hope”
― Rachel Gibson, True Confessions

“I’m not sure I trust myself around you I liked you from the start, J.D. I really wish things had been different, that's all.”
― Julie James, Practice Makes Perfect

“I didn’t mean to fall in love with you, but I did.
- Chelsea”
― Rachel Gibson, Nothing But Trouble

“Why is being an unmarried woman something that we should be ashamed of, as if we’ve failed? Men don’t feel this way. When they haven’t married, they make it sound like they’ve gotten away with something. Their single status makes them even more appealing to the other sex.”
― Eileen Cook, Unpredictable

“What's wrong with you? I asked myself. You are a happy person. You are an upbeat sort of person. Men smile at you on the subway, women ask you what shampoo you use. Cheer up for Christ's sake, I told myself, relax, you're fine, be happy, Girl. When I talk to myself I call myself Girl.”
― Jennifer Belle, Going Down

“Why is it women have to bring all this angst into sex? We should be more like men. In. Out. Over. Next.”
― Lara Rios, Becoming Latina in 10 Easy Steps

“Do you want to be with someone who loves you for something that isn’t really you?
- Jane”
― Eileen Cook, Unpredictable

“Uncomfortable.Lord. I’ve been doing the comfortable thing my whole life, it seems like. And what did it get me? I think it’s about time I did something a little uncomfortable.”
― Louisa Edwards, On the Steamy Side

“En ocasiones, la vida pone en nuestro camino a personas que, por un motivo u otro, no necesitan más que unas pocas horas para ganarse un lugar en nuestro corazón. A veces, basta una mirada cómplice, una caricia en el dorso de la mano o un beso robado para conectar con alguien. Y de repente, y aunque suene a tópico, es como si os conocierais desde siempre.”
― Victoria Vilchez, ¿Y si de verdad te quiero?

“Tara moved into the kitchen and went still at the condition of it. "Formica countertops," she said as if she'd discovered asbestos.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“You see, there is a major downfall to living in a tourist town. You guessed it, the constant turnover of new people. You cannot really connect with anyone because no one is ever here for more than two weeks every year, if they comeback at all. The intruders never thought about what happens once they leave. ~ Stella”
― Michele Richard, Mocked by Destiny

“If I weren't so screwed up, I would've sold my soul a long time ago for a handsome man who made me feel pretty or who could at least treat me to a Millionaire's Martini. Instead I lingered over a watered down Sparkling Apple and felt sorry about what I was about to do to the blue-eyed bartender standing in front of me. Although I shouldn’t, after all, I am a bail recovery agent. It's my job to get my skip, no matter the cost.If I weren't so screwed up, I would've sold my soul a long time ago for a handsome man who made me feel pretty or who could at least treat me to a Millionaire's Martini. Instead I lingered over a watered down Sparkling Apple and felt sorry about what I was about to do to the blue-eyed bartender standing in front of me. Although I shouldn't, after all, I am a bail recovery agent. It's my job to get my skip, no matter the cost. Yet, I had been wondering lately. What was this job costing me? Yet, I had been wondering lately. What was this job costing me?”
― Miranda Parker, A Good Excuse to Be Bad

“—Estás loca —comentó en apenas un susurro.
—Cuéntame algo que no sepa.
—Que estás preciosa cuando te ríes así.
—¿Así cómo? —inquirí. Me mordí el labio inferior y a él se le escapó un suspiro. Tardó tanto en contestar que creí que no lo haría.
—Como si la felicidad te estuviera besando en la boca.”
― Victoria Vilchez, ¿Y si de verdad te quiero?

“I’d rather straighten my pubes with a flat iron than go on another blind date.”
― Stephanie McAfee, Down and Out in Bugtussle: The Mad Fat Road to Happiness

“Me besaba como si el ahora fuera todo cuanto importaba pero también como si deseara hacerlo para siempre.”
― Victoria Vilchez, ¿Y si de verdad te quiero?

“¿Sabes? Solo tienes una vida, y es demasiado corta para que esperes a ser feliz mañana, porque mañana puede que tampoco lo seas, ni pasado mañana... Y pasarás los días anhelando convertirte en otra persona, porque ya ni siquiera recordarás quién eres.”
― Victoria Vilchez, ¿Y si de verdad te quiero?

“My handling of the situation with Jake proved that I was the same girl from eight years ago. I'd just gained a stone and lost my love for Shayne Ward.”
― Lynsey James, The Broken Hearts Book Club

“Solo había una persona en la que pensaba cada noche, justo antes de quedarme dormida, y que me obligaba a olvidar por la mañana al despertar, aunque no hubiera sido consciente de ello hasta ese momento.”
― Victoria Vilchez, ¿Y si de verdad te quiero?

“«Deja de pensar en cosas duras», me reprendí. Mantuve la vista alta, solo para evitar tentaciones.”
― Victoria Vilchez, ¿Y si de verdad te quiero?

“Santa santa non sono mai stata... Ma all'inferno no, per favore, ché la dannazione eterna non credo mi si addica.”
― Lucrezia Monti, La Principessa e l'Orso