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.
Colleen HooverI 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.
Colleen HooverLove 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.
Colleen HooverI 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.
Colleen HooverDoes 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.
Colleen HooverI'm afraid if I listen to my heart once, I'll never figure out how to ignore it again.
Colleen HooverHow 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.
Colleen HooverI don't care who the student is, teachers should never be condescending. That should be the first rule in the teacher handbook.
Colleen HooverWhen 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.
Colleen HooverI 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.
Colleen HooverSometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together
Colleen HooverWe 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.
Colleen HooverWhatever 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.
Colleen HooverThis thing about you that you think is your flaw - it's the reason I'm falling in love with you.
Colleen HooverIf 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.
Colleen HooverYou'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.
Colleen HooverThere are people you meet that you get to know, and then there are people you meet that you already know.
Colleen HooverI'm Tetris, Silas. All my pieces and parts are going to fit into all of your pieces and parts.
Colleen HooverDon't take life too seriously Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit Laugh at it
Colleen HooverEvery single person that spent a few bucks to buy a book that I wrote deserves a big thank you from my whole family.
Colleen HooverIt's amazing how you don't realize just how alone and scared you were until you have someone by your side to support you.
Colleen HooverIt's crap that you're letting on bad year determine your fate for the rest of your life.
Colleen Hoover