Colleen Hoover

"You are the fish that I never want to release back into the sea."

- Colleen Hoover

"When you wrapped your arms around me and held me, I knew that no matter what happened with my life, you were my home."

- Colleen Hoover

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

- Colleen Hoover

"Sometimes even grown women need their mother’s comfort so we can just take a break from having to be strong all the time."

- Colleen Hoover

"Sometimes even grown women need their mother's comfort so they can take a break from all that being strong."

- Colleen Hoover

"I’m the only one that can be held accountable for the way my life turns out."

- Colleen Hoover

"It’s easy to fall in love, Ben. The hard part comes when you want out."

- Colleen Hoover

"I thought I was stronger than a word, but I just discovered that having to say goodbye to you is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do."

- Colleen Hoover

"I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to wish for a perfect life. the things that knock you down in life are tests, forcing you to make a choice between giving in and remaining on the ground or wiping the dirt off and standing up even taller than you did _before_ you were knocked down. I'm choosing to stand up taller. I'll probably get knocked down a few more times before this life is through with me, but I can guarantee you I'll never stay on the ground."

- Colleen Hoover

"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."

- Colleen Hoover

"Cancer is the be-all and end-all of the sport, and the only thing you can do is show up to the game with your jersey on."

- Colleen Hoover

"I've noticed when I fear something, if I just end up doing it, I'm grateful in the end."

- Colleen Hoover

"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."

- Colleen Hoover

"Everything about her is captivating, like the aftermath of a storm. People aren’t supposed to get pleasure out of the destruction Mother Nature is capable of, but we want to stare anyway."

- Colleen Hoover