“Books are dangerous. They pull you in and make you fall in love or totally destroy you. For the time being of course. Then you finish it and those feelings linger around in agony until you start another and the whole process happens again.”
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Emily Goodwin,
Stay
“It terrified me, right down to my very core, to be alive while the rest of the world was dead.” ― Emily Goodwin, Contagious
“I wasn’t afraid of death. If I died, it would be over. My worst fear wasn’t of dying, it was of living.” ― Emily Goodwin, Contagious
“It’s not because Noah Wilson looks like a fucking bearded Norse god or anything. Nope, that’s not way at all.” ― Emily Goodwin, First Comes Love
“Yeah, I am. I like challenging myself. But I learned a long time ago it’s so much better if you just stop the comparing. I don’t want to be brought down by society’s fucking picture perfect image of what a woman should be. I’m me and if you don’t like me, well, fuck you. And when you’re constantly comparing and worrying about what other people think of you, they own you and you’re not your own person anymore.” ― Emily Goodwin, Deathly Contagious
“You have two choices: You can focus on the things that break your heart, or you can focus on the things that keep it together. No matter what, it’s up to you.” ― Emily Goodwin, Deathly Contagious
“The hardest thing I’ve ever done was accept an apology I was never given.” ― Emily Goodwin, Hot Mess
“life is too short to not take chances. I’d rather go to bed at night thinking I can’t believe I did that than wishing I had. You tend to regret what you don’t do more, after all.” “If” ― Emily Goodwin, Hot Mess
“you don’t give up just because something is hard. The harder it is, the more it’s worth it in the end.” ― Emily Goodwin, Deathly Contagious
“I’m a loose magical cannon, but Lucas is my anchor. He keeps me grounded and can withstand the magical storm that seems to follow me around.” ― Emily Goodwin, Curse of Night
“God, I’m awkward even in my own head.” ― Emily Goodwin, Hot Mess
“no good deed goes unpunished.” ― Emily Goodwin, Stay
“Human trafficking is a real issue. It happens everywhere, even quiet, ‘safe’ little towns like the one I live in. The more I researched, the more horrified I became. There are more slaves today than there were 100 years ago. The average age of sex trafficked victims is 13-14. Trafficking victims have a life expectancy of two years. 100,000 to 300,000 people are trafficking in the United States every year. Girls as young as five have been forced into child prostitution. Every thirty seconds, someone becomes a victim of human trafficking. I didn’t set out to raise awareness or to be preachy about the issue of trafficking, but I do hope you can take away the fact that this isn’t an issue that should be ignored. There is only a supply of slaves because there is a demand.” ― Emily Goodwin, Stay
“Life is messy, and I think the trick is finding beauty amongst the chaos. And if you’re really lucky, you’ll find someone to notice it with you.” ― Emily Goodwin, Twice Burned
“Lucas speeds in front of me and stands in front of Ricky. “We don’t have time for this,” he says and looks into Ricky’s eyes. “You are terrified of the dark. Just looking out the window and seeing the night sky makes you scream uncontrollably.” “Lucas,” I hiss. “Fine. You scream internally.” He turns to Tom, whose eyes are squeezed closed. “And you…you don’t want to hunt anymore. You want to go to college and volunteer.” “Really?” Lucas shrugs. “I thought you’d like this one.” “I…I do. It’s just unexpected.” “I like to surprise you.” Lucas turns away, grinning.” ― Emily Goodwin, Dark of Night
“Quinn looksat the ultrasound pictures, eyes glossing over. We’re headed home, and I steal a glance away from the road to see her beautiful face. Her eyes are brimming with tears.“What’s wrong, babe?” I put my hand on her thigh.“Nothing.” Tears roll down her cheeks.“Why are you crying?”“I was thinking about bald eagles.”“Bald eagles?” I raise an eyebrow. “Bald eagles make youcry?”“They used to be endangered. But they’re not anymore. They’re so majestic and beautiful and I’m just so happy they’re not endangered anymore.”I don’t mean to laugh, but dammit, she’s so fucking adorable. “Remember how you said it wasn’t fair that I didn’t get to experience drunk-Quinn?”“Yeah.”“I am now.” I wink and squeeze her thigh.She sniffles and laughs, wiping her eyes. “Yeah. I guess so.” Her eyes squeeze shut, and more tears streamout.“Stop thinking about eagles, babe,” I try to say seriously but end up laughing. Quinn laughs too, shaking her head. ” ― Emily Goodwin, End Game
“All I can say is if robots really do take over the world, at least I’ll know the code to shut themdown.” ― Emily Goodwin, Cheat Codes
“You were supposed to leave tonight,” I remind her when we get through the door. Sam’s already here, and I lock the deadbolt behindus.“I’ll stay tonight,” she mumbles, eyelids heavy.“Do you need to call about your flight?”“No. I never scheduled a return flight. I was going to today. The driver…no, the flyer…the…the…”“Pilot.”“Yeah. That guy. He was going to pick me up whenever I was ready.” She scrunches up her nose. “I sound like a rich asshole, don’tI?”“You’re basically Bruce Wayne when he’s trying to convince the world he’s still a billionaire playboy and not a superhero.”“Damn,” she says, not missing a beat. “Hopefully I’m giving more of a Christian Bale performance over Ben Affleck.”“It’s Oscar-worthy.” ― Emily Goodwin, End Game
“Mom sends me another text with pictures of cakes she found on Pinterest for a gender reveal party.“How do you feel about having a gender reveal party?” Iask.“What is that?” Archer gets up to make a pot of coffee.“Basically a party announcing if the baby is a boy or girl. You don’t tell anyone until the end, and you pop a balloon with pink or blue confetti in it or something.”“And it’s a thing people donow?”“Yeah. If you have a halfway decent Instagram following and you don’t do one, people will wonder what’s wrong withyou.”Archer chuckles. “I don’t really care either way. Any excuse to have a party is good in my book. Do you want to haveone?”“I know they’re a little lame, but yeah.” I bite my lip, looking at the photos my mom sent. I haven’t told anyone besides my family and Marissa about the baby. I’m a modern woman with a successful job, and shouldn’t worry about people judging me over having a baby when I’m not married. But I do, just abit.“Then let’s doit.”Archer’s words make me smile. “My mom is going to go crazy over this. She wants to know where to have the party?”It’s a simple question, but I know it raises the same concerns to Archer too. He turns on the coffee maker and comes back to the table. “If you’re going to take impressive Instagram pictures, your parents’ farm has the perfect setting.”“I’m glad you have your priorities in check.”He nods. “I gotcha, babe. We’ll make sure to have everything posed perfectly. I’ll even take pictures of all my food before I eat it. Actually, we could invest in some of that realistic-looking fake food. I hear it photographs better.”I look at Archer, a big smile on my face. He makes it so easy tofall.“Good idea. Anything for the likes.”“Exactly. The number of likes is a direct correlation to how loved this baby is. We really have to step itup.” ― Emily Goodwin, End Game
“It terrified me, right down to my very core, to be alive while the rest of the world was dead.” ― Emily Goodwin, Contagious
“I wasn’t afraid of death. If I died, it would be over. My worst fear wasn’t of dying, it was of living.” ― Emily Goodwin, Contagious
“It’s not because Noah Wilson looks like a fucking bearded Norse god or anything. Nope, that’s not way at all.” ― Emily Goodwin, First Comes Love
“Yeah, I am. I like challenging myself. But I learned a long time ago it’s so much better if you just stop the comparing. I don’t want to be brought down by society’s fucking picture perfect image of what a woman should be. I’m me and if you don’t like me, well, fuck you. And when you’re constantly comparing and worrying about what other people think of you, they own you and you’re not your own person anymore.” ― Emily Goodwin, Deathly Contagious
“You have two choices: You can focus on the things that break your heart, or you can focus on the things that keep it together. No matter what, it’s up to you.” ― Emily Goodwin, Deathly Contagious
“The hardest thing I’ve ever done was accept an apology I was never given.” ― Emily Goodwin, Hot Mess
“life is too short to not take chances. I’d rather go to bed at night thinking I can’t believe I did that than wishing I had. You tend to regret what you don’t do more, after all.” “If” ― Emily Goodwin, Hot Mess
“you don’t give up just because something is hard. The harder it is, the more it’s worth it in the end.” ― Emily Goodwin, Deathly Contagious
“I’m a loose magical cannon, but Lucas is my anchor. He keeps me grounded and can withstand the magical storm that seems to follow me around.” ― Emily Goodwin, Curse of Night
“God, I’m awkward even in my own head.” ― Emily Goodwin, Hot Mess
“no good deed goes unpunished.” ― Emily Goodwin, Stay
“Human trafficking is a real issue. It happens everywhere, even quiet, ‘safe’ little towns like the one I live in. The more I researched, the more horrified I became. There are more slaves today than there were 100 years ago. The average age of sex trafficked victims is 13-14. Trafficking victims have a life expectancy of two years. 100,000 to 300,000 people are trafficking in the United States every year. Girls as young as five have been forced into child prostitution. Every thirty seconds, someone becomes a victim of human trafficking. I didn’t set out to raise awareness or to be preachy about the issue of trafficking, but I do hope you can take away the fact that this isn’t an issue that should be ignored. There is only a supply of slaves because there is a demand.” ― Emily Goodwin, Stay
“Life is messy, and I think the trick is finding beauty amongst the chaos. And if you’re really lucky, you’ll find someone to notice it with you.” ― Emily Goodwin, Twice Burned
“Lucas speeds in front of me and stands in front of Ricky. “We don’t have time for this,” he says and looks into Ricky’s eyes. “You are terrified of the dark. Just looking out the window and seeing the night sky makes you scream uncontrollably.” “Lucas,” I hiss. “Fine. You scream internally.” He turns to Tom, whose eyes are squeezed closed. “And you…you don’t want to hunt anymore. You want to go to college and volunteer.” “Really?” Lucas shrugs. “I thought you’d like this one.” “I…I do. It’s just unexpected.” “I like to surprise you.” Lucas turns away, grinning.” ― Emily Goodwin, Dark of Night
“Quinn looksat the ultrasound pictures, eyes glossing over. We’re headed home, and I steal a glance away from the road to see her beautiful face. Her eyes are brimming with tears.“What’s wrong, babe?” I put my hand on her thigh.“Nothing.” Tears roll down her cheeks.“Why are you crying?”“I was thinking about bald eagles.”“Bald eagles?” I raise an eyebrow. “Bald eagles make youcry?”“They used to be endangered. But they’re not anymore. They’re so majestic and beautiful and I’m just so happy they’re not endangered anymore.”I don’t mean to laugh, but dammit, she’s so fucking adorable. “Remember how you said it wasn’t fair that I didn’t get to experience drunk-Quinn?”“Yeah.”“I am now.” I wink and squeeze her thigh.She sniffles and laughs, wiping her eyes. “Yeah. I guess so.” Her eyes squeeze shut, and more tears streamout.“Stop thinking about eagles, babe,” I try to say seriously but end up laughing. Quinn laughs too, shaking her head. ” ― Emily Goodwin, End Game
“All I can say is if robots really do take over the world, at least I’ll know the code to shut themdown.” ― Emily Goodwin, Cheat Codes
“You were supposed to leave tonight,” I remind her when we get through the door. Sam’s already here, and I lock the deadbolt behindus.“I’ll stay tonight,” she mumbles, eyelids heavy.“Do you need to call about your flight?”“No. I never scheduled a return flight. I was going to today. The driver…no, the flyer…the…the…”“Pilot.”“Yeah. That guy. He was going to pick me up whenever I was ready.” She scrunches up her nose. “I sound like a rich asshole, don’tI?”“You’re basically Bruce Wayne when he’s trying to convince the world he’s still a billionaire playboy and not a superhero.”“Damn,” she says, not missing a beat. “Hopefully I’m giving more of a Christian Bale performance over Ben Affleck.”“It’s Oscar-worthy.” ― Emily Goodwin, End Game
“Mom sends me another text with pictures of cakes she found on Pinterest for a gender reveal party.“How do you feel about having a gender reveal party?” Iask.“What is that?” Archer gets up to make a pot of coffee.“Basically a party announcing if the baby is a boy or girl. You don’t tell anyone until the end, and you pop a balloon with pink or blue confetti in it or something.”“And it’s a thing people donow?”“Yeah. If you have a halfway decent Instagram following and you don’t do one, people will wonder what’s wrong withyou.”Archer chuckles. “I don’t really care either way. Any excuse to have a party is good in my book. Do you want to haveone?”“I know they’re a little lame, but yeah.” I bite my lip, looking at the photos my mom sent. I haven’t told anyone besides my family and Marissa about the baby. I’m a modern woman with a successful job, and shouldn’t worry about people judging me over having a baby when I’m not married. But I do, just abit.“Then let’s doit.”Archer’s words make me smile. “My mom is going to go crazy over this. She wants to know where to have the party?”It’s a simple question, but I know it raises the same concerns to Archer too. He turns on the coffee maker and comes back to the table. “If you’re going to take impressive Instagram pictures, your parents’ farm has the perfect setting.”“I’m glad you have your priorities in check.”He nods. “I gotcha, babe. We’ll make sure to have everything posed perfectly. I’ll even take pictures of all my food before I eat it. Actually, we could invest in some of that realistic-looking fake food. I hear it photographs better.”I look at Archer, a big smile on my face. He makes it so easy tofall.“Good idea. Anything for the likes.”“Exactly. The number of likes is a direct correlation to how loved this baby is. We really have to step itup.” ― Emily Goodwin, End Game
