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“A ship at harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are for.” (Birthday Girl Quotes)
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“An image of my son’s innocent, little girlfriend wearing this flashes in my head, and I round my eye, rearing back a little. “F*ck. I’m gonna go to hell.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“Birthday wishes don’t always come true, so I don’t waste a chance when I blow out a candle.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“But I hear her small, sweet voice behind me. “Yes, Daddy.” I blink long and hard, my hand tingling with an urge to give someone a spanking for the first time in my life.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“But the best part is, the first break is always the worst. It’ll never feel this bad again.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“But the girl of my dreams is off-limits. She’s Cole’s, and she’s nineteen. There’s no way.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“Doing what you could to make me happy, no matter the sacrifice, never seemed like a tough decision for you.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“I always wish for the same thing, and every day it comes true.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“I glance at his father, seeing his eyes downcast and looking at Cole’s hand on me. His jaw flexes as he looks back up.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“I want a life I never want to take a vacation from.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“I’ll get over him. And very soon, every memory will fade, all his words and how every touch felt. It’ll all fade.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“It’s a subtle gesture I actually love despite the building tension in the room. It’s his way of letting me know he might be angry, but he’s not angry with me, and he hates that I’m probably uncomfortable right now.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“It’s hard to find that one person who speaks your language.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“I’ve been trying for years, it seems, to be the kind of woman I admire, and all of a sudden I feel like I am that woman. I know I’m worth it. You’re just not.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“I’ve seen lots of bad love, Pike,” she says. “We both have, haven’t we?” And then she does the barest of grinds on me, awakening my body immediately. “This is the good kind. When you find it, you keep it. Nothing is more important.” (Birthday Girl Quotes)
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“Leaning over the table, I close my eyes, take in a breath, and make my usual wish Let tomorrow be better than today. And I blow, almost instantly smelling the pungent stream of smoke curling into the air from the extinguished wick. It’s always the same wish. Every candle. Every time. I want a life I never want to take a vacation from. That’s my goal.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“Maturity is more the result of experience than age.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“Now get inside and take off your clothes. I’ve had a whole day to dream up the theme park I’m going to make of your body tonight, girl.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“The birthday girl and her wishes. She’ll always be a part of me.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“The more you do for someone, the less they do for themselves.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“The street itself is an orchestra of white noise, the drops bouncing off the ground or pummeling hoods of cars, the rain is so thick I can barely see the houses across from me.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“Time passes by you like a bullet,” he says, “and fear gives you the excuses you’re craving to not do the things you know you should. Don’t doubt yourself, don’t second-guess, don’t let fear hold you back, don’t be lazy, and don’t base your decisions on how happy it will make others. Just go for it, okay?”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“Turns out my dream girl belongs to the one person it would kill me to hurt.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“We don’t need food to survive this life as much as we need our hearts broken at least once. But the best part is, the first break is always the worst. It’ll never feel this bad again.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“We haven’t smiled together in a while, and it’s starting to not come naturally anymore.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“We need lies to survive sometimes, because the truth hurts too much.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“When a man looks that good in clothes, you know he looks good out of them.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“When you have kids, your hopes transfer to them. Your life takes a backseat to what they need.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“You gave people a chance, and they abused it. That’s their fault, not yours.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“You look at each other like…” “Like?” He swallows, an unusually troubled pinch to his brow. “Like the two of you have your own language.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
“You made me feel like the world was a big place again.”
Penelope Douglas
Birthday Girl
