Hopeless (Book Quotes)

 

Title: Hopeless

Author: Colleen Hoover

Type: Novel

Chapters: 55

Published: 2012

Characters: Sky Davis, Dean Holder, Karen, Breckin

If you haven’t read the novel Hopeless by Colleen Hoover yet, this may be a spoiler for you.

 

Quotes and Dialogues:

So,

Here are the dialogues and quotes I liked most from the novel,

 

“I’m unforgivably stubborn.”

 

“It can’t be healthy to live in a land of happily ever afters.”

 

“Sarcasm isn’t at all funny when it’s the truth.”

 

“I’m a sucker for romances.”

 

“I’ve discovered today that I don’t like being studied… I like going unnoticed.”

 

“I don’t like it when things get uncomfortably emotional.”

 

“I’m the only one that can be held responsible for the way my life turns out.”

 

“I doubt she has enough brain cells to recall information from that long ago.”

 

“Clarify, I don’t like vogue.”

 

“I told you I’ll ever be honest with you.”

 

“Vague is the same thing as dishonesty.”

 

“You can’t get mad at a real ending. Some of them are ugly. It’s the fake happily ever afters that should piss you off.”

 

“Maybe I feel like I need to witness a good dose of human nature at its worst before I enter the real world. It’ll be less of a shock.”

 

“When you don’t have anyone to validate your memories, you just lose them all.”

 

“I continue to exist, and he continues to exist, but we don’t exist together.”

 

“I’m fine. I’m a little sad, and a whole lot confused, but I’m fine.”

 

“There isn’t anything I’ll ever get from him unless I ask the questions first.”

 

“It’s amazing what a sound of a voice you’ve been longing to hear can do to your heart6.”

 

“I know silence isn’t considered a sound, but right now the silence between us is the loudest sound in the world.”

 

“He’s passionate about life, about love, about his words… I’ve gone so long trying to find ways to feel numb any chance I get, but seeing the enthusiasm behind his eyes right now…it makes me want to feel every single thing about life. The good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly, the pleasure, the pain. I want that.”

 

“You don’t deserve words… you deserve actions.”

 

“Sometimes I say things that are embarrassing, but I just have to say them regardless.”

 

“You have to let it go. You can hold on to the hate and the love and even the bitterness, but you have to let go of the blame.”

 

“I’m suddenly feeling like I’m completely different people, wrapped up into one. Someone who doesn’t know who she is or where she belongs and it’s disturbing. I’ve never felt so isolated in my life; like there isn’t a single person in this entire world I can trust. Not even myself.”

 

“I don’t need anyone’s comfort. I need to learn how to rely on myself to stay strong because I’m the only one I can trust.”

 

“Sometimes the right thing to do isn’t always the best answer.”

 

“The only thing that matters to me with you are the forevers.”

 

“It must have been easier for my mind to grasp the harmless lies than to remember my ugly truth.”

 

“There’s nothing like guilt you feel when there’s room in your heart to love evil.”

 

“It’s not an uncommon question. It’s a very simple, straightforward question, yet it’s the hardest question I think I’ve ever had to answer.”

 

“Your heart is so beautiful and someday someone is going to love that heart like it deserves to be loved.”

 

“Sometimes you have to choose between a bunch of wrong choices and no right ones. You just have to choose which wrong feels the least wrong.”

 

“The things that knock you down 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.”

 

“Thank you for giving me the courage to always ask question, even when I don’t want the answers.”

 

“I don’t believe in happily ever afters.”