Birthday Girl Quotes

“It’s called a Pineapple Upside-Down Cake,” she says. “It’s on the house. Jordan says they’re Pike’s favorite.” A round of laughter explodes around the table at the “chick” shot everyone now thinks I drink, and I shoot Jordan a look at the bar. She grins, giving me her biggest, proudest smile. And now we’re not mad at each other anymore.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“In that moment, I felt unwelcome. Again.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“What would they be doing in there with no lights on?”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“sport. And”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“Time passes you like a bullet…and fear gives you the excuses you’re craving to not do the things you know you should.”
― Penelope Douglas , Birthday Girl

“Anything you want, baby.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“this is Cole’s ex-girlfriend who still lives with me and constantly argues with me, and I really hate her music, but look . . . taco dip!”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“Don’t step foot on my property again, or I’ll put you in a hole under some wet cement and make you part of the foundation of the next house I build, never to be seen again. Now, take a hike.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“I’m not a smiler, and I’ve far exceeded my quota”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“Peter, walks to the Coke machine with a sword strapped to his naked back and wearing his usual black leather pants. “What the hell is that?” Pike mumbles to me, looking at him. “That’s Peter,” I say, admiring the black hair that drapes damn near down to his waist. “He’s here every weekend, LARPing.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“Because when all the pieces of your heart start to come back together, and they will, they’ll be stronger. And much tougher for someone to pierce.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“I needed to prove to myself that I’m worth the work and the wait. It was necessary to raise the bar for myself and not give everyone what they want from me so easily. I’ve been a pushover long enough. Jay, Cole, my parents”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“Tive um dia inteiro para sonhar com o parque de diversões que quero fazer do teu corpo, rapariga."
Penelope Douglas in Birthday Girl (Paixão Proibida)”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“And an only child doesn’t know how to share his things.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“Everything will be fine. It might not be right now, but it will be.”
― 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”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“_____________Birthday Girl____________

• Serious. To a fault.
• You look at each other like the two of you have your own language.
• Because even if she stayed.. you‘ll still wake up thinking about me before you even remember she’s in bed next to you. You‘ll be wondering what I‘m doing in my bed alone, if I‘m awake and warm, or if I’m touching myself and dreaming about you coming in and eating me out through my panties.
• I wake up so wet,…I want to see you wanting me and getting off on me.”
― 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

“Yes, Daddy.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“George Michael’s “Father Figure” starts playing,”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“I don’t care about the wedding. I just want the life.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“...y fue una llamada de alerta un día, cuando me di cuenta que había estado esperando que mi vida comenzara -mi vida real- solo para darme cuenta que ya había ocurrido cuando no estaba prestando atención.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“- ...se miran el uno al otro como...
- ¿Cómo?
Traga saliva, un ceño inusualmente fruncido en su frente.
- Como si tuvieran su propio idioma.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“No necesitamos comida para sobrevivir en esta vida tanto como necesitamos que nuestros corazones se rompan al menos una vez. Pero la mejor parte es que la primera ruptura siempre es la peor. Nunca se sentirá asi de mal de nuevo.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“Cuanto más haces por alguien, menos hacen por si mismos.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“I’m having my first fucking crush in like twenty years.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“But nowadays,” she keeps going, “we don’t hold a woman responsible for a man’s behavior.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“This”—she taps my chest over my heart—“what you’re feeling right now, is the best thing that can happen to you. Because when all the pieces of your heart start to come back together, and they will, they’ll be stronger. And much tougher for someone to pierce.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“I really don’t care about the wedding,” she says, staring back at the television. “I just want the life.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“And my house isn’t a hotel, little girl.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl