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Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams
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Donovan Bailey
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I love the way she says “Mr. Donovan” like that. Like it’s our secret that she knows what I look like eating leftovers in my sweatpants. Knows how my breathing sounds when I sleep.
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Katie Bailey (So That Happened (Donovan Family #1))
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I was going to fly to Boston so I could kick Justin in the nuts.” Liam nods in approval. “That’s my girl.
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Katie Bailey (So That Happened (Donovan Family #1))
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Vulnerability is not about winning or losing, it's about having the courage to show up even when you can't control the outcome.
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Katie Bailey (So That Happened (Donovan Family #1))
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It could never be a mistake to love you, Annie. Loving you is a privilege. An honor, I don't take lightly. and I want to keep on loving you every single day, for the rest of my days.
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Katie Bailey (So That Happened (Donovan Family #1))
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real love, love that makes you lose sleep, love that makes you say and do crazy things, love that makes you crave a person like a drug every time they're not near, that type of love only comes around once in a lifetime.
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Katie Bailey (So That Happened (Donovan Family #1))
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Love isn't about paying back dues, or keeping score, or penance for things you wish you'd done differently. It's about not only about forgiving others for being imperfect sometimes, but letting them forgive you for the same.
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Katie Bailey (So That Happened (Donovan Family #1))
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I’m more of a Swiftie myself,
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Katie Bailey (So That Happened (Donovan Family #1))
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The door finally opens a few moments after I ring the bell, and I’m stunned into silence. Because standing here, staring at Lana Mae in that dress, I suddenly realize that I was a fool to think those feelings had ever gone away. I’ve been in love with her all this time. How could I have ever been anything but? I mean, look at her. I definitely don’t want her like a best friend.
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Katie Bailey (I Think He Knows (Donovan Family #2))
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When it comes to Lana Mae, I’m Icarus, and she’s the sun. Which is why I can never get as close as I want to.
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Katie Bailey (I Think He Knows (Donovan Family #2))
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I’m not sure I’m capable of seeing any way other than mine, but Annie makes me want to try. And that’s more than I can say for most people.
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Katie Bailey (So That Happened (Donovan Family #1))
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In the same way that Carter isn’t as he appears to the world, Mona is more than what I see on a daily basis, too. I suppose we all are, and it’s such an important thing to remember when you form opinions of others—to be slow to judge, and kind, especially when you don’t know the whole story.
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Katie Bailey (I Think He Knows (Donovan Family #2))
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If only she knew that any and all versions of me share one thing in common: they’re all hers.
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Katie Bailey (I Think He Knows (Donovan Family #2))