Top 100 Cora Carmack Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Sometimes the most important thing a person could do was to simply show up.”

— Cora Carmack

52. “I’m afraid I might suffocate in my own cleavage.”

— Cora Carmack

53. “She had hoped. And hope broke more hearts than any man ever could.”

— Cora Carmack

54. “This is what it is to be a muse. I walk the line between want and need, between power and submission. And I make the hard choices.”

— Cora Carmack

55. “My odds were looking about as good as a main character in Game of Thrones.”

— Cora Carmack

56. “If I go down, it will be because I jumped, not because you made me fall.”

— Cora Carmack

57. “Don’t worry about whether you might be wrong someday. Worry about whether you’re right now. Tomorrow can wait.”

— Cora Carmack

58. “Mom could qualify for the Olympics in selective hearing.”

— Cora Carmack

59. “You’re not horrible, Kelsey. You are vibrant and beautiful, and you burn. Burn so vividly. Fires can damage, but they’re also beautiful and vital and they can purify and give the chance for a fresh start. You’re not horrible. Not at all.”

— Cora Carmack

60. “Haven’t you ever wanted to do something that everyone tells you is impossible and pointless? Haven’t you ever cared about something enough to sacrifice for it? Regardless of how stupid or unlikely it seems. Haven’t you ever wanted things to be different?”

— Cora Carmack

61. “Esa un bosque de problemas de autoestima a punto de ocurrir, y yo me encontraba precisamente en medio de todo.”

— Cora Carmack

62. “Making a stupid decision doesn’t make you stupid. Just as making a smart decision doesn’t necessarily make someone smart.”

— Cora Carmack

63. “Sometimes it’s hard to see past our own broken pieces.”

— Cora Carmack

64. “If he did not learn to block out the instincts she roused in him, destruction could be exactly where they both were headed.”

— Cora Carmack

65. “Storms are the greatest predators in existence because they can destroy you with their savage strength or enthrall you with their terrible beauty. Like a poison flower with the stealth of a snake and the ferocity of a lion and the force of all the world’s armies combined.”

— Cora Carmack

66. “I read your letters.”

— Cora Carmack

67. “There are only stupid decisions waiting for me here. But I’ve never cared all that much for being smart.”

— Cora Carmack

68. “I think I break more than I fix.” Her.”

— Cora Carmack

69. “I want to dive into him headfirst, submerge myself in the way he makes me feel, and not come up for air until I have no other choice.”

— Cora Carmack

70. “It’s such a stupid thing. I’ve had my arm around more girls that I could possibly remember, but in this moment with this girl, who is so far above me I might as well be trying to scoop up the stars, it feels a little bit like a hard-earned first down.”

— Cora Carmack

71. “Hey”, I take hold of her chin for extra emphasis.” You don’t ever have to worry about impressing me.”

— Cora Carmack

72. “Everything in the world might be connected, but that doesn’t mean the way we feel about them has to be.”

— Cora Carmack

73. “Dudes who look dangerous should just be dangerous. Period. The end. They should not be dangerous and beautiful all at the same time. It leaves the universe out of balance, and it makes me do stupid things like stare.”

— Cora Carmack

74. “If she were a storm, she could destroy him, and he would never lift a finger to protect himself.”

— Cora Carmack

75. “Silas doesn’t know how to be friends with girls. Either he’ll break your heart or you’ll break his.”

— Cora Carmack

76. “Suddenly there was this intensity to everything we did and everything we said. Like my life had been itelicized.”

— Cora Carmack

77. “His face makes a satisfying crack when my fist connects.”

— Cora Carmack

78. “But those words were my greatest hope when I was young. To find answers for the unanswerable, a path through the impossible.”

— Cora Carmack

79. “The way she talks about dance is a little like how I feel when I look at her. Overwhelmed and fulfilled and falling apart all at the same time.”

— Cora Carmack

80. “I drop my head against the steering wheel and groan. “You are in so much trouble, Dylan Brenner.” And trouble’s name is Silas Moore.”

— Cora Carmack

81. “Some people just aren’t as fond of freedom of speech as I am.”

— Cora Carmack

82. “When I asked a classmate for a rubber, you call them erasers, everyone laughed so hard that I was ready to board a flight straight back to London.”

— Cora Carmack

83. “I’m going to kiss you, princess. But not now, not when you’re telling me to. Not when it’s just something you want to check off a list. I’ll kiss you when it counts.”

— Cora Carmack

84. “At least she had that much. she hadn’t kissed that beast. But what she had done felt worse. She had hoped. And hope broke more hearts than any man ever could.”

— Cora Carmack

85. “Why would I want to get used to it? That would be akin to punching myself just to get used to pain.”

— Cora Carmack

86. “I’m figuring out what I want by trial and error, and maybe that’s not the best way, but it’s all I’ve got. All I know is that I need to be my own person, someone shaped by my desire, not fear of disappointing the people who are supposed to love me.”

— Cora Carmack

87. “I’ll make you a deal. A question for a kiss.”

— Cora Carmack

88. “How the hell do I go from walking away to this?”

— Cora Carmack

89. “Because try as I might, perfect doesn’t guarantee me anything. I can’t control whether other people will want me or love me or even like me. I can only control how I feel about myself.”

— Cora Carmack

90. “She knew now that naivety of the world did not disappear with age, only the willingness to admit one’s own unknowing.”

— Cora Carmack

91. “And as much as I was dying to know, I also knew that there was bliss in oblivion.”

— Cora Carmack

92. “Because sometimes in life, you just have to stand there and do nothing. Overwhelmed by all the versions of ourselves that exist in our minds – who we want to be, who we should be, who we’re not, and who we are – it’s a jungle that can ensnare your feet and confuse your eyes.”

— Cora Carmack

93. “God, do they make WD-40 for flirting? Because I am rusty.”

— Cora Carmack

94. “You could have just thought of me. I would have known and come running. I’m practically a superhero in that regard.”

— Cora Carmack

95. “Call it an issue. Call it baggage. But I really hated lies. They’re ugly things, festering like wounds, spreading like disease. They’re winner-less crimes that hurt everybody in the end.”

— Cora Carmack

96. “And I make that challenge to you now. Notice injustice. Speak out against it. Care more for those who suffer it. This world belongs to all of us, and it could be you or someone you know who goes unnoticed tomorrow. And if you’ve been the victim of a violation of your rights, your civil liberties, or your person, talk to someone. Ask for help. You are absolutely not alone.”

— Cora Carmack

97. “So what are you going to do? I make this weird noise somewhere between a laugh and a sob because, ironically enough... I don’t know.”

— Cora Carmack

98. “Me? Are you telling me what to do?”

— Cora Carmack

99. “Sometimes you must make answers when there are none.”

— Cora Carmack

100. “She may not be mine, but somewhere along the way, I ended up hers.”

— Cora Carmack