129 Quotes by Bijou Hunter

POPPY: I don’t like him, Jared. I love him.

POPPY: Don’t just agree with me because it’s my birthday, and I’m special, and you feel inferior under the shadow of my specialness.

JOURNEY: If someone pulls out a dong, then I’m gone.JUSTICE: Rhymed.

POPPY (on her biological father): Though I might share his last name and chin, I’m all Earlham.

POPPY (standing up to Paul): In time, Mom will realize I’m already the woman I’ll always be. I’m not her at eighteen, feeling my way through the world. I’ve figured out what I want and who I am. Mostly, I know exactly what I need to be happy, and they’re all in the house with me now.

POPPY (standing up to Paul): We’re different. You make appointments to see your family. You’re careful with what you say and do around people. You care about the opinions of strangers. None of that makes any fricking sense to me, but I respect your decisions to care about pointless crap.

You’re not done growing. I see you sometimes thinking about shit, and I think you want more than to settle with life. You want to do more, but you’re stuck. That’s not age. That’s a choice. Your life was stale because you settled.

You know how I know I’m brilliant? I picked a man willing to suffer to protect me. I picked a man willing to go without so I can be safe. Too bad that man’s too stupid to realize the only way I’ll ever be safe is with him. My heart can’t belong to anyone else. You’ve claimed it, and you have no right to close the door on me now.

You treat me like a child, but I know what I fucking know. You're scared. Love comes with responsibilities, and you’ve been hiding from them your whole life.