--- title: "6 Cassie Quotes By Melanie Cusick-Jones" description: "6 Cassie quotes by Melanie Cusick-Jones. Plus more from Melanie Cusick-Jones and more Cassie sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_and-so-back-to-cassie-who-was-she-part-o_13710.jpg" --- > [“And so back to Cassie: who was she? Part of the deception; just a friend or something else…perhaps it was time to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/and-so-back-to-cassie-who-was-she-part-of-the-deception-just-a-friend/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_and-so-back-to-cassie-who-was-she-part-o_13710.jpg) > [“I realized then, that Cassie was going to kiss me. As my eyes found hers, something opened up between us. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/i-realized-then-that-cassie-was-going-to-kiss-me-as-my-eyes-found/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_i-realized-then-that-cassie-was-going-to_181819.jpg) > [“All of the casual conversation openings I'd been practicing in my head, as I trudged through the basic tasks in the lab,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/all-of-the-casual-conversation-openings-i-d-been-practicing-in-my/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_communication_all-of-the-casual-conversation-openings_554229.jpg) > [“Cassie: What would it cost me if I kissed him? What would it cost me if I didn’t?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/cassie-what-would-it-cost-me-if-i-kissed-him-what-would-it-cost-me-if/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_decisions_cassie-what-would-it-cost-me-if-i-kissed_1339797.jpg) > [“I will not let anything hurt you,” Balik promised. “I will not let anything come between us,” I replied with my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/i-will-not-let-anything-hurt-you-balik-promised-i-will-not-let/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_i-will-not-let-anything-hurt-you-balik-p_2112234.jpg) > [“Ambushed by my emotions, I now found myself caught up in an unexpected whirlwind of confusion, embarrassment, hope, and excitement... Was this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/ambushed-by-my-emotions-i-now-found-myself-caught-up-in-an-unexpected/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_ambushed-by-my-emotions-i-now-found-myse_2327901.jpg) ## Other authors on Cassie ## More by Melanie Cusick-Jones > [“And so back to Cassie: who was she? Part of the deception; just a friend or something else…perhaps it was time to find out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/and-so-back-to-cassie-who-was-she-part-of-the-deception-just-a-friend/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“I realized then, that Cassie was going to kiss me. As my eyes found hers, something opened up between us. It was as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/i-realized-then-that-cassie-was-going-to-kiss-me-as-my-eyes-found/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“You're not alone anymore. You have me." I couldn't breathe. I couldn't speak. I had been alone for so long with my questions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/you-re-not-alone-anymore-you-have-me-i-couldn-t-breathe-i-couldn-t/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“All of the casual conversation openings I'd been practicing in my head, as I trudged through the basic tasks in the lab, were instantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/all-of-the-casual-conversation-openings-i-d-been-practicing-in-my/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“Mad – empty – crazy – lost – dying... I was all of these things and nothing as well, because even though I breathed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/mad-empty-crazy-lost-dying-i-was-all-of-these-things-and-nothing-as/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“It’s shocking to me that boys are where your thoughts are focused at this time in the morning, so unlike you.” Ami laughed off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/it-s-shocking-to-me-that-boys-are-where-your-thoughts-are-focused-at/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“Love is having someone to do nothing with.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/love-is-having-someone-to-do-nothing-with/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“Cassie: What would it cost me if I kissed him? What would it cost me if I didn’t?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/cassie-what-would-it-cost-me-if-i-kissed-him-what-would-it-cost-me-if/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“You and me,” he echoed, tilting my face up to his. I stared back into his eyes. They were clear of sleep and nightmares…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/you-and-me-he-echoed-tilting-my-face-up-to-his-i-stared-back-into-his/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“It was days like this when I felt it more than ever: I wasn’t a real human.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/it-was-days-like-this-when-i-felt-it-more-than-ever-i-wasn-t-a-real/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“I will not let anything hurt you,” Balik promised. “I will not let anything come between us,” I replied with my own whispered oath.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/i-will-not-let-anything-hurt-you-balik-promised-i-will-not-let/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“Oh! I know what I wanted to tell you – you’ll never guess who Thomas is chasing after now…” Hmmm, never guess or can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/oh-i-know-what-i-wanted-to-tell-you-you-ll-never-guess-who-thomas-is/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“Ambushed by my emotions, I now found myself caught up in an unexpected whirlwind of confusion, embarrassment, hope, and excitement... Was this love? Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/ambushed-by-my-emotions-i-now-found-myself-caught-up-in-an-unexpected/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) > [“I hoped I might still get to spend the afternoon with her, despite my surprise declaration of love and insulting her father. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/i-hoped-i-might-still-get-to-spend-the-afternoon-with-her-despite-my/) [Melanie Cusick-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-cusick-jones/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cassie/melanie-cusick-jones/#itemlist", "name": "6 Cassie Quotes By Melanie Cusick-Jones", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And so back to Cassie: who was she? Part of the deception; just a friend or something else…perhaps it was time to find out.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melanie Cusick-Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/and-so-back-to-cassie-who-was-she-part-of-the-deception-just-a-friend/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_and-so-back-to-cassie-who-was-she-part-o_13710.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_and-so-back-to-cassie-who-was-she-part-o_13710.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_and-so-back-to-cassie-who-was-she-part-o_13710.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And so back to Cassie: who was she? Part of the deception; just a friend or something else…perhaps it was…” — Melanie Cusick-Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I realized then, that Cassie was going to kiss me. As my eyes found hers, something opened up between us. It was as if I was seeing something deeper inside her, then I ever had before. Without any words, I saw then, that Cassie loved me.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melanie Cusick-Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/i-realized-then-that-cassie-was-going-to-kiss-me-as-my-eyes-found/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_i-realized-then-that-cassie-was-going-to_181819.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_i-realized-then-that-cassie-was-going-to_181819.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_i-realized-then-that-cassie-was-going-to_181819.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I realized then, that Cassie was going to kiss me. As my eyes found hers, something opened up between us. It…” — Melanie Cusick-Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All of the casual conversation openings I'd been practicing in my head, as I trudged through the basic tasks in the lab, were instantly forgotten when I saw Cassie. She looked beautiful and for some reason, today of all days, after I'd been so careful, I let myself be honest. \"Beautiful,\" I murmured, not quietly enough that she wouldn't hear me now that I was so close.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melanie Cusick-Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/all-of-the-casual-conversation-openings-i-d-been-practicing-in-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_communication_all-of-the-casual-conversation-openings_554229.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_communication_all-of-the-casual-conversation-openings_554229.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80c/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_communication_all-of-the-casual-conversation-openings_554229.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All of the casual conversation openings I'd been practicing in my head, as I trudged through the basic tasks…” — Melanie Cusick-Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Cassie: What would it cost me if I kissed him? What would it cost me if I didn’t?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melanie Cusick-Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/cassie-what-would-it-cost-me-if-i-kissed-him-what-would-it-cost-me-if/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_decisions_cassie-what-would-it-cost-me-if-i-kissed_1339797.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_decisions_cassie-what-would-it-cost-me-if-i-kissed_1339797.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_decisions_cassie-what-would-it-cost-me-if-i-kissed_1339797.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Cassie: What would it cost me if I kissed him? What would it cost me if I didn’t?” — Melanie Cusick-Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I will not let anything hurt you,” Balik promised. “I will not let anything come between us,” I replied with my own whispered oath. “You and me,” Balik smiled a little. “Always,” I agreed as I reached up to draw his face to mine and pressed my lips onto his.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melanie Cusick-Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/i-will-not-let-anything-hurt-you-balik-promised-i-will-not-let/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_i-will-not-let-anything-hurt-you-balik-p_2112234.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_i-will-not-let-anything-hurt-you-balik-p_2112234.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_i-will-not-let-anything-hurt-you-balik-p_2112234.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I will not let anything hurt you,” Balik promised. “I will not let anything come between us,” I replied with…” — Melanie Cusick-Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ambushed by my emotions, I now found myself caught up in an unexpected whirlwind of confusion, embarrassment, hope, and excitement... Was this love? Is this how it felt when you loved someone? A thousand thoughts and impressions a second, with no time or ability to focus on a single one, because the only thing I could see was her. Cassie. Whatever else I knew or wanted, would now--and always--be overshadowed by her. In my head, this sounded extreme, but at the same time, I knew it was true. The center of my world had shifted in what felt like a single second and I realized it was too late for me. There was no way back from here.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melanie Cusick-Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-cusick-jones/ambushed-by-my-emotions-i-now-found-myself-caught-up-in-an-unexpected/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_ambushed-by-my-emotions-i-now-found-myse_2327901.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_ambushed-by-my-emotions-i-now-found-myse_2327901.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_ambushed-by-my-emotions-i-now-found-myse_2327901.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ambushed by my emotions, I now found myself caught up in an unexpected whirlwind of confusion…” — Melanie Cusick-Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cassie/melanie-cusick-jones/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cassie/melanie-cusick-jones/", "name": "Cassie Quotes by Melanie Cusick-Jones", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cassie/melanie-cusick-jones/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/melanie-cusick-jones-33604_cassie_and-so-back-to-cassie-who-was-she-part-o_13710.jpg" }, "description": "6 Cassie quotes by Melanie Cusick-Jones. Plus more from Melanie Cusick-Jones and more Cassie sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cassie/melanie-cusick-jones/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cassie/melanie-cusick-jones/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Cassie", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cassie/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Melanie Cusick-Jones", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cassie/melanie-cusick-jones/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```