--- title: "1 Like Taken Quotes By Kandi Steiner" description: "1 Like Taken quotes by Kandi Steiner. Plus more from Kandi Steiner and more Like Taken sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/kandi-steiner-12469_quote_and-just-like-that-i-d-taken-my-first-sh_1639011.jpg" --- > [“And just like that, I’d taken my first shot. I didn’t tell Jamie it was my first one, I didn’t think I needed to. I wanted to hate it, to detest it, to grimace and wipe my mouth with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/and-just-like-that-i-d-taken-my-first-shot-i-didn-t-tell-jamie-it-was/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/kandi-steiner-12469_quote_and-just-like-that-i-d-taken-my-first-sh_1639011.jpg) ## More by Kandi Steiner > [“I love you, Wren,” he said, voice strong and smooth as the river. “For everything that you are and everything that you aren’t.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/i-love-you-wren-he-said-voice-strong-and-smooth-as-the-river-for/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“I want that kind of love that leaves you breathless when it hits you, and makes you want to throw up at the thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/i-want-that-kind-of-love-that-leaves-you-breathless-when-it-hits-you/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“I want someone I can laugh with, and go on adventures with. Someone who will challenge me to be better but also support me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/i-want-someone-i-can-laugh-with-and-go-on-adventures-with-someone-who/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“I was like my father. And that was okay. I had always said I was a combination of him and my mother, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/i-was-like-my-father-and-that-was-okay-i-had-always-said-i-was-a/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“What have you been drinking, anyway?” “Whiskey,” he answered easily, and a short laugh escaped my lips. “Of course. I should have guessed.” “What’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/what-have-you-been-drinking-anyway-whiskey-he-answered-easily-and-a/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“Corbin, I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to break down all the walls I have. I can’t promise you that I’ll never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/corbin-i-don-t-know-if-i-ll-ever-be-able-to-break-down-all-the-walls/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“Sometimes, we have to trust the ones we love, the ones who love us, even when it’s hard to do.” Her eyes skirted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/sometimes-we-have-to-trust-the-ones-we-love-the-ones-who-love-us-even/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“And maybe that’s what love was, giving someone the power to shatter you and trusting that they wouldn’t.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/and-maybe-that-s-what-love-was-giving-someone-the-power-to-shatter/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“I was where I needed to be. I wasn’t going to regret staying in Pittsburgh or taking the full-time job with Rye Publishing. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/i-was-where-i-needed-to-be-i-wasn-t-going-to-regret-staying-in/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“Maybe I wasn’t broken after all, maybe I was only learning to walk on a new kind of path, a gravel road my tender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/maybe-i-wasn-t-broken-after-all-maybe-i-was-only-learning-to-walk-on/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“He smelled like fall — not like pumpkin and freshly fallen leaves, but like fall in Florida — salty like the beach air, earthy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/he-smelled-like-fall-not-like-pumpkin-and-freshly-fallen-leaves-but/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“I watched the love drain from his eyes for years...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/i-watched-the-love-drain-from-his-eyes-for-years/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“I don’t know what it is, but he makes me want to knock down all the walls I’ve put up and let him inside.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/i-don-t-know-what-it-is-but-he-makes-me-want-to-knock-down-all-the/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“If Ashlei had to sneak them in, it’s definitely a guy, but the only question is… which one?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/if-ashlei-had-to-sneak-them-in-it-s-definitely-a-guy-but-the-only/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) > [“Funny, isn’t it, how often we fight what our hearts try to tell us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kandi-steiner/funny-isn-t-it-how-often-we-fight-what-our-hearts-try-to-tell-us/) [Kandi Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kandi-steiner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-taken/kandi-steiner/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Taken Quotes By Kandi Steiner", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And just like that, I’d taken my first shot. 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