Quote by Jodi Picoult

“And isn't that what all boys want and all men, too? Just to be taken seriously?”

— Philip Reeve

“I didn't want to be such a good girl anymore. I wanted people to fear messing with me. ... I wanted to be intimidating.…

— Emily P. Freeman

“All girls who seemed to have everything going for them. And decided they had nothing.”

— Sasha Grey

“Courage. I need courage. Because this is surely the stupidest idea in the history of guys liking girls.”

— David Levithan

“I'd never been so mesmerized or captivated or drawn to any guy in my life. Heck, I'd been avoiding guys like the plague.”

— Priya Kanaparti

“I wondered what it would be like to be interested in him like that or any guy for that matter. To look forward to…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“She’d always been one of those girls who wanted what anyone else had, even if she didn’t want it.”

— Gillian Flynn

“But what I liked the best was that, while the room giggled at her request, she didn't duck her head or blush or think…

— Kiera Cass

“Hell, Yeah. What girl doesn't want a guy who isn't ashamed to say he wants her? Everyone wants to be wanted.”

— Chelsea M. Cameron

“And nothing, or no one, was going to get in his way of having what he wanted.”

— Lia Davis

“Then she said sometimes the ways boys need things so badly, like they could never stop needing, it almost scared her.”

— Megan Abbott

“Here was this really nice guy who happened to be uber-shy... and with just a little encouragement, he was suddenly smiling and joking and…

— Melody Carlson