37 Quotes & Sayings By Shelly Crane

Shelly Crane is a professional writer, editor, and blogger. She has worked for various websites, including The Huffington Post, Styleite, and other print publications. She has also written for several websites, including Bustle, Yahoo! Finance, and Forbes.com. Her work has appeared in the blog posts of the Huffington Post, Fox News Latino, The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Public Radio's Morning Edition's blog, CNN.com's Moneyline blog, and many others Read more

She is the author of the book "Lifehacker: Your Daily Guide to Productivity" (Simon & Schuster).

It's my job as best friend to make sure he's...
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It's my job as best friend to make sure he's not a serial killer. Or an English major, not sure which one's worse. Shelly Crane
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The fact that you can't see how much you're worth makes you worth so much more." She opened her mouth once, her brow bunched, but nothing came out. She didn't know the words to ask. I continued. "A diamond doesn't know how much it's worth; it's just beautiful because it exists. Shelly Crane
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Think with your eyes open. Shelly Crane
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Sometimes I just needed to talk about it, even though it singed like touching the end of a match. I just needed to feel that pain for a moment, to know that it was real. It was my pain. I had earned it by living through it. Shelly Crane
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He searched for my gaze and the second he found it, I cracked a smile. “There it is.” He palmed his chest again and sighed. “All is right in the world again. Shelly Crane
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You're killing me, little human. Shelly Crane
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His smile was small and immediate, crooked, like I’d put his whole world off its axis, but he was somehow okay with that. Shelly Crane
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We have to be bigger than the things we suffer. Shelly Crane
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You know when you’re on a course that you know is the right one. You can’t explain it, you can’t define it, you don’t know how you got there or what all the obstacles will be, you just know the end result will be amazing and it will be worth it. That was the road I was on. Full speed ahead, no blinkers or turn signals, just cruise control. Shelly Crane
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When you will you learn that we all have our place, our parts to play?” I scoffed, wincing as the slices on my back pulled. “When will you learn that it’s up to you if you play those parts or not? Shelly Crane
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Fly away home to a better place where everything is better, boys are never lost, and mothers don’t ever leave. Shelly Crane
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Jealousy is when you want something that you can’t have, something that doesn't belong to you. Being protective is defending what’s yours.” He leaned in, his hand closing around my jaw as his nose skimmed up to mine. “And you better believe that I’ll be protecting what’s mine. Shelly Crane
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Every day is its own infinity, every hour, its own eternity, every minute, its own forever. Shelly Crane
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I wrapped my arms around his neck and held on as he showed me what love felt like. As he showed me that a kiss could change your entire world. Shelly Crane
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Fall, sweetheart. I'll catch you. Shelly Crane
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You don't appreciate the things that come easy. The things we fight for are the things we keep with us forever. Shelly Crane
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Her chest began to quake softly. "Why?" "Why what, sweetheart?" I said gently. "Why do you want me?" I didn't even have to think. "Because anyone who's been through what you have and can still come out in one piece on the other side is a beautiful creature that I want to know. Shelly Crane
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He leaned in close and spoke low. "Wow, I don't know what the hell I did to put that look on your face, but you need to write it down so I can commit it to memory. Shelly Crane
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I was just existing, but he made me want to live. Shelly Crane
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What do you want to trust me with tonight?" A sigh escaped forcefully, waving the white flag that I was a melted, scorched woman at those words. "Anything, " I whispered back. Shelly Crane
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It doesn't matter who you were or what you've done in the past. The only thing that matters is who you are right now. Shelly Crane
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Because your soul, on this soulless planet, sticks out like one star in a starless sky. And it’s beautiful. Shelly Crane
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There is no gravity. The only thing holding me to this planet is you. Shelly Crane
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True love should not have to lie, cheat, or steal. The best kind of love finds you when you need it most. Shelly Crane
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The universe doesn't hand out blank cards to play. You will know your hand soon enough. Shelly Crane
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It's fate, but fate just gives us a nudge in the right direction onthe fast lane, I guarantee she doesn't have her hands in your pockets while she's doing it Shelly Crane
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There was a tempest brewing in his eyes that I wasn’t sure I would survive if I stayed in his gaze too long. But he told me with his sure hold that I could trust him and not to run before I’d given him a chance to show him what it was like to ride out the storm. Shelly Crane
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But when she finally did look up, I realized my fatal mistake. That by not leaping for her when she jumped, she thought that I no longer wanted to catch her. Shelly Crane
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I smiled sadly and whispered, "I would have taken a bullet for you, too, you know."" I know, " he whispered gruffly and lifted my chin, "and that pisses me off and turns me on at the same time. Shelly Crane
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We watched Vamps hunting Vamps, Vamp hunters and Witches torching Vamps, teenage girls kissing Vamps. And we giggled and swooned through it all. Shelly Crane
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I want to give you back your first kiss, the one that jerk stole fromyou. And I want it to be something that even a coma can't make youforget. Shelly Crane
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Love finds you in the strangest places, and hope clings to us in the nooks and crannies we never think to look. Shelly Crane
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I found the only place I ever wanted to live again in this girl, right her in my arms. I leaned back just barely, ran my thumb from her brow o the tip of her nose and stopped at her lips, loving the way her eyes fluttered. “I’ll always come to you. Shelly Crane
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I did that girly little sighing thing you do when you can't handle all the sweetness anymore and bit my lip. Shelly Crane
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You know that feeling when you’re at your favorite restaurant and you see the waitress coming with your food, that happy feeling that slides down your spine? Find the girl that gives you that same feeling. And marry her. Shelly Crane
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I wanted someone to want me in all ways and someone who I wanted the same in return, And I'd found him. Shelly Crane