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“How dare you. Do you have any idea who I am?�� Laurence whined.
“I’m no cactus expert, but I know a prick when I see one.”
― Mark A. Cooper, Face-Off

“That was not sex. That was naked poetry.”
― Hank Moody

“Patriotism is the narcissism of countries.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

“An arrogant man needs to humble himself as a boy, to be a gentleman.”
― Anthony Liccione

“To be full of yourself is to make a fool of yourself.”
― Ashly Lorenzana

“People tend to think that money makes them strong, but it's those that learn to survive without it, are truly the stronger.”
― Anthony Liccione

“He could be so charming and irreverent and witty, and then-bam!-a switch flipped and he reverted right back to the cocky asshole everyone reported him to be.”
― Lauren Weisberger, Chasing Harry Winston

“Confidence - people can mistake confidence for cockiness. In my experience, the mistake is not so much about how high I think of myself or how high anyone thinks about themselves, but rather how little people think of themselves. Aspire to be as high as you can be. Potential is limitless if you have a high self-confidence and self-esteem.”
― Kailin Gow

“He wears his cockiness like an ironic T-shirt, but it fits him better.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“In 1912, a man named Franz Reichelt jumped off the Eiffel Tower wearing a parachute suit he designed himself. He jumped to test his invention--he expected to fly--but instead he fell straight down, hitting the ground like a meteor and leaving a 5.9-inch-deep crater from the impact. Did he mean to kill himself? Doubtful. I think he was just cocky, and also stupid.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Being bigheaded can be as irritating and as dangerous as being small-minded.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Confidence is good, but when they hold their heads high like that, it just makes them look cocky and snobbish.”
― Grace Fiorre, The Nothing Spirit: Nothing is Everything

“His gaze pinned her. “I think you’d better reconsider.�� Her breath was so tight she barely managed, “Why?�� He smiled. “Because I don’t think Felton would like having his wife in my bed, and that’s where you are going to be.�� Mary gasped. But he didn’t let her reply. He opened the door and left her standing alone in the room, gaping.”
― Monica McCarty, The Recruit

“The word cocky can be used inside a book. It can no longer be on the title.”
― Faleena Hopkins

“Matti mentality baby.”
― thinkingofthoughts, Even the Playing Field

“Nothing amuses people more than a cocky guy who starts losing.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“She’s the prettiest damn thing I’ve ever seen. Her blue hair’s up in a ponytail, and she’s wearing her thin gold nose ring. She’s in her socks. They’ve got cats on them. Floating cat heads with party hats. I’m pretty sure I recognize her jeans. I’ve been ogling her ass in them since high school.

I’m gonna marry this girl.

We’re gonna live in our cabin up on the mountain and have babies and dogs coming out of our ears.

“Why are you smiling?�� she asks, suspicious. She’s gone back into her shell. That’s all right. She let me in. I’ll coax her out again soon enough.

“Thinking about how many babies and dogs we’ll have.��

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“Um-hum,�� I drawl. I love to watch her squirm. “Twins run in my family, obviously.”
― Cate C. Wells, Against a Wall

“Nothing frustrates people more than a cocky guy who's still winning.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“A lot of these books�� some of them are like a year old. And I'm clearing them out because some of them are copycats and they have ruined it for the rest of us.”
― Faleena Hopkins

“That day will never come. I’ll be the last bachelor standing.�� Dylan made a show of looking at his watch. “And if I hustle, I can still meet, mingle and be the answer to some woman’s sexual prayers. Let’s hit it before she settles on second best.”
― Jory Strong, Storm's Faeries

“Keep this in mind; the cocky one cries, while the humble one strives.”
― Paula Acedo

“I felt the ripple in the darkness without having to look up, and didn't flinch at the soft footsteps that approached me. I didn't bother hoping that it would be Tamlin. 'Still weeping?'

Rhysand.

I didn't lower my hands from my face. The floor rose toward the lowering ceiling- I would soon be flattened. There was no colour, no light here.

'You're just beaten her second task. Tears are unnecessary.'

I wept harder, and he laughed. The stones reverberated as he knelt before me, and though I tried to fight him, his grip was firm as he grasped my wrists and pried my hands from my face.

The walls weren't moving, and the room was open- gaping. No colours, but shades of darkness, of night. Only those star-flecked violet eyes were bright, full of colour and light. He gave me a lazy smile before he leaned forward.

I pulled away, but his hands were like shackles. I could do nothing as his mouth met with my cheek, and he licked away a tear. His tongue was hot against my skin, so startling that I couldn't move as he licked away another path of salt water, and then another. My body went taut and loose all at once and I burned, even as chills shuddered along my limbs. It was only when his tongue danced along the damp edges of my lashes that I jerked back.

He chuckled as I scrambled for the corner of the cell. I wiped my face as I glared at him.

He smirked, sitting down against a wall. 'I figured that would get you to stop crying.'

'It was disgusting.' I wiped my face again.

'Was it?' He quirked an eyebrow and pointed to his palm- to the place where my tattoo would be. 'Beneath all your pride and stubbornness, I could have sworn I detected something that felt differently. Interesting.'

'Get out.'

'As usual, your gratitude is overwhelming.'

'Do you want me to kiss your feet for what you did at the trial? Do you want me to offer another week of my life?'

'Not unless you feel compelled to do so,' he said, his eyes like stars.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“... Melissa. Where are you planning to go?" His voice was nasally, shit, he knew I had no idea where to go.
"Well if you didn't change the apartment I was staying in I would. I was going to stay in a hotel"
"How will you do that without your purse, sweetcheeks?" he sounded so damn cocky. I wanted to hit him, somehow through the phone.
"Look, wait there, ill come down. We should talk anyway"
"I have nothing to say" I grumbled
"I have plenty" and he hung up.”
― Mercy Cortez (LiveForeverAnon), Jagged Edge

“Mislabeled the sign,�� a cocky voice called from the door. “Should read ‘Doggie Daycare�� with the number of pups packed into this place.”
― Katherine McIntyre, Forged Alliances

“humble pie will keep your company at your table longer.. - (G Swiss)”
― G Swiss

“I'm just Sam, Sam Cahill.”
― Nikki20038, 68 Days And Counting

“Cocky Reality Check For Dummies: 'For Dummies' was trademarked years ago. Where was the outrage then?”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, The Ugly Truth About Self-Publishing: Not another cookie-cutter contemporary romance

“What inspires me to write music? It’s just what I do.
And I’m fucking brilliant at it!”
― Noel Gallagher

“Be a supernova of selflessness, not a casanova of cockiness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live

“When things go right, much can go wrong.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life