14 quotes found
“No one has ever needed me before because Ive never let anyone that far in.”
“No one has ever needed me before because I’ve never let anyone that far in.”
“There are no accusations with writing, no judgment, no shame, only freedom.”
“I just let the pain take over, allowing it to numb the pain of being left behind.”
“I walk out the door with a heavy feeling in my heart as another secret falls on top of it.”
“I take my time because I love how it feels to carry her, the way she needs me, the way I need to protect her.”
“I can do pain. Thats the easy part of life. Its everything else, happiness, laughter, love, thats fucking complicated.”
“Life is full of luck, like getting dealt a good hand, or simply by being in the right place at the right time. Some people get luck handed to them, a second chance, a save. It can happen heroically...”
“I don't believe that. I don't believe that there are bad things about you. Only things that you think are bad.”
“You really need stitches," she tells me."Or you're going to have a scar." I try not to laugh. Stitches aren't going to help. They fix skin, cuts, wounds, heal stuff on the outside. Everything broke...”
“So I let my shame own me, kill me, wilt me away into a thousand dead flakes, knowing if I kept it all in, she would never have to learn the dirtiness that was forever inside me--the bad, the ugly, ...”
“He stops rocking the cage. "Oh, come on, Callie. It won't be fun if we don't rock it. In fact, the more we rock it, the better it'll feel." His voice drops to a deep whisper. "We can rock it nice a...”
“One of the stall doors swings open and a fortyish-year-old woman walks out tucking her shirt into her jeans. Her heavy lined eyes land on Seth. "This is the women's restroom." She points a finger t...”
“I can do pain. That’s the easy part of life. It’s everything else, happiness, laughter, love, that’s fucking complicated.”
