Ann Aguirre Quotes
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. . . and I don’t expect him to suborn his life into mine any more than I would change my dreams for him. We’re not one soul, one being, however much we love each other.
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Because it takes more courage to heal the world's hurts than to inflict them.
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With a polite smile, I decided she was insane.
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I’ve lost so many people. Some I left on purpose and never looked back. Some were taken from me, and I never said good-bye.
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His reply offers infinite solace in a single word. Always.
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He went in, lean and deadly, and ended the creature with a lightning-fast spike of his blade. It shrieked, likely altering the rest. The death call carried like a mournful song.
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But I miss the woman I was, even as I learn to accept the new creature I’ve become.
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I swept down the stairs to find Fade waiting for me at the bottom. His dark eyes widened, and for the first time since I'd known him, he was speechless. He stared up at me like I was everything he ever wanted.
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Is that love? It seems like a pale word, too easily tossed about by people who don’t know the meaning of it, who twist it for their own ends. I’m afraid of it now, right up there with clowns, close spaces, and open flames.
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People stay together and stay true only as long as they both want to. And all the promises in the world don’t change the length of time. Nothing comes with a guarantee.
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Sometimes you find your heroes in the unlikeliest places.
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I sighed. 'It's hard. You're the only one who listens to what I have to say.' Longshot dropped a gentle, comforting arm around my shoulders. 'Then speak louder, girl. Don't let them put out your spark.
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I don’t like anyone knowing anything about me that I didn’t choose to tell them.
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Maybe I was just one of those people who couldn't rest easy unless things went catastrophically wrong.
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A divided heart offers a strange sensation.
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Did he die well?" No, I thought. Nobody did. They just died.
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Finally, I understood what else was going on. I might be slow, but given time, I put the pieces together. "You have no reason to be jealous, I promise. We talked... and trained. You're the only boy who gets close like this." "Oh." A long, slow breath escaped him. "I feel so stupid." I put my lips to his cheek and whispered, "Don't. I love you, Fade.
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Yet sometimes being a friend meant letting people do things that hurt, like putting distance between you, just because it made them happy.
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How can you miss someone who’s right beside you?
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You don’t need to be afraid of falling // when there’s someone around to catch you.
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My body was a machine, plain and simple. I worked it to stay strong; I fed it to keep it running.
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There’s a reason I hate jigsaw puzzles. I don’t have the patience to find all the border pieces, especially when they’re all the same shade of gray.
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There’s a hollow where he used to be, and it echoes with self-imposed loss.
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Like most, I was a mix of good and bad, anger and protectiveness, kindness and pride. But right now, I had only strangled fear and the promise of revenge.
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Just . . . love me, and let tomorrow look after itself.
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Right now, I wish I’d stayed because I want you at my side. That sounds pretty selfish, but I don’t mean it that way. You just never needed me that way; I said it to you once as I was leaving—that you love me, but you don’t need me. You don’t lean. But I admire that about you, and I could use some of your strength right now.
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His lashes, fluttered like butterfly wings. "I could've made you happy, dove." "You did," I whispered
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He is not the same person as when we met, but . . . neither am I. Time has refined us, but instead of pushing us apart, we’re closer than ever.
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She carries chaos like an overcoat.
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I know you have bad news,” I say softly. “I’m ready for it.” But that’s not true. One is never ready. You just lie and say you are and hope you can take the hit on the chin without going down.
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