It blows my mind that this man has you for a son, and you want to be in his life, yet he still hasn’t made an effort. You’re a privilege, Josh. Believe me, if I’d known you existed, I would have knocked over buildings to find you.
She’s not a ride-or-die friend, nor is she a ride-or-die sister. That’s what I love the most about her, because I’m not ride-or-die, either. If you do something stupid, I’m going to be the friend who tells you you’re doing something stupid. I’m not going to join you in your stupidity.
Right now, it’s just hard to be.
Gone I met your mother while she was standing on the beach, her feet buried in the sand. I regret not falling to my knees to scoop up some of the granules into the palms of my hands. I wonder if any of what we touch has ever been stepped on by her feet. Or has every grain of sand she ever came across already washed back out to sea?
It was fascinating, seeing how Verity always writes from the antagonist’s point of view.
She grabs my hands and holds them while I cry. “Don’t be like me, Lily. I know that you believe he loves you, and I’m sure he does. But he’s not loving you the right way. He doesn’t love you the way you deserve to be loved. If Ryle truly loves you, he wouldn’t allow you to take him back. He would make the decision to leave you himself so that he knows for a fact he can never hurt you again. That’s the kind of love a woman deserves, Lily.
So much has happened since then. I’ve changed as a person in more ways than one. That happens when you’re forced to take another person’s life.
I don’t come across people who hoard secrets like I do. Most people want a listener. Someone they can spill everything to.
Everything is so black and white with people like Sara. The real world doesn’t operate under a simple system of right and wrong. People who have never had to trade a piece of their souls just to have food or shelter can’t understand the scores of bad decisions desperate people are forced to make.
It’s interesting how much a person’s belief system can be changed by things in this world that can’t be explained. Hell, not just my belief system, but my morals.
But it’ll feel better. This is just human nature, healing an old wound to prepare for a fresh new layer. That’s all.
Shallow people don’t stare at the ocean as deeply as you do.
The nicest thing my mother has ever done for me is die.
It’s hard to admit that a marriage might be over when the love is still there. People are led to believe that a marriage ends only when the love has been lost; when anger replaces happiness when contempt replaces bliss. But Graham and I aren’t angry with each other, we’re just not the same people we used to be.
I wonder what happened in my childhood that makes me take on so much guilt; even when I’m not responsible for whatever is wrong.
Sometimes things are so pretty, it makes everything else a little less impressive.
I miss expensive coffee and you.
I can’t for the life of me figure out how people function from day to day when they like someone this much.
I had no idea pointing was sexy.
Why would you let me fall for you in the first place when you knew this was going to be the end result?” He exhales sharply. “We agreed this would end in August, Beyah. We agreed to keep it in the shallow end.” I roll my eyes. “You’re the one who said people still drown in the shallow end.