A.M. Johnson > Quotes

“Regrets are for cowards. It has always been my belief you should chase after the things you want with actions, not words. There is no such thing as never meant to be.”
― A.M. Johnson, Love Always, Wild

“The boy I’d ruined had become the man to save me from my oblivion.”
― A.M. Johnson, Possession

“Love sinks its teeth into your heart, and you’ll do anything to be its victim.”
― A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light

“This need, this constant deep breath stuck in my lungs, until I saw your face, heard you play, touched you, until I could breathe, too. It’s love, it’s more, and it’s ours to share.”
― A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light

“A beautiful thing can only stay in the shadows for so long before it starts to wilt.”
― A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light

“This world is such a big place, and most of the time we never find the people we’re looking for. People look all their lives for the one person who understands their heart. We search, and hope, and I think… it’s a blessed few who find it on their first try.”
― A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light

“You can only come to the morning through the shadows.” J. R. R. Tolkien”
― A.M. Johnson, Possession

“Heavenly Father, I am wounded, and saddened. I am weak and miserable. Without thee, I am lost. I have sinned, dear Lord, and I do not deserve thy grace, but I seek it…” Tears spilled from my eyes and dripped past my moving lips. “I seek it.” I was desperate. “Heavenly Father, I seek thy forgiveness, I seek the forgiveness of thee, and of the one I love, the one I have wronged,”
― A.M. Johnson, Possession

“I’m sorry you had to suffer such a loss. God does stupid things sometimes, but there’s always a reason, Ryan, always. Hold onto that.”
― A.M. Johnson, Sacred Hart

“She made him smile, and it was enough… to make him feel real in a world full of fiction.”
― A.M. Johnson, Poet

“Hate hides itself until it has something to prove.”
― A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light

“The crowd went quiet, and when the whistle blew, and he sliced through the surface, I heard it. The moment when the sun broke past the horizon and kissed his body as he parted through the water. Brilliant and bold. An orchestra with each stroke. I couldn't take my eyes off him as he manipulated the elements. Using air as fuel, bending water to his will. He was fast, faster than humanly possible, and each kick of his foot mimicked the galloping beat of my heart.”
― A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light

“And when she giggled, I shattered into a million, sun-soaked pieces.”
― A.M. Johnson, Poet

“I’d waited over fifteen years for this. Waited and wondered and wanted. And in two days, I’d finally get to meet the truth inside me, because of him, in two days my entire life was about to change.”
― A.M. Johnson, Dear Mr. Brody

“Traded reality for fiction.”
― A.M. Johnson, Possession

“To those afraid to come out, to speak up, to simply be in your own skin, there’s an entire community and family waiting for you with open arms. You will be loved. You are worthy of it.”
― A.M. Johnson, Love Always, Wild

“if you eat any faster I don’t think it’ll digest, and you’ll be shitting full pea pods.”
― A.M. Johnson, Possession

“Forever then?"" Forever was a Rachmaninov Concerto - sweeping and romantic. His thumb traced the curve if my bottom lip and I smiled. ""Forever works for me.”
― A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light

“Fall is my favorite time of year.” My eyes were trained on the still water of the lake when he asked, “Because swim season starts?” I shook my head. “No, it’s when everything changes. It’s colorful. And you can actually feel it happening. It’s like static."
"It's the only time death is pretty." I turned my head and admired his profile as he spoke.
"The leaves are dying, that's why they change color."
"I never thought of it like that before.”
― A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light

“Together?""
"Together!"
"I love the sound of that." His lips lingered over mine, tasting, until all the world went quiet, leaving behind a blank sheet of music. And the first note. Would be a drum. The sound of my heart finding his.”
― A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light

“We have all these big windows to look out over the valley, but the curtains are always shut. Sunsets hidden, starlight concealed… your house… it’s a home, mine…you’ve seen it… it’s staged. Always on display, but never part of life.”
― A.M. Johnson, Possession

“Fall is my favorite time of year.” My eyes were trained on the still water of the lake when he asked, “Because swim season starts?” I shook my head. “No, it’s when everything changes. It’s colorful. And you can actually feel it happening. It’s like static.”
― A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light

“Get Hurt” by The Gaslight Anthem “I Of The Storm” by Of Monsters and Men “Runaway” by Aurora “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” by She & Him “Get On The Road” by Tired Pony “Sleep” by Azure Ray”
― A.M. Johnson, Possession

“I was ancient in my skin. Traveling and never seeing. Reading but working. Breathing but slowly dying. I was thirty-six going on seventy-five, looking for the perfect ending to a life I hadn’t yet lived. My gilded palace was a cage, but one I’d created”
― A.M. Johnson, Not So Sincerely, Yours

“God does stupid things sometimes, but there’s always a reason, Ryan, always. Hold onto that.” I”
― A.M. Johnson, Sacred Hart

“Maple glazed only. Everything else is garbage

-talking about doughnuts”
― A.M. Johnson, Love Always, Wild

“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t”
― A.M. Johnson, Not So Sincerely, Yours

“maybe one day he’d pull his shit together and disconnect from the past and start teaching music again, start trusting himself and find the man I used to know somewhere inside the darkness he chose to wallow in.”
― A.M. Johnson, The Glow Up

“@TheL0stB0y: Don’t worry. We’re not there yet. I should probably know your favorite color and how you take your coffee before we start talking about frotting. @MeAndMyShadow33: Purple… With cream and two sugars. Now what the hell is frotting?”
― A.M. Johnson, Dear Mr. Brody

“and when he pulled himself from the pool, I realized there was no going back. There was no way I could turn it off. This thing he’d lit inside of me. It burned too hot and I no longer cared for the world’s definition of normal. There”
― A.M. Johnson, Let There Be Light