Holly Hall > Quotes

“If there's something that keeps you up at night and lights a fire in your soul, chase that thing.”
― Holly Hall, Somewhere Between Us

“Reminiscing comes easy and forgetting becomes impossible when someone leaves you suspended mid-fall.”
― Holly Hall, Somewhere Between Us

“That's when I lost my faith in this town, in these people. They're friends until it counts.”
― Holly Hall, Somewhere Between Us

“How long has it been since I lost my voice because using it posed more problems than staying silent.”
― Holly Hall, Somewhere Between Us

“Parched earth is always going to soak up what's given to it, whether it's nourishing or volatile.”
― Holly Hall, Somewhere Between Us

“How can you ever hate someone who once possessed a piece of your heart? A piece of you?”
― Holly Hall, Somewhere Between Us

“Grace came when your capacity to forgive was challenged and you offered it anyway.”
― Holly Hall, Somewhere Between Us

“I wanted you to be free to choose whatever path you wanted without keeping me in mind.”
― Holly Hall, Somewhere Between Us

“We’re as close as we can get and yet, if you fused our skin, bound our cells and bones, I’m still not sure it would feel close enough.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“I know what every mark on his clothes and skin means. It is just a physical depiction of the hell he’s been through. Even now, I can’t fully understand what kinds of marks his soul bears.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“I briefly think about how great of an idea it would be to release a cookbook featuring photos of shirtless men cooking the recipes. I would buy it.”
― Holly Hall, Forever Grace

“What kind of guy makes Brussels sprouts if he’s not trying to get laid?”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“You think that because you’re a pretty little thing, we’ll think twice about breaking your neck? Think again, darlin’. You don’t want to make any more enemies in this town.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“Try as I might, I can’t justify getting caught up in controversy, whether it’s true or not. I can’t allow myself to be swallowed up again. There’s a chance I’d never find my way back out.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“There’s a reason his voice sounds so heart-wrenchingly beautiful. When you slice yourself open and bleed into your music, every song contains a pulse that beats to the rhythm of your heart, and everyone listening can feel it.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“I didn’t know how much those secrets weighed until I set them free.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“Because for once, I wanted to be the one to pour gasoline on the fire and watch as it engulfed me. I wanted to be consumed by something that would leave no room for distractions.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“It’s reality. It’s chaos, danger, and destruction. And once again, I’m rushing toward it.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“In the past year, I’ve felt so much it’s like I’ve come crawling out on the other side of a storm, a refugee amongst devastation. There are things you don’t have to experience twice, and feeling all that is one of them.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“But my edges were all spiky and barbed from past lies and deceit, and try as I might, I couldn’t quite fit into the stencil he’d created. My outlines were a little too rough for that smooth silhouette.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“I will not watch idly as something else I care about goes up in smoke.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“I was angry at him and he was angry at me. Angry that I couldn’t be the girl from his songs who just gives and gives until there’s nothing left to her of any substance.”
― Holly Hall, Love in Smoke

“Autumn is the best time of year. Maybe the worst for being a single girl of twenty-six, but in every other way, it’s perfect. The best things come out of hiding this time of year: the rich colors of fall leaves, pumpkin flavored everything, dark lipstick, sweaters and boots, fires, and . . . Landon Farrar, apparently.”
― Holly Hall, Forever Grace