Andrea Contos > Quotes

“There are people who come into our lives to disprove the lies we believe about ourselves.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“I couldn't take another day of held breaths and burying my screams beneath pain so I could feel something that wasn't impotent fury.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“I know that feeling, what it's like to live through that moment when you realize you're on your own, that things can never go back, that the people who are supposed to love you will never be what you need.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“Some people are ponds. Or puddles. Fun to splash in but all it takes is a sunny day or two and everything goes dry.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“A sunflower is nothing without its potato.”
― Andrea Contos, Tell Me No Lies

“Promise you won't forget us. Don't forget to let the light in. Love is forever.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“She showed me there's strength in tenderness, that compassion exists in even the worst of circumstances.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“The worst thing you can do to a man is force him to admit the things he's done.”
― Andrea Contos, Tell Me No Lies

“The grains inside the hourglass spill minutes until the moment of my expulsion.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“A hidden connection is stringer than an obvious one.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“No matter how many miles I run from this place there will always be a piece of me here.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“It's the darkness and shadows, the way they hide the pain you don't want others to see, and the way they shield you from the truths you don't want to know.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“Instead of being indignant like a normal person, I laugh.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“I don't trust them to hold the things that count, because I've learned how much damage those can do.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“If she were here, I'd kiss her and the world would be right again. Instead, she's gone and every minute is more wrong.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“If time had meaning once, it doesn't now. My life used to revolve around the steady advancement of the clock.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“Family of secrets. In truth, we've all been blackmailing each other for years.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“If I'm the ocean, I can create a flood to destroy everything.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“Every word steals a piece of me until I'm nothing.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“Protesting your innocence when no one's accused you feels like the defense of the guilty.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“And with my dying breath, I moved this mountain.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“It's hard not to stare at it, knowing whatever's inside has the power to control lives and disrupt futures. There's life and death behind those heavy metal walls, and plenty that would make you wish there was no time in between.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“I'll never understand how I'm supposed to forgive the unforgivable. I can never forget the things she didn't do for Willa. But I also know what it's like to wish the world would go on without you.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“I can't read the words she wrote - my proof that joy exists, my reminder that hope is possible - knowing they're all a lie.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“They're the rumble of thunder, not the deafening roar of our very selves splitting open against the force of an earthquake.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“She was an earthquake, but one that belonged to me. She created fault lines so that light could shine in.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“I'm Caroline and I'm Livie. I'm the athlete with the perfect grades who blackmails her teacher. I'm the girl that will always love Willa. And I'm the girl with the gun, pulling the trigger.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“I'd rather suffer through truth than revel in ignorance.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“The trouble with families is they know your weak points.”
― Andrea Contos, Throwaway Girls

“Sophie was the one who cried. I was the one who was strong.”
― Andrea Contos, Tell Me No Lies