B. Celeste > Quotes

“It doesn’t matter what battle you’re fighting, it only matters that you’re willing to fight.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“I fight myself every single day.
I fight to pretend I'm fine.
To admit I'm not.
To survive.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“The truth about heartbreak is that there is no such thing. It's your soul that shatters along with every fiber of your being that screams for another person.”
― B. Celeste, The Truth about Heartbreak

“I find that the books with the saddest endings are the best because it makes us feel. We don’t always get a happily ever after no matter how hard we work for it.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“If we live life avoiding things that could hurt us, we aren’t really living at all.”
― B. Celeste, The Truth about Tomorrow

“Disease is the monster in the dark. It lingers, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. It veers its ugly head and takes what it wants, when it wants.

Yet, there’s one disease that is worse than any kind of invisible illness in existence and it is something the world is plagued with.

Indifference.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“I guess when you love someone, you don’t get to choose which parts. You’re getting every single piece of their being, scarred or not.”
― B. Celeste, The Truth about Tomorrow

“It's funny how the heart can still hurt over something it has expected all along.
But I guess that´s not entirely true.
The truth about heartbreak is that there is no such thing.
It´s your soul that shatters, along with every fiber of your being that screams for another person.”
― B. Celeste, The Truth about Heartbreak

“People like him will never be as strong as people like us.
They get a choice in how to feel, live, and think. We never will.
We’re forced to fight.
And sometimes... we don’t want to.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“Fiction is the perfect platform to talk about the things nobody wants to have conversations of in real life. When you’re reading about a character’s struggles, you find ways to relate from a distance. It doesn’t always hurt as much, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt at all.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“It’s always about looks. You either don’t look sick enough for anyone to believe you, or you look so sick people feel the need to point it out.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“When you meet the right person, is doensn't matter what happens because fate will always bring you together.”
― B. Celeste, Dare You to Hate Me

“This book is to fear.
Fear that drives us to keep fighting whether we know the outcome or not.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“The trouble with time is that we only think we have it. It’s an illusion—an excuse to linger in existence. Some people use it to be reckless, others use it to hold themselves back.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“There are many kinds of loves out there, but it’s the real thing that’s hard to find, because it’s extremely rare . . . Sometimes you meet that one person in your life who holds all of that love for you and then some."

"Could those people hurt you?"

"They’re the only ones who have the power to hurt us. But it’s only us who has the power to forgive.”
― B. Celeste, The Truth about Heartbreak

“Someone told me a long time ago that trust is like an eraser; it gets smaller and smaller until there’s nothing left. I don’t want it to disappear, so I don’t use it much.”
― B. Celeste, The Truth about Heartbreak

“You’re wrong. I let people use me before because I didn’t think I could do any better. I let you in because you needed me, and I wanted to help. There’s a difference.”
― B. Celeste, Dare You to Hate Me

“Stop crossing oceans for people who won’t even jump over puddles for you.”
― B. Celeste, The Truth about Heartbreak

“Maybe the reason I could never feel satisfied with life is because I’m not meant to live a full one.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“You were always mine, Chaos. Five years doesn’t change the fact that it’s always been me. Nobody else had a chance. So, that’s what I want. You. Not just your body. But you. Your personality. Your mind. Your problems. Your goddamn companionship. Because that’s what I’ve missed since the day I watched you disappear into the night. Stop trying to push me away. It won’t work.”
― B. Celeste, Dare You to Hate Me

“Because I ran away from home, slept with who knows how many men for shelter, sliced myself up like a Thanksgiving turkey, and corrupted you by taking your virginity.”
― B. Celeste, Dare You to Hate Me

“Time is fleeting.
Time is valuable.
Time shouldn’t be wasted.
The trouble with time is that we only think we have it. It’s an illusion—an excuse to linger in existence. Some people use it to be reckless, others use it to hold themselves back.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“Every time I see a commercial or flyer about getting help, I believe less and less that the people who create them understand what it takes to link those who are suffering to those willing to help without charging a kidney per session.”
― B. Celeste, Dare You to Hate Me

“You can ask the universe for a sign or guidance, but it won’t do you a lick of good, kid. We see what we want to when we’re good and ready.”
― B. Celeste, The Truth about Heartbreak

“Finding happiness is easy to some, but happiness is subjective. It costs more than anyone can fathom because the very things that make you feel even the highest high in the moment can also bring you crashing down in the next. Not all of us want to stay unhappy. But not all of us have another choice.”
― B. Celeste, Dare You to Hate Me

“Sleeping with my stepsister?” he replies, unblinking. “Probably. Sleeping with Emery Matterson? A fighter? Someone who’s strong and resilient and doesn’t give in to my bullshit? No. I don’t think that’s stupid at all.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“You have someone,” he murmurs. My brows pinch. He glances at my face. “You have me.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“The truth about tomorrow is that it isn’t enough. Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed. It isn’t promised.”
― B. Celeste, The Truth about Tomorrow

“I have my moments when I want to escape it all. I used to think they were moments of weakness, but I think they were just moments of humanity.”
― B. Celeste, Underneath the Sycamore Tree

“I brought you here because I may not have a goddamn closet big enough anymore but I have a couch and bed you could sleep on if you ever needed it.”
― B. Celeste, Dare You to Hate Me