Harlow James > Quotes

“Like the moon, we must go through phases of emptiness to feel full again. So remember, you do not have to be whole in order to shine.”
― Harlow James, Everything He Couldn't

“You know a wedding ring is the smallest handcuff in existence, so it’s important to choose your cell mate wisely, Reesy.”
― Harlow James, Lost & Found in Copper Ridge

“It only looks easy when you love the right person, but choosing to love someone every day requires work. It requires the desire to do so. And it doesn’t magically become easy one day and stay that way forever.”
― Harlow James, Everything to Lose

“Everyone wants to be someone’s sun, to light up someone’s life. But you are more like my moon, brightening up my life in the darkest hour.”
― Harlow James, Everything He Couldn't

“You’re holding on to your pain like it’s a shield, little brother. But it’s not—it’s a wound. And wounds heal if you let them.”
― Harlow James, Someday You Learn

“I’d wait ten lifetimes if they led me to you, Astrid. You are my person, and I wouldn’t trade how we ended up here for anything.”
― Harlow James, Someone You Deserve

“Watching Bridgerton now just lets me escape from reality and live in a world that’s so different from the one I’m living in now.”
― Harlow James, Someday You Learn

“Being a strong woman doesn’t mean that you’re not allowed to be human, Charlotte. Being strong doesn’t mean that you’re not allowed to have moments of weakness or make mistakes. Being strong means admitting when you made them and working to correct them. It means knowing when you’ve had enough and setting boundaries to maintain your inner peace so you can live your life the way you want to. Being strong means having people around you to pick you up when you’ve fallen—because it happens to everyone—and knowing you can lean on them when your plate goes crashing to the floor.”
― Harlow James, Never Say Never

“Sometimes I wish that too, but grief is just love with nowhere to go, Dallas. That’s a feeling that is both a blessing and a curse.”
― Harlow James, Somewhere You Belong

“She’s the most complex puzzle I’ve ever come across, and I’m dying to figure out how her pieces fit together.”
― Harlow James, Somewhere You Belong

“You can’t force chemistry to exist where it doesn’t, the same way you can’t deny it when it does.”
― Harlow James, Someday You Learn

“supposed to be is never easy. All of the good we ever get to experience is at the cost of struggles and pain, Penelope. We have to work for the blessings in our life. We have to experience failure, make mistakes, and endure heartache along the way. Because if we don’t, we will never appreciate the truly beautiful things when we obtain them.”
― Harlow James, Now's the Time

“I just want to be—be present, be thankful, and be content.”
― Harlow James, Not As Planned

“I love watching her grow into her own person.”
― Harlow James, Someone You Deserve

“Don’t get cocky, Walker. It’s unbecoming of you.” Little do you know just how cocky I can be, woman. And I can’t wait to show you.”
― Harlow James, Everything He Couldn't

“So, if you’ve gotten through one-hundred percent of your hardest days so far, doesn’t that feel more empowering to remind yourself that you can survive”
― Harlow James, Someday You Learn

“If you can't get someone off your mind, maybe they're supposed to be there. Remember: the mind can recognize what the heart is trying to deny." Unknown”
― Harlow James, Never Say Never

“I want to be the one to show her how much fun she’s missing from her life.”
― Harlow James, Somewhere You Belong

“Besides, nothing could live up to the love in books and movies.”
― Harlow James, Someday You Learn

“if you were in a room full of every person you’ve ever met in your entire life, who would you look for first? If the answer is her, then you know what to do.”
― Harlow James, Someone You Deserve

“it’s that happiness isn’t a destination—it’s a choice.”
― Harlow James, Not As Planned

“grief is just love with nowhere to go,”
― Harlow James, Somewhere You Belong

“But second, they offer an escape for her mind so that, for the small glimpse of time she gets to read, she’s not a mom, she’s not a wife—she’s just a woman living vicariously through the love stories of perfectly flawed humans like herself. And she gets to just be.”
― Harlow James, Not As Planned

“Just like the moon, we have phases of emptiness before we can feel full again”
― Harlow James

“Um, why is there only one bed?”
― Harlow James, Sometimes You Fall

“There must be something in the water in Carrington Cove.”
― Harlow James, Sometimes You Fall

“Nothing will ever make you as happy, as sad, as tired, or as proud as motherhood. For nothing is as hard as helping a person develop their own individuality, while struggling to keep your own." Anonymous”
― Harlow James, Not As Planned

“Every inch of my body is trembling from his touch. It’s a life-changing, galaxy freezing, an I-will-never-be-the-same-after-this kind of kiss. It’s the kind that speaks of desperation and unrequited feelings finally being revealed. It’s the one that I’ve been waiting on forever.”
― Harlow James, Everything to Lose

“It’s okay to be strong, to know that you can stand on your own two feet if need be. But it’s also okay to want someone in your life”
― Harlow James, Someone You Deserve: Carrington Cove Book 2

“We can+t keep living in the shadow of his ghost.”
― Harlow James, Someone You Deserve