Anya Mora > Quotes

“Life isn’t built on even steps one after the next, a straight line. Not mine, not any ones. If life is built on anything it’s built on a slippery slope. The angle isn’t aware of our good intentions or our bad. There are lots of loose rocks. Lots of muddy paths. Lots of places to make a mistake and fall. It’s bound to happen. Your knees will get scraped and you’ll break some bones. You’re lucky if there is someone beside you, offering you their hand. Helping you back up.”
― Anya Mora, Tuesday's Child

“I’m not a great best friend. I keep things close to my chest. I’m not as vulnerable outside the house as I am in it.”
― Anya Mora, The Perfect Family

“This island may be filled with secrets and lies, but somehow it’s also become our home.”
― Anya Mora, Ransom Road

“Life doesn’t offer a rewind button. What we have is what we’ve got, and sometimes what we have is fleeting. Love that doesn’t last a lifetime. That is why every moment counts. Every day matters.”
― Anya Mora, The Mother

“Covering my mouth with their hands. “Don’t scream, Holden,” he says.”
― Anya Mora, Tuesday's Child

“Love is a fragile, breakable thing that can only be repaired when two people are willing to hold each shard of glass in their hands, knowing it’s sharp enough to cut. When they know it can make them bleed but they decide to fix it anyway.”
― Anya Mora, The Wife Lie

“two-story bungalow”
― Anya Mora, Not My Baby

“Maybe God is maple syrup. Maybe God is carbonated lime juice. Maybe God is sugar cubes and ice cream and red velvet cake. Maybe religion doesn’t have to be about prophets, saviors, or saints. Maybe, to some people, their salvation can lie in the everyday. Maybe God is the something sweet we need when everything else in life looks and tastes and feels like dirt.”
― Anya Mora, The Wife Lie