Laura C. Reden > Quotes

“It was a vulnerable thing; falling for someone when your feelings painted the world around you. Like I was made from glass, and everybody could see inside. No secret safe.”
― Laura C. Reden, Dark Reflections

“The thing I feared the most was the network of unexplored crevices in my dark mind . . . because perhaps, there was no such thing as a good witch.”
― Laura C. Reden, Dark Reflections

“The smell of flowers was overwhelming, and it reminded me of walking into a flower shop to pick the perfect bouquet when my gran died. It wasn’t a good memory, and the smell was intoxicating. My heart broke while looking at the beautiful variations of flowers and smelling the sweet nectar. It was a terrible mix. The beauty, the nature, the colors, and the smell—all laced with grief. And what I could never comprehend was that flowers were for every occasion. You get them when you’re in love and when it’s your birthday; you can get them with a new job or a raise. And how is it supposed to make you feel when all you can remember is the smell of heartbreak, and it takes you back to that space in time? It doesn’t feel like a celebration of anything, but more like torture. Torture of the mind and soul.”
― Laura C. Reden, Dark Reflections

“She’d thought she needed me because she was dying. But really, I needed her, because I was living and I didn’t know how.”
― Laura C. Reden, The Second Life of Everly Beck

“It was hard to open up to the pain of saying goodbye. Especially when it wasn’t a matter of if but a matter of when. But despite the inevitable hurt, I vouched to not only feel the broken hearts but the beating ones, too.”
― Laura C. Reden, The Second Life of Everly Beck

“You never know what will spark a memory in the minds of the mourning, and sometimes it’s something so little that it can’t be described at all.”
― Laura C. Reden, The Second Life of Everly Beck

“Let roots grow where love was lost. Honor the life that they had, even though it was short.”
― Laura C. Reden, Dark Reflections

“It was a fine line to walk—insanity and reality. The lines were not made of rich, black charcoal, but that of a nebulous gray watercolor. The transition so vaguely defined that it might as well not even be there. And when the line was so arbitrary, I found myself lost between right and wrong.”
― Laura C. Reden, Dark Reflections

“You didn’t understand the world around you any longer, and that’s because you were no longer in it.”
― Laura C. Reden, Dark Reflections

“My deepest, darkest fear was then realized. I was nobody.”
― Laura C. Reden, Dark Reflections

“The books were dingy and outdated, and yet; the stories were still as rich as the day they had been written—the fantasies forever young and the infinite possibilities as fine as aged wine.”
― Laura C. Reden, Dark Reflections

“I was in no position to make decisions. But something inside of me screamed to live my life and I was pretty sure it was the alcohol.”
― Laura C. Reden, The Kindred Soul of Nora Faye

“The fear that I no longer knew myself. The fear that perhaps something or someone else lived within me. And the fear that I could no longer trust myself or my senses.”
― Laura C. Reden, Phantom Reality

“Do you know what I see when I look at that screen? I see the white space between the letters and words. I search for patterns that aren’t there. I see a lot of the little marks that tend to blur together. I see an uphill battle. And I’m exhausted just by looking at it.”
― Laura C. Reden, Phantom Reality

“We bonded in a way I’d never done with a guy before. I guess murder will do that to a couple.”
― Laura C. Reden, Dark Reflections

“I’d be the sunlight that shined down on him on a warm summer day, and I’d be the crackle in the fire that hypnotized him on a cool fall evening. I’d be there by his side until the day he was there by mine.”
― Laura C. Reden, When I Was Becca Green

“People like to say it’s a small world, but you only hear that when a coincidence occurs. In reality, far more people are missing their chances than getting them. And more opportunities are lost than found.”
― Laura C. Reden, The Second Life of Everly Beck

“But what I couldn’t realize until this very moment, was that the beauty hurt just the same as the sorrow.”
― Laura C. Reden, The Kindred Soul of Nora Faye

“This was either the stupidest thing I had ever done in my life or the bravest and most courageous act of love I could think of.”
― Laura C. Reden, When I Was Becca Green

“And if the guilt didn’t kill you—the regret would eat you alive.”
― Laura C. Reden, Haunted Waters

“The truth was a nebulous line between fact and fiction. Reality and illusion.”
― Laura C. Reden, Phantom Reality