Caitlin Moss > Quotes

“People often say you get one shot at love. It’s not true. There are many. Some last for a lifetime. Others for just a night.”
― Caitlin Moss, Familiar Stranger

“You should be loved by someone whose face brightens at the sight of you. Someone who doesn’t talk over you in conversation or thinks your love for Taco Bell is because a part of you never moved on from your adolescent ways.”
― Caitlin Moss, Goodbye Again

“Isn’t that the dance that makes love work? Each person deciding to love and allowing to be loved in returned? Despite the ache. Despite the risk. Despite the past. Sometimes we have to wait for the right person, even when we’ve already met them.”
― Caitlin Moss, Not Mine To Love

“You know time isn't replenishable. People often wish they can flip the hourglass over, but you can't.”
― Caitlin Moss, Mourner for Hire

“There are some words we don't get to say before we run out of time”
― Caitlin Moss, Mourner for Hire

“He opens his mouth but doesn’t speak. It’s infuriating. I just want to scream, say what the fuck is on your mind!”
― Caitlin Moss, You First

“I wanted you to be happy...even if it was without me.”
― Caitlin Moss, You First

“I care because that’s what we should do. We should care about each other and be kind. Listen when people are afraid or nervous. Hold their hands when they’re unsure.” He shrugs and squeezes my hand across the table. “Kindness isn’t something we should ever ration.”
― Caitlin Moss, To The Grave

“I mean, we cared about each other but never enough to change anything about ourselves. We wouldn’t even make adjustments. Isn’t love about sacrifice?”
― Caitlin Moss, You First

“I’m Audrey, by the way.” She doesn’t recognize me. I swallow the sticky fear in my throat. “Julia.” “JP’s fiancée,” she clarifies. “Ah.” I force a smile, and no one seems to notice the angry flush creeping up my neck or the lack of oxygen in the room. “Nice to meet you.”
― Caitlin Moss, Goodbye Again

“There was something sacred about being fully known by someone and being fully loved anyway.”
― Caitlin Moss, Sixteen Summers

“I notice the second pan and the second loaf of bread. “You have gluten-free bread?” He freezes for a millisecond. Fast enough that I wouldn’t have noticed if I weren’t paying attention, but pause enough that he’s contemplating his answer. “I grabbed some from the corner store when Mom said you were bringing Josie home. We always have grilled cheese on Sundays.” “Aww, thank you.”
― Caitlin Moss, A World Without You

“I would let you ruin my life,” he whispers, and a small smile stretches across the features of his face.”
― Caitlin Moss, A World Without You

“It’s beautiful to know your worth. It’s hideous to step on everyone else while you sit on your throne.”
― Caitlin Moss, Goodbye Again

“Not everything has to go according to plan. Not everything can be written on a list and checked off when you finish it.”
― Caitlin Moss, Mourner For Hire

“No one is entirely worthy of any love. We don’t deserve it. It’s not something we’re guaranteed. Love is simply a gift. It’s something you give and it’s something you receive. Even when you’ve done everything in your power to turn your back from it, love—real love—will always come back.”
― Caitlin Moss, To The Grave

“My mother has hurt me inadvertently in so many ways and yet I still want to make her proud.”
― Caitlin Moss, Goodbye Again

“Regret does that. You start to wonder about all the almosts, all the could-have-beens, which is actually quite terrible for your mental health because you can’t live in what-ifs. You can’t live in the past. You have to look at your life today and decide what you’ll do moving forward.”
― Caitlin Moss, A World Without You

“Nothing matters more than you, Evie. You deserve an entire universe. He didn’t even try to give you the stars.”
― Caitlin Moss, You First

“The best things in life should scare you a little bit at first.”
― Caitlin Moss, Familiar Stranger

“Before I can respond, the edges of the world grow fuzzy, but just before it goes black, I realize in this world, when his heart heals a little more, and it all hurts a little less, maybe we get to rediscover each other here, too.”
― Caitlin Moss, A World Without You

“Grief is the longest hangover of life, honey. It never stops. Even as you heal and get used to the new normal of your life. Grief lingers like a bad headache and nausea from the night before.”
― Caitlin Moss, A Summer Without You

“And I’d make sure she knows I’ve measured every moment I was without her. That I’ve compared every kiss, every touch, every laugh to her very presence.”
― Caitlin Moss, A World Without You

“Three women that are wild about each other, that believe in each other fiercely, that love each other unshakably. A chosen sisterhood, proving time and time again that blood will always be thicker than water.”
― Caitlin Moss, To The Grave

“I'm not ready, either. But it's not up to us when we have to say goodbye.”
― Caitlin Moss, Mourner for Hire

“Really. Fuck the patriarchy”
― Caitlin Moss, Mourner For Hire

“Remember the snow globe though?” His forehead is etched with a desperate plea. I narrow my eyes and nod. “Yes, sometimes we need to shake things up to see how it will settle because, more often than not, the next time it lands, it’s even more beautiful than before.”
― Caitlin Moss, To The Grave

“My heart sees your heart.”
― Caitlin Moss, Goodbye Again

“Being with JP was like being vividly conscious of each heartbeat of falling in love. We’re a love story measured in moments. In movie nights and card games. In fortune tellers and fast food. An infinity of almosts that sunk us deeper and never let us go.”
― Caitlin Moss, Goodbye Again

“Drowning in nerves is my specialty regarding awkward social encounters.”
― Caitlin Moss, Familiar Stranger