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

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

“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

“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

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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“Regret can still bloom in impossibility”
― Caitlin Moss, Mourner For Hire

“It’s as if a piece of my heart was scooped out when I was a little girl and I just learned to live with the hole. Death is the absence of someone. But really”
― Caitlin Moss, Mourner For Hire

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

“You’re our child”
― Caitlin Moss, Mourner For Hire

“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

“Cry as much as you want”
― Caitlin Moss, Mourner For Hire

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

“Like this envelope is the last new thing she’ll ever say to me. The weight of that thought presses against my chest”
― Caitlin Moss, Mourner For Hire

“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

“Nothing feels like home without your mom.”
― Caitlin Moss, Mourner For Hire

“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

“You’re making me blush.” He swipes a gentle thumb over my cheekbone. “It’s okay. Red is my favorite color.”
― Caitlin Moss, Familiar Stranger