Jas Hammonds > Quotes

“Trauma is a bitch who keeps on giving. It’s hard to let go of something you haven’t worked through. Some would argue it’s impossible.”
― Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

“You can’t get to know yourself if you can’t sit with yourself for a while.”
― Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

“The water ebbed and flowed. The sky was cloudless, and the stars were shining, and I wanted to cry because I didn’t understand how a world so beautiful could also harbor so much pain.”
― Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

“See me.”
― Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

“Dad let me cry against the fabric of his shirt. I cried because I felt guilty. And helpless. And lonely and frustrated and angry. I cried because I couldn’t tell if everything was changing or nothing was.”
― Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

“Home to
the
richest
soil on
Earth.
A
Great
Place
to
Grow!”
― Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

“I was glitter and whiskey and audacity, I was THAT BITCH!”
― Jas Hammonds, Thirsty

“I always thought falling in love would feel like an endless summer. Warm and whimsical, sugar-sweet sherbet and sparklers lighting the sky. But it was autumn now, and the world was still beautiful, and it all reminded me of her. I rested my head on her back and thought yes, hearing her laugh felt like jumping into a lake on the first day of summer vacation. But it also felt like this, like being wrapped in a the navy glow of a fall evening with golden leaves beneath our feet. It felt like an angel in a fresh layer of snow and a text message saying all schools were closed. Being around her felt like the opening of a tree bud after a long winter's sleep, and I wondered if that was what love *really* was. A four-season delight." -Avery”
― Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

“There are things I didn't want you to know," she said, "because they are painful. Do you understand that?"

"I think I should be able to decide that for myself.”
― Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

“...and I was torn. Again. I didn't know how to fix something that stretched past decades I'd been alive. My mind was reeling.”
― Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

“I always thought falling in love would feel like an endless summer. Warm and whimsical, sugar-sweet sherbet and sparklers lighting the sky. But it was autumn now, and the world was still beautiful, and it all reminded me of her. I rested my hand on her back and thought yes, hearing her laugh felt like jumping into a lake on the first day of summer vacation. But it also felt like this, like being wrapped in the navy glow of a fall evening with golden leaves beneath our feet. It felt like an angel in a fresh layer of snow and a text message saying all schools were closed. Being around her felt like the opening of a tree bud after a long winter's sleep, and I wondered if that was what love really ways. A four-season delight.”
― Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments