Blake Black > Quotes

“You can’t have rainbows without a little rain.”
― Blake Black, Ocean Echoes

“And I've learned it's okay to have weaknesses when you have friends who can balance them out.”
― Blake Black, Soul Code

“Just because someone doesn't require much does not mean they only deserve the bare minimum.”
― Blake Black, Soul Code

“What does that pretty mouth do?” I ask her, relishing the feeling of her full lips. She sucks on my thumb before I pull it out and answers, “Argue.”
― Blake Black, Tough Soul

“You’re like Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. Next to you, everything else looks dimmed.”
― Blake Black, Ocean Echoes

“See how life gets brighter if you're just willing to sit through the darkness long enough?”
― Blake Black, Soul Code

“It's like hearing a song you forgot you loved until it knocks the breath out of your lungs.”
― Blake Black, Broken Breath

“It's a loss of control, a compulsion that dominates me. It's unconscious, and I only realize I'm doing it when the damage is already done.”
― Blake Black, Soul Code

“You know, there’s something subtle but significant that happens when we talk about people, especially in professional settings. When men achieve something noteworthy, we often refer to them by just their last name. Darwin, Dickens, Shakespeare. But when it comes to women, even those who are equally accomplished, we tend to use their full names. Marie Curie, Emily Dickinson, Jane Austen. It’s as if there’s an underlying bias that suggests a woman isn’t as widely recognized or deserving of prominence, so we feel the need to specify her full name. But by doing that, we can unintentionally diminish her standing, as if she’s not on the same level…”
― Blake Black, Mind Code

“There is a time to be nice and a time to stand your fucking ground,” Howard says before turning and leaning his back against the concrete wall again. “Expect the bullshit, but never accept it, kid.”
― Blake Black, Brittle Heart

“Amelia, how is the weather inside you?”
― Blake Black, Soul Code

“You’re my favorite laugh… my favorite scent… my favorite face… my favorite person… my favorite everything…” I kiss her once more. “My Fave.”
― Blake Black, Soul Code

“Give me half a chance, Sparkle, and I’ll suffocate you with my love,”
― Blake Black, Scattered Glitter

“You’ve been through hell, and yet you still sparkle. That’s your magic.”
― Blake Black, Gathered Sparkle

“Unrequited feelings are just extra cardio at this point. Keeps the heart rate up.”
― Blake Black, Broken Breath

“I would choose your thunder, storm, and rain over anyone else’s sunshine.”
― Blake Black, Ocean Echoes

“I love you, Amelia. More than I’ve ever loved anyone or anything. And I’ll love you until my heart gives out.”
― Blake Black, Mind Code

“If someone’s absence brings you peace, you absolutely did not lose anything.”
― Blake Black, Mind Code

“Yes”
― Blake Black, Tough Soul

“It’s as though he’s reached into my chest and gently nudged my heart, making it flutter unexpectedly.”
― Blake Black, Whisper Waves

“With him, it's safety and danger at the same time, like falling and flying all at once.”
― Blake Black, Broken Breath

“Clay is right. She is not part of this agreement. There is no agreement anymore. There is her”
― Blake Black, Tough Soul

“She always said that to help others is to heal oneself.”
― Blake Black, Whisper Waves

“The image of those braids wrapped around my fist while I pound her from behind comes to mind, and I curse myself for it. That”
― Blake Black, Whisper Waves

“I'm a ghost in someone else's skin, riding toward something that won't ever feel like living again. After this, there's only war.”
― Blake Black, Broken Breath

“He is the light of my heart”
― Blake Black, Tough Soul

“I stopped breathing that day. Not only physically but mentally. Biking was my breath, and it's broken.”
― Blake Black, Broken Breath

“And then, softer than I've ever heard him speak, he says, "Je pourrais passer l'éternité à te tenir comme ça.”
― Blake Black, Broken Breath

“Grief is a bitch. It comes in waves”
― Blake Black, Shattered Rhythm

“I know you are his”
― Blake Black, Tough Soul