Jodi LaPalm > Quotes

“I have you with me, and I'm terrified you'll disappear.”
― Jodi LaPalm, Still Life

“I'm not the same person I was before, and I am deathly afraid I will never be her again...”
― Jodi LaPalm, Still Life

“He pulled me toward him, and all I could do was stand there with arms at my sides and head against his chest. Broken, I feared even the slightest movement would cause pieces of me to snap off and fall to the gritty pavement.”
― Jodi LaPalm, Still Life

“The moment-when I could no longer face myself in the mirror-wasn't easily explained; nor was the oppressive misery I experienced once I finally became the person I was meant to be but then realized with terrific horror how much I still hated her.”
― Jodi LaPalm, The Choice Not Taken

“I had been in love before, but never found it necessary.”
― Jodi LaPalm, Muse

“Would he really want us here...forever? Because forever was what I was thinking when I agreed to move. I never would have done it, if it wasn't about forever.”
― Jodi LaPalm, Muse

“Staring over him in the dim light of a side lamp, my tired eyes traced along the path of faint, yet emerging, lines etched around his equally-tired eyes. They'd become a permanent reminder of his ever-smiling face, and I wished–even after all of these years together-that I could absorb some of his contentment.”
― Jodi LaPalm, The Choice Not Taken