Maya Alden > Quotes

“Behold the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it, and thou shalt see that it is barren.”
― Maya Alden, More Than a Feeling

“Don't make life harder than it is. No point in being bitter. Focus on why you're doing this. Keep your heart clean, wahine. Now, tits out and chin up. You've got this.
-Elikas pep talk to herself”
― Maya Alden, The Wrong Fiancée: Dean's Story

“Friedrich Nietzsche said, "Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.”
― Maya Alden, The Wrong Husband

“you wanted a divorce, and I’m giving it to you. It’s almost like now that I’ve said I don’t want to be married to you, that’s all you want. It doesn’t feel like love. It feels like control.”
― Maya Alden, That's Amore

“Objectively, she was a beautiful woman. Absolutely stunning. Subjectively, I wanted to fuck her sister.”
― Maya Alden, More Than a Feeling

“For a moment, he just stared at me, stunned into silence. And then, finally, he said, “After everything I just said, are you still thinking I’m sleeping with her?”
― Maya Alden, That's Amore

“I've forgiven him," I admitted. "No one would have done what he has to get me back if he wasn't sincere. I trust him. I never thought I would.”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“but I was richer, bigger, and badder.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“On the tombstone of our marriage,”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Vows

“I want you. So much.” I nuzzled her hair with my chin. Instead of telling me off, she broke in my arms.”
― Maya Alden, That's Amore

“Strength doesn't mean that it's constant. We all give in to our weaknesses sometimes. That one time doesn't define our lives. We're more than one incident, one intent.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“Maybe she’s afraid too, and thinking that you stepped out on your marriage helps her keep her distance from you.”
― Maya Alden, That's Amore

“I’m sorry, baby. I didn’t know it was this bad.” I rubbed my chin on her hair. “I didn’t know how miserable I was.” Her voice was muffled with tears, and because she was burrowing into me. “But I was…I am.” I sucked in a shaky breath. “Do you…want a divorce?” It damn near killed me to wait for her answer. “No.” She looked at me, her eyes pleading. “I don’t want that, but I don’t want to…Sebastian, I need space.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Vows

“Sabine looked stressed when I took her out to dinner. I tried to do that once a month, but since Fleur and I broke up four weeks and two days ago, it had become more frequent. A part of it was my need to get rid of Fleur; the other was curiosity to see if I was interested in Sabine as more than Seamus's widow and a member of my family.”
― Maya Alden, More Than a Feeling

“but this man, who called something significant that happened to me today a silly little ceremony, wasn’t mine.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Vows

“I was a good society wife; I knew how to be polite to people I couldn't stand.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Vows

“You hate conflict, so when things become difficult, you don't talk it through; you run away.”
― Maya Alden, No Ordinary Love

“But the more I reflected on our marriage, the more I realized that I hadn’t told him how I felt because, deep down, I didn’t believe he’d listen. I didn’t think he cared”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Vows

“I took care of Brian. He was my family. Not Fleur.”
― Maya Alden, More Than a Feeling

“and now…I was in limbo.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Vows

“I nodded and then shrugged. "I ka wā ma mua, ka wā ma hope," I said, and when he raised his brows, I translated, "The future is in the past. We must learn from the past to move forward but not dwell on it. In Hawaiian culture, the past stands in front of you to guide you, and the future is behind you, out of sight, encouraging mindfulness of the present moment."

"That's beautiful," Dean acknowledged. "Is that a Hawaiian saying?"

"Yes. It's wisdom our ancestors have passed down through generations, teaching us to live in the present, take lessons from the past, but not let it define our future.”
― Maya Alden, The Wrong Fiancée: Dean's Story

“and just like that, the waterworks were back. Shit, she could do this on command? Those were some mad skills. And respect for that.”
― Maya Alden, More Than a Feeling

“You take such good care of me.”
― Maya Alden, That's Amore

“Massimo watches me over the rim of his glass. “Amico, you’ve got to straighten things out with Arabella.” “There’s nothing to straighten out.” “Well—” “They want me to propose and set a wedding date. Would you marry someone you’re not in love with?” I down the rest of my scotch, now feeling completely drained.”
― Maya Alden, Evan: A Short Story

“No, Sabine, I’m not out of my mind—but it sure looks like you are. Between you and Fleur, I’ll always pick her.”
― Maya Alden, More Than a Feeling

“I can't let them change me,”
― Maya Alden, More Than a Feeling

“I was just…saying shit.”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story

“I miss the sounds you make when you come on my tongue.”
― Maya Alden, That's Amore

“However, what I did stained my life—and me. I carried it with me like my own scarlet letter, carved into my soul.”
― Maya Alden, Never the Best

“because it was my secret—a dark, shameful secret—that I knew he didn’t love me as I did him.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Vows