Maya Alden > Quotes

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

“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

“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

“Marriage vows meant nothing if there was no marriage—regardless of the legalities.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Vows

“I’d always felt a little intimidated by Dante. He was older,”
― Maya Alden, That's Amore

“Together, they began a duet of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”
― Maya Alden, Kiss From A Rose

“It had taken her leaving my sorry ass for me to finally pull my head out of it and see things clearly.”
― Maya Alden, That's Amore

“Sometimes, I couldn't look away from her face.”
― Maya Alden, Kiss From A Rose

“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

“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

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

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

“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

“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

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

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

“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

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

“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’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

“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

“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

“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

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

“I didn't want to disparage Marina.”
― Maya Alden, A Smooth Operator

“Why all of a sudden?”
― Maya Alden, That's Amore

“There was an arrogance about him that grated on my nerves because it wasn’t earned.”
― Maya Alden, That's Amore

“I had never thought our marriage would end, but right now, standing here,”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Vows

“Also, the yeast infection, i.e. heartbreak, needs to pass!”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story