Courtney Whims > Quotes

“To you. “We either outgrow our grief, or our grief outgrows us.”
You can do the hard things.  I believe in you.  ♥”
― Courtney Whims, Of Flames & Fallacies

“Sometimes love is our greatest strength. And sometimes it's our greatest weakness. It all just depends on how you wield it.”
― Courtney Whims

“Once you lose your fear of falling is when you will really learn how to fly.”
― Courtney Whims, Of Blood & Banes

“The past few months I’ve been worried for other people: my family, my squad, the towns. But since this morning I’ve only been able to think of one person. You. I’m worried about you. Because if something happens to you…I won’t be able to survive it.” He flicks a look up at me. “Not again.”
― Courtney Whims, Of Flames & Fallacies

“to go to the Dragon Lands—free from the King’s laws.”
― Courtney Whims, Of Flames & Fallacies

“There’s not much more to break.” I push past him, avoiding his eye contact. “You made sure of that.”
― Courtney Whims, Of Blood & Banes

“Don’t you want to know what it was like? The world we live in today was not what it was. In fact, there was peace and freedom. There weren’t these attacks or high taxes. People didn’t starve to death. Diseases were treated with care, no matter your income or status. There was community, family, and love. For decades people have been trying to sneak out across the border, to go to the Dragon Lands—free from the King’s laws.”
― Courtney Whims, Of Flames & Fallacies

“Fuck you,” I say in exasperation and look away. He pulls me closer into him as the music eases and dips me achingly slow. My neck stretches down and opens for him as my head tips back to stare at the ceiling. Vulnerable. If he so much as kissed me”
― Courtney Whims, Of Flames & Fallacies

“I want you to fuck me. Hard. Show me how much of an asshole you really are.”
― Courtney Whims, Of Flames & Fallacies

“Perhaps death was crueler to those it left behind. To miss, and wonder, and long for. To hold all of those memories in the palm of your hand, desperate to not let them go, but painful to keep them all the same.”
― Courtney Whims, Of Flames & Fallacies

“But it meant something to me.” He slips out of my grasp and leaves.”
― Courtney Whims, Of Blood & Banes