Michelle Madow > Quotes

“But it was time to realize that I wasn't Cinderella, and no matter how hard I wished it were true, life wasn't a fairy tale where everyone lives happily ever after.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“Whatever problems we had back then don’t exist anymore. It’s why we have this second chance, and we can’t throw it away. Besides, you were the one who said we’re not exactly the same as we were back then. If we’re not the same, then things can turn out differently.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“What we have is strong enough to transcend time. I've never trusted anything more in my life.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“Have you ever met someone and felt like you’ve known them forever?”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“It would have been so easy to believe every word he said and drive off with him into the moonlight like a scene from a fairy tale. But I wasn’t meant for happily ever after in my past life, and it was starting to seem like this one wouldn’t be any different.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“Our connection was like a hidden force pulling us towards one another, and resisting it took a strength that I didn’t know I could keep up for much longer.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“You’re everything to me—you always have been, and you always will be. Always and forever.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“It [soccer] would be much more interesting if every so often, the ball spontaneously exploded.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“Music is powerful; it transforms emotions and experiences into something tangible. Every time you hear a familiar song, the feelings from it bubble to the surface, bringing back memories you might have otherwise forgotten.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“Music is powerful; it transforms emotions and experiences into something tangible.”
― Michelle Madow

“No matter what, they always had each other. How did people get through life without sisters?”
― Michelle Madow, Diamonds are Forever

“Feeling like I had to lose you for the second time...” He shook his head, and I thought I saw tears under his eyes. “I don’t think I could bear it. You’re everything to me, Elizabeth.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“Sisterhood was about shared experiences, trust, knowing you had people who would be there for you and would listen to you no matter what, and who could always tell if there was something wrong. They were the ones who, with a single look, knew if you were about to burst into giggles or into tears and why, and who knew when you needed to get out of the house for a midnight trip to In-N-Out Burger to gorge on a milkshake and animal-style fries. They were the ones you could be raging angry with one moment, and completely forgive ten minutes later. She would always be there for her sisters, and they would always be there for her, because they loved each other no matter what.”
― Michelle Madow, Diamonds are Forever

“My feelings for Drew couldn't just disappear. They were ingrained within every fiber of my being, and I needed them just the same as I needed air to breathe.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“There was no evidence I could do anything to change destiny, but I owed it to myself to try.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“It was like trying to recall a forgotten dream—each time I felt close to remembering where we’d met, the memories slipped away.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“Did anyone else have these moments of amazement over the existence of humanity, when they are in awe of how they are here, and alive, even if it's only for a short while?”
― Michelle Madow, Timeless

“I want you,” Drew said. “Just you. I used to go through every day without thinking about the future, but with you all I can see are the possibilities of the experiences we could have together.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“Why was it that when you were looking forward to a specific day, it took forever to arrive, but when you were dreading a day, it was there immediately?”
― Michelle Madow, Timeless

“The people who say New York never sleeps must have never visited Las Vegas.”
― Michelle Madow, The Secret Diamond Sisters

“The first time Mr. Darcy asked Lizzy to marry him in Pride and Prejudice, he went about it all wrong,” I started, smiling at the connection I’d just made in my mind. “He insulted her and her
family. But after her refusal, he made a conscious effort to change for the better, and everything worked out for them the second time he proposed. It’s the same with us. You learned from your past mistakes, and everything’s different now. Just as Lizzy gave Mr. Darcy a second chance, I’m going to do the same for you.”

“I’m glad that Lizzy gave Mr. Darcy a second chance.” He smiled at the comparison. “She was the only one for him. He would have been miserable without her.”

“And she would have been miserable without him.” I laughed. “Even though she might not have admitted it.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“All I could think about while driving after you was how it was about to happen all over again and that I would never be able to feel your warm skin under my hands or look into your beautiful blue eyes, or tell you how much I love you.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“Do you believe that we have the ability to change destiny?”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“Sometimes there are still days when I wake up and wonder if this has actually happened, or if it’s been one long dream.”
― Michelle Madow, Timeless

“Courtney’s emotions had always been controlled and steady, logical and levelheaded. But around Brett, it was like she was on a high-speed roller coaster with steep drops and corkscrew turns, and she never wanted to get off.”
― Michelle Madow, The Secret Diamond Sisters

“Despite her insistence that no one should make a big deal about her birthday, no one ever listened. There was always so much pressure to have the perfect happy day.”
― Michelle Madow, Diamonds are Forever

“Last Friday in the music room, every word I said felt like I was taking a knife to my own skin, cutting so deep that I thought I would never know how to not feel pain again,” he said, his voice remarkably calm for such a strong statement. “The worst of it was knowing that in fighting us being together, I was still causing you pain. I can’t do it anymore.” He stood still, focused intensely on me. “Do you believe that we have the ability to change destiny?”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance

“For Courtney’s whole life, seeing the world had only been a dream, but now, as Adrian Diamond’s daughter, it could be a reality.”
― Michelle Madow, The Secret Diamond Sisters

“I loved looking at the stars—they put in perspective how small I was compared to the Universe. Each of those hundreds of billions of stars was its own sun. It could have its own solar system of planets orbiting around it, and some of those planets could even contain life.

The vastness of possibilities in space reminded me that while my life felt important, it was tiny in the scheme of things. Human civilization was only a blink on the radar of time.

Did anyone else have these moments of amazement over the existence of humanity, when they are in awe of how they are here, and alive, even if it’s only for a short while?”
― Michelle Madow, Timeless

“After the other day at the playground, I wasn’t sure if you would want to talk to me or not,' Drew said, his eyes serious. 'What made you change your mind?'

'You were throwing pinecones at my door.' I laughed at how ridiculous it sounded. 'I should be irritated at you, but it was kind of cute.”
― Michelle Madow, Remembrance