Mallory Thomas > Quotes

“Because, Piper, pretending to be into you is the easiest thing I've ever done.”
― Mallory Thomas, Somewhere Along The Line

“The most gut-wrenching part of grief, I've learned, is that you don't just grieve what you had. You also grieve the moments, the relationships, and the experiences that will never be. Death leaves a trail of present and future loss.”
― Mallory Thomas, Somewhere Along The Line

“She doesn't try to catch my eye. She seems content to sit here with me, the same way she did in the car when our conversation turned heavy. Bearing witness, not fixing.”
― Mallory Thomas, Somewhere Along The Line

“A monument to the beginning and the end of what was, what could have been, and what wasn't with Piper Paulson.”
― Mallory Thomas, Somewhere Along The Line

“You're not too much Piper. You don't need to shrink down to fit into someone else's life. The thing about love- friendship, family, partnered- is it's meant to make your life bigger. It's supposed to give you more of what's good. Love expands and multiplies and grows in the nurture of it. Anyone who can't embrace everything you bring, all the big that you are and are ready to give, can find less.

It's not your job to carver yourself into their size.”
― Mallory Thomas, Somewhere Along The Line

“What was your favorite part of the night, Mr. Bartender? My favorite part was watching you pull the whole thing off. This night and all the good that will come from it happened because of you. Seeing you in your element was incredible.”
― Mallory Thomas, Somewhere Along The Line

“I turn the card over in my fingers, studying it, this last piece of evidence that there once was an "us". Her act of returning it cleaves "us" into a distinct "me" and "you".”
― Mallory Thomas, Somewhere Along The Line

“This is the pep talk I knew I would get from Sami, and she delivers it flawlessly. It's an honest gift wrapped in compassion with a compliment on top. My brain agrees that she's right though my heart rebels. My heart wants to become whatever James says he can handle, even if it's just a fraction of who I want to be for him.

My heart would accept scraps at the moment.

Sami won't let that happen.”
― Mallory Thomas, Somewhere Along The Line

“To be honest, murder sounds like way more of a mess than I could handle, and frankly, I'd miss you too much to go through with it.”
― Mallory Thomas, Somewhere Along The Line

“A choked "sorry" is all I can muster. It's ok to cry you know. She says it kindly, a soft permission I didn't know I needed.”
― Mallory Thomas, Somewhere Along The Line

“The most gut-wrenching part of grief, I’ve learned, is that you don’t just grieve what you had. You also grieve the moments, the relationships, and the experiences that will never be. Death leaves a trail of present and future loss. There’s always a new moment that’s missing something, missing someone, and sometimes those moments, like this one, knock you straight to the ground.”
― Mallory Thomas, Somewhere Along The Line

“Henry's monologue ripped a fissure somewhere deep in my being, tearing open a wound I'd spent years hiding from. It had exposed nerves, that part of my heart, frayed from decades of never feeling good enough. Henry's words landed with a hot spark on each one. And while his words seared with pain, they also cauterized the vessels of vulnerability I once had, sealing them shut.

It worked for me. For two years, it worked.

But then I let James pull at the seal. And his tugging was so gentle, so wrapped in care, I didn't notice the new, tender flesh appearing where the scar once was. I didn't feel the fissure re-opening, becoming exposed and available for new hurt.

Until today. When James became Henry, another cold and callous banker, just like I feared he would. And I stayed Piper, the woman who always cared too much.”
― Mallory Thomas, Somewhere Along The Line