Natalie Messier > Quotes

“Stop trying to orchestrate your life to fit the mold you have in mind, and things will fall into place.”
― Natalie Messier, Every Version of You

“It is,” he acknowledges. “The one thing I’ve always wanted most is to make sure I live my life according to my own rules. Master of my fate, captain of my soul—all that poetic shit. To own my choices and know that, for better or worse, they were mine.” “You want control,” I interpret. That tracks. “Control would be nice,” he concedes. “But the illusion of it is enough.”
― Natalie Messier, Every Version of You

“It’s up to you”
― Natalie Messier, Every Version of You

“Okay. Well, if I'm a choice, my choice is her. I want to be with her. Wherever she is, whenever she is—send me to her.”
― Natalie Messier, Every Version of You

“On most days, I can divide my life into two periods: the person I was before I stopped agreeing to do things I didn’t want to do, and the person I became after.”
― Natalie Messier, Every Version of You

“Stop trying to orchestrate your life to fit the mold you have in mind”
― Natalie Messier, Every Version of You

“I know from experience, with zero doubt, that I will always be in love with you. Until the day I die, and even after that, I would change the fabric of time and space for even the chance that you could love me back.”
― Natalie Messier, Every Version of You

“I’m going to ask you out.” He kisses me again, lingering longer this time. His hand is still on my back, though his fingers have loosened their grip. “Are you free Tuesday?” “Tuesday? Who goes out on a Tuesday?” I laugh. “People who don’t want to wait until next weekend,” he says as if it should be obvious.”
― Natalie Messier, Every Version of You

“I guess I’m more interested in what comes next. If I was miserable the first time, how can I guarantee I won’t be miserable the second? There’s no way to know. I’m still me—with the same faults and blind spots. Still prone to the same mistakes. Even if I try to live completely differently, I might still fall into the same traps but with different names.”
― Natalie Messier, Every Version of You

“I was fifty-eight when I died. Over twenty years had passed since Your death. And when 1 got a second chance to go back and fix my life, you were the first thing I thought of. The only thing. Finding you. Loving you. I loved you then, and I love you now. And I have changed, just like you have. But one thing is constant—I would love every single version of you.”
― Natalie Messier, Every Version of You