Lisa Schroeder > Quotes

“Was it hard?" I ask.
Letting go?"

Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.”
― Lisa Schroeder

“Come with me,' Mom says.
To the library.
Books and summertime
go together.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“When you meet someone so different from yourself, in a good way, you don't even have to kiss to have fireworks go off. It's like fireworks in your heart all the time. I always wondered, do opposites really attract? Now I know for sure they do. I'd grown up going to the library as often as most people go to the grocery store. Jackson didn't need to read about exciting people or places. He went out and found them, or created excitement himself if there wasn't any to be found. The things I like are pretty simple. Burning CDs around themes, like Songs to Get You Groove On and Tunes to Fix a Broken Heart; watching movies; baking cookies; and swimming. It's like I was a salad with a light vinaigrette, and Jackson was a platter of seafood Cajun pasta. Alone, we were good. Together, we were fantastic.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“Oftentimes
when I read a book,
I want to savor
each word,
each phrase,
each page,
loving the prose
so much,
I don't want it
to end.

Other times
the story pulls me in,
and I can hardly
read fast enough,
the details flying by,
some of them lost
because all that matters
is making sure
the character
is all right
when it's over.”
― Lisa Schroeder, The Day Before

“Joy, not sorrow.
Laughter, not tears.
Life, not death.
Love, not blame.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“My reflection tells one story.
My heart, a different one.

The difference is,
hearts don't lie.
Mirrors do.”
― Lisa Schroeder, Chasing Brooklyn

“Guilt reminds me of a stray cat. You chase it away and yet, it comes back when you least expect it. If you let yourself feel pity for it and feed the thing, it parks its ugly, puny, lonely-for-attention butt on your doormat and won't go away. Scat kitty cat, scat. I don't need you sitting around here like that.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“Memories might keep him alive but they might kill me.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“The beautiful thing is, music can be like a time machine. One song- the lyrics, the melody, the mood- can take you back to a moment in time like nothing else can.”
― Lisa Schroeder, Chasing Brooklyn

“If tears could bring him back, there'd be enough to bring him back a hundred times.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“There is something
comforting
about a lighthouse.
In the dark of the night,
hold on to the light,
and you’ll get
back home safely.

I need a personal lighthouse.”
― Lisa Schroeder, The Day Before

“When you meet someone so different from yourself, in a good way, you don't even have to kiss to have fireworks go off. Its like fireworks in your heart all the time.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“Some mornings,
it's hard to get
out of bed.

Sleep lures you
like a stranger
with a piece of candy.

Follow me.
It will be okay.
I promise.

You know better,
but still you follow,
because you really do
love candy.”
― Lisa Schroeder, The Day Before

“Life is so freaking hard. How do people do it? How do people get up every day and deal with the shit? It really makes you understand why there are so many messed-up people in the world. I mean, it's tough, trying to deal with demands coming at you from all sides.”
― Lisa Schroeder, Chasing Brooklyn

“What I believe
is that life
is music and fabulous foliage,
but it's also cancer and wars.

That's just how it is.

Maybe God could do better.

But shit, so could we. ”
― Lisa Schroeder, Far from You

“In that moment i realize a circle of love is ten times better than a procession of sorrys.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“Maybe it's not about determination
or love
or how hard
you can fight
Maybe it's just bout fate
and what
is meant to be”
― Lisa Schroeder, Far from You

“Aren’t the scariest things in life
Those things you can’t see?”
― Lisa Schroeder, Chasing Brooklyn

“People always say
chocolate makes
everything better.

I say friends make everything better.”
― Lisa Schroeder, The Day Before

“She trusted him.
She had faith in him.
And he left her forever.
Something tells me she's not forgetting that anytime soon.”
― Lisa Schroeder, Chasing Brooklyn

“One time Mom told me the people
you can be quiet with
are the ones
you are the most comfortable with.”
― Lisa Schroeder, The Day Before

“Another long run, hoping to put distance between me and everything else. The farther, the better. Only problem is, the distance is just temporary, because no matter how far I go, I always have to come back.”
― Lisa Schroeder, Chasing Brooklyn

“I see you.

Because in you,
I see me.”
― Lisa Schroeder, The Day Before

“I see
red, burning love
disappear
forever.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“Okay.
I will go.
But only if
you will give me
your guilt
to take
with me.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“I've realized therapy is incredibly therapeutic.”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“Is being a jerk one of the five stages of grief?”
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

“How many days was I like that? Pretending to listen, but not hearing a word? Pretending to care when I hated it all? Pretending to live when I was dying inside?”
― Lisa Schroeder, Chasing Brooklyn

“I don't want to worry
I don't want to be sad
I have so much to be happy about”
― Lisa Schroeder, Far from You

“I wish
for the breeze to
blow away
our troubles.

I wish
for the sun to
dry out
our sorrows.

I wish
for the friendship
to fill up
our hearts.”
― Lisa Schroeder, The Day Before