Garrett Leigh > Quotes

“His eyes blazed at me, but it was the best kind of heat. He smiled, and for the first time in my life I believed that, for him, I could be more than I’d ever dreamed.”
― Garrett Leigh, Slide

“I wanted to wrap my bones around him and never let go.”
― Garrett Leigh, Slide

“My mum always used to say you couldn't see where you were going until you'd come to terms with where you'd been.”
― Garrett Leigh, Only Love

“I’d wasted too much time over the past twelve months considering how bad my life could get, but as I sat alone in the deserted hospital corridor, my very worst fears had never felt more real. Pete was fighting for his life, and there was every chance he could lose.”
― Garrett Leigh, Rare

“How do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Say nothing at all for months on end, then kill me dead in three sentences?”
― Garrett Leigh, Only Love

“Learn something. Read a book. Explore someone. Anger is just a hole where your life could be.”
― Garrett Leigh, Misfits

“There’s no past tense when you lose someone, Jed. You just keep on loving them.”
― Garrett Leigh, Only Love

“He liked bookstores, and libraries too. They had a sacred, peaceful hush, like graveyards without the shadow of death.”
― Garrett Leigh, Only Love

“You can't fix me”
― Garrett Leigh, Slide

“Ash only had one tattoo on his body--the wizard he'd etched on himself. From whatever angle I looked, it seemed like its throat had been cut.”
― Garrett Leigh, Slide

“You shape your destiny through the decisions you make.”
― Garrett Leigh, Heart

“I forgot how big you are.” “Oh, I’m going to make you remember.”
― Garrett Leigh, Misfits

“A few years ago, I hardly left my bedsit."
"Volume switch?"
"Yep. I didn't want to be a weirdo shouting in the corner all the time, so I learned to mute myself. I had to. It was either that, or walk around with my mouth taped shut, though I did do that for a few months."
The image made Tom smile, but the sadness in Jake's dark gaze tempered it.”
― Garrett Leigh, Misfits

“Reliving trauma isn’t like that. It’s not tangible, it’s just a wicked piece of shit that steals your happiness until you think you don’t deserve it anymore.”
― Garrett Leigh, Heartscape

“For him, Max was the early morning sun, a cool springtime breeze, and a blanket of fresh white snow. His warm eyes were a guiding light in the dark, and the love they held was the only thing Jed would ever need.”
― Garrett Leigh, Only Love

“Anyone can break you physically. Mentally, it’s up to you. You are as strong as you let yourself be.”
― Garrett Leigh, Between Ghosts

“No one ever walked this world just once. Who we are comes from the heartscape of every life we've lived before.”
― Garrett Leigh, Heartscape

“I was working⁠—⁠” “As a waitress in a cocktail bar?”
― Garrett Leigh, Dream

“Fucking. Hmm.” Angelo squeezed Dylan’s hand again. “Is that what we’re doing?” Of course it wasn’t. Dylan had been in love with Angelo pretty much from the start,”
― Garrett Leigh, Dream

“You know you’re loudest when you don’t say anything at all?”
― Garrett Leigh, Slide

“How do you do that?” “Do what?” “Say nothing at all for months on end, then kill me dead in three sentences?”
― Garrett Leigh, Only Love

“Ash was my best friend, my lover, and the closest thing to a soul mate I’d ever find,”
― Garrett Leigh, Rare

“I can’t make sense of this shit for you, but not understanding it isn’t a reason for you to be alone for the rest of your life. If you really see something with this . . . bloke, take it, roll with it. Don’t rent your heart out for nothing when I reckon you’ve both been through enough to deserve a hell of a lot more.” It”
― Garrett Leigh, Rented Heart

“The sort of gloves he’d dreamed about when he’d slept on the streets of London all those months ago. The sort of gloves he’d dreamed of his whole life. “Do”
― Garrett Leigh, Heart

“haven’t, have I? I’ve never heard you yawn, cough, or sneeze. Why is that?” Jed laughed… laughed a low but real belly laugh that warmed the whole room. “How come you don’t notice there’s a hole in the roof, but you notice that?”
― Garrett Leigh, Only Love

“«Levi e io facciamo delle cose insieme che non facciamo con nessun altro. Che io non ho mai fatto con nessun altro. Forse dovresti farlo anche tu. Trova qualcuno con cui condividere qualcosa di speciale. Separa la tua vita sessuale reale dallo studio.»
Cam aprì la cassa. Avrebbe mentito se avesse affermato di non essersi mai posto delle domande sulla vita sessuale di Sonny e Levi. Sonny era piuttosto dominante ed esigente per essere un bottom e Levi amava avere il controllo. Erano un mix interessante e lui ci aveva riflettuto sopra parecchio.
Ma la scelta delle parole di Sonny lo distolse da qualunque pensiero vietato ai minori e non in senso positivo. L’amico parlava sempre di sesso vero come se ci fosse un altro mondo là fuori, lontano dal porno, un mondo che lui aveva dimenticato.”
― Garrett Leigh, Bones

“Cass lay still; it was best for everyone if he let Jake take charge. Sex between them all was sometimes too hot to handle. Often, Cass got rowdy and people fell over. Then Tom got cross and Jake laughed, and no-one got to come. A bloody shambles, that's what it was unless Jake called the shots.”
― Garrett Leigh, Misfits

“«Non volevo portare quella parte di me qui in studio,» affermò Sonny. «Negli ultimi tre anni sono stato attivo solo con un ragazzo e lui è tutto per me. È personale, sai? Devi tenere qualcosa per te stesso altrimenti non hai niente per cui tornare a casa.»”
― Garrett Leigh, Bold

“Sonny was a spiky ray of light to those lucky enough to be close to him, but life had taught him to play his cards close to his chest.”
― Garrett Leigh, Bones

“Of course Sasha chose that moment to open the door. "Cam? Oh. Shit. Sorry."
Cam met Sasha's liquid gaze and forgot all about his friends at his knees. "Hey."
"Hey, yourself." Sasha ventured farther into the room. "Is this a private party, or can anyone play?"
"Depends," Sonny quipped from the floor. "Do you have lopsided balls? We're doing an in-depth analysis here.”
― Garrett Leigh, Bones