Harper Bliss > Quotes

“Every single day, I get a little bit better at being me. Because of that, every single day, my life gets a little bit better.”
― Harper Bliss, A Breathless Place

“...If only Dad hadn't cheated. If only Mom had found a way to be happier. If only Nina hadn't run away. If only I could deal with it better. 'If' and 'only' are the two most useless words in the human vocabulary, Dr. Hakim had made a habit of saying. They should never be used together in a sentence, because they speak of something that's beyond your ability to change. A waste of energy.”
― Harper Bliss, At the Water's Edge

“I might no longer be able to sing with my voice, but my heart sings when she touches me like this.”
― Harper Bliss, A Breathless Place

“On a basic level, it’s actually very simple, Ella. Dr. Hakim’s words. Not one single person on this planet is perfect. Every single one of us is deeply flawed. Either we accept that fact and forgive ourselves for the mistakes we’re bound to make, or we let them destroy us. But”
― Harper Bliss, At the Water's Edge

“...I've had a lot of time to think about this, and yes, we could go down your route. The difficult, painful one, because, let's face it, Ellie, you're a fan of the hard way through. Or, we could, slowly but surely, try to forgive each other for all the mistakes we've made and the hurt we've caused each other. None of us sitting here is innocent...”
― Harper Bliss, At the Water's Edge

“They may surprise you. Traumatic events change people. Makes them say and do unexpected things. So”
― Harper Bliss, At the Water's Edge

“Closets are vertical coffins.”
― Harper Bliss, About That Kiss

“My point is, Anna, that every single one of us has stuff to deal with and work through, no matter our neurotype. Everyone has a story. Everyone suffers.”
― Harper Bliss, Two Hearts Forever

“A child is not something you can force on another person, nor is it something to deny the person who wants it. It’s simple, but pretty damn cruel when faced with the choice.”
― Harper Bliss, And Then She Kissed Me

“But everyone is different, and there’s a whole spectrum of sexual attraction out there. One doesn’t have to exclude the other, and I strongly believe that, over time, we all shift a little or a lot. Life is complex. Human beings are complex. Sometimes, trying to analyze it all to death is not the best way forward,”
― Harper Bliss, No Strings Attached

“That’s the world we live in. We’re defined not by who we are but what we do.”
― Harper Bliss, This Foreign Affair

“I’ve told you before and I’m telling you again, men with small penises will instigate the apocalypse.”
― Harper Bliss, French Kissing: Season Four

“It’s also letting this gorgeous, phenomenal, accomplished woman into my life, and letting her shake my foundations. Giving her the key to the overly complicated lock around my heart. This doesn’t have to be so difficult. It can be as simple as Mimi and me in this bed.”
― Harper Bliss, The Love We Make

“Everything is always so black and white with you. Do you even realise there’s an entire grayscale in between the extremes where you choose to live your life?”
― Harper Bliss, French Kissing: Season One

“yet I don’t regret it. Because, in the moment, I really wanted to kiss her. I may not know exactly why, but sometimes, the why comes after. The reason is still buried beneath the instinct to just do it. And I wanted to do it.”
― Harper Bliss, And Then She Kissed Me

“Either you couldn’t tell by looking at her that she was a bully, or Mia truly had transformed herself. Then later, for someone like Lou who simply didn’t enjoy going to a movie on her own, seeing Mia wait to go in by herself had struck another chord with her. Mia had been far from the only person waiting in solitude, but there had been something about her as she stood there with her shoulder leaning against the wall, trying to conceal that she knew Lou was there as well. Something so vulnerable, Lou would never have associated it with Mia. And for a split second, the thought had popped into her brain: maybe Mia was a victim too.”
― Harper Bliss, Water Under Bridges

“I was only going to buy a book this afternoon. Instead, I ended up here.”
― Harper Bliss, A Taste of Harper Bliss: Short Stories and Series Starters

“They should never be used together in a sentence, because they speak of something that’s beyond your ability to change. A waste of energy. What’s”
― Harper Bliss, At the Water's Edge

“Sometimes two people are better off not together. I”
― Harper Bliss, The Road to You: A Lesbian Romance Novel

“Do you shave them to conform to what society—and by society I mainly mean the male gaze—expects of you or just simply for your own esthetic reasons?”
― Harper Bliss, Beneath the Surface

“My blood has caught fire and my skin is burning and all oxygen is being drained from my lungs.”
― Harper Bliss, Seasons of Love

“few”
― Harper Bliss, A Lesson in Love

“So you're getting back together with her? Just like that? Muriel asks.
"Not 'just like that'..." "How then?" Muriel enjoys playing devil's advocate. "For starters, it will have to be long distance for a while..." She doesn't let up. "For a while? Have you booked the U-Haul already?”
― Harper Bliss, Once in a Lifetime

“I feel what she feels. I want what she wants. I suddenly know what cosmic alignment feels like, even though I’ve never even thought of that concept a single time in my life.”
― Harper Bliss, In the Distance There Is Light

“She let herself be caught in the storm of delight that engulfed her, that prickled on her skin and glowed in her blood.”
― Harper Bliss, At Your Most Beautiful

“One night, she thought, most times it means nothing and sometimes, it can change your life. Then all thoughts fled her brain.”
― Harper Bliss, A Taste of Harper Bliss: Short Stories and Series Starters

“I can’t pinpoint it exactly. All I can say is that, on some subconscious level, I’ve known I’ve been attracted to women for a very long time, but I buried that knowledge so far in the back of my mind, I was successfully able to brush it off as a quirk, as a frivolity, as something unimportant to the life I was leading.”
― Harper Bliss, No Strings Attached

“You’re just single because you’re so bloody difficult and no one’s ever good enough.”
― Harper Bliss, French Kissing: Season One

“In Leila's touch, I feel her love for me. It stokes the tiny, dust-like embers of self-love that have lingered somewhere deep inside me. Her touch renews me, her love ignites my own.”
― Harper Bliss, A Breathless Place

“A woman who has dealt with loss, with what life inevitably throws at you - good and bad. Behind the face that is reflected back at me in the mirror, many other, different faces hide. They’re all me.”
― Harper Bliss, The Light Between Us