Cassia Leo > Quotes

“The quickest path to self-destruction is to push away the people you love.”
― Cassia Leo, Pieces of You

“Sometimes letting someone go is the ultimate act of love.”
― Cassia Leo, Bring Me Home

“Sometimes you forget how much you love someone, until you realize their smile is like a spotlight shined on your heart.”
― Cassia Leo, Bring Me Home

“The relentless pull of love is a thousand times harder to fight than the tides. If you’re lucky, you’ll make it out before you drown. If you’re even luckier, you’re pulled under just long enough to wash away the sorrow. If you’re really lucky, like me, you resurface just in time to find the one you love floating right beside you.”
― Cassia Leo, Relentless

“It’s not our mistakes that define us. It’s the lessons we learn that show our true character.”
― Cassia Leo, Bring Me Home

“There are moments in life, and they happen so infrequently that they tend to really stand out, when life hands you the gift of perspective. Sometimes, we forget to show our appreciation. Sometimes, we get our priorities mixed up. And, sometimes, we forget how far we’ve come. But life always has a way of nudging you to remind you about these important things.”
― Cassia Leo, Bring Me Home

“That time of day when the sun hasn’t come up yet, but you can already feel it coming. It’s an elusive warmth, like a subtle promise whispered in your ear and you can go on with your day knowing you’ve been given another chance to get it right.”
― Cassia Leo, Relentless

“I guess that’s the way secrets are. They’re only heavy when you’re holding them. As soon as you let go, the significance of keeping those secrets hidden blows away and everything falls into place.”
― Cassia Leo, Relentless

“...not all stories have happy endings; but that doesn't mean they're not worth the read.”
― Cassia Leo, Black Box

“Love is not black and white. It’s not even gray. Love is every shade of color in the spectrum, changing with every ray of light given and stolen.”
― Cassia Leo, Bring Me Home

“Where we love is home”
― Cassia Leo, Bring Me Home

“With every choice you risk the life you could have had. With every decision you lose it.”
― Cassia Leo, Relentless

“How can you still love me after everything I’ve done to you?” “How can I not? You’re the fucking love of my life. You don’t stop loving someone just because they’ve hurt you. Yes, what you did hurt me, but I gain nothing if I stay angry with you. But I might gain everything by forgiving you. You’re my everything. I just want you back.”
― Cassia Leo, Pieces of You

“It's funny how nothing really ever turns out the way we expect it to, no matter how certain the future seems. I guess we need to keep adjusting our dreams to fit reality, because life is not going to cooperate.”
― Cassia Leo, Bring Me Home

“I don’t believe in coincidence or fate
But I know one thing for sure
Your face was meant to be
Burned into the deepest reaches
Of my blackest memories.”
― Cassia Leo, Black Box

“You’re mine, and a piece of you will always belong to me the same way a piece of me will always belong to you.”
― Cassia Leo, Pieces of You

“You’re my mess, and that makes you a beautiful mess,”
― Cassia Leo, Pieces of You

“I don’t know how long we stand there holding each other. It could be ten minutes, an hour, or a day. All I know is that when I finally let go, I can breathe. I can rest. I can live knowing that my baby girl is happy. Knowing that she felt my love.”
― Cassia Leo, Bring Me Home

“You never know you're making a mistake until it's too late. Sometimes we know we're taking a risk, but we always hope for the best. We hope that our mistakes will be forgiven, or at least forgotten. We hope that our mistakes will teach us something. Sometimes, unfortunately, mistakes are just mistakes that can't be undone or forgotten.”
― Cassia Leo

“If love is a drug, then it's the kind that should be prescribed.”
― Cassia Leo, Black Box

“Why? Why do you have to leave?” “Because sometimes you have to suffer without the things you want now so you can have everything you need later.”
― Cassia Leo, Pieces of You

“We feel the love of strangers every day in the things they do that affect us without our knowledge.”
― Cassia Leo, Bring Me Home

“I want to leave you dazed and confused for a week with nothing but my name on your lips.”
― Cassia Leo, Relentless

“This black box is yours to keep, to stash your troubles away. Just lock it up and call my name and I'll be there always.”
― Cassia Leo, Black Box

“Knock, knock.”

“Who’s there?”

“Olive.”

“Olive who?”

“Olive You.”

“I think I just threw up some fruit and yogurt in my mouth.” His eyes widen as he pretends to be offended and I smile. “Where are my manners? Come on in. I’ve been waiting for you all my life, Olive You.”

“You’re not just saying that ‘cause I said it, are you?”

“Nope. I mean it. Honestly and truly. Olive You with all my mushy red pimiento heart.”
― Cassia Leo, Relentless

“Are you okay?” he whispers as he kisses my neck and I nod hastily. “Good ‘cause I’m about to wreck you.”
― Cassia Leo, Pieces of You

“Most people think that they want spacious homes, but they don’t realize how the emptiness of a large room just amplifies the emptiness in a broken heart. And we’re all broken, in one way or another.”
― Cassia Leo, Pieces of You

“Because I love you more than this."
And by "this" he means everything.”
― Cassia Leo, Bring Me Home

“The pain is just a subtle reminder of how alive you made me feel.”
― Cassia Leo, Black Box

“Because sometimes you have to suffer without the things you want now so you can have everything you need later.”
― Cassia Leo, Pieces of You