Elizabeth Finn > Quotes

“You don’t owe me forever right now, but God, I hope you’ll give it to me willingly some day.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“I whisper every word she needs to hear and I need to say. I tell her how beautiful she is. I tell her she amazes me. I make sure she knows she is the most precious person in the world to me. I make sure she understands what losing her means to me and how impossible it is to imagine my life without her.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“I want him to reach out to me, but I know he can't. He can't for all the same reasons I can't. It hurts too much. It's like an alcoholic taking a sip of wine; the pleasure of the indulgence would be immediate and swift, but the aftermath would be devastating.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“Stay.”
“I can’t.” Her voice was hitching.
“Why not?”
“Because I don’t think you want this for the right reasons.”
“I love you. What’s wrong with that reason?”
“You don’t love me.”
“I. Love. You.”
“No! You used to love me.”
“I love you still. I love you again. I just love you. I’ve always loved you.” He was speaking passionately, and he wouldn’t release her cheeks.
She shook her head. “No.”
“Yes. This is not some memory. I’m not reminiscing. I loved you then, and I’ve fallen completely in love with you all over again. Stay. Please. I’m begging you to give me a chance.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“You know, I always knew I was a piece of shit -- a real fucking asshole. But you know what else? You were always there to convince me I was right.”
― Elizabeth Finn, The Rules Regarding Gray

“She told me once that when she was with me she felt like the beautiful woman she never thought she'd be. I can't imagine what could ever make her think she wasn't beautiful enough to anyone, least of all me. She's the beautiful one. The most beautiful one in the world to me.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“You don’t fall in love with the person responsible for your greatest loss. And God help you if you do.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“You will always be my world.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“There is no denying I’m once again complete in her presence. This is my place. I belong to her and my place is by her side. And the absoluteness of that statement is profound, and it begs to rewrite my life.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“Convince me not to hate you because… because hating you is the end of me.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“You deserve a man who will take you and keep you, not a man who will have you and leave you. I can’t be the man who does that to you.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“Don’t do that. Don’t walk away.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“Come on then."
"What? Where are we going?"
"Upstairs. Your bedroom."
"Why?"
"Because obviously you need more convincing, and I'm not going to run the risk of getting caught eating your pussy in the living room. Certain things are inappropriate when you have children, and that's definitely one of them.”
― Elizabeth Finn, The Fight for Us

“I need you to love yourself as much as I love you, and I need you to let me love you too. I need you to share your hurt with me, not try to protect me from it or hide it from me. I need you to forgive yourself for your past, and I swear to God I'll forgive myself for mine too if you will. And more than anything, I need you to fight.”
― Elizabeth Finn, The Fight for Us

“Your choice. Cunt or pussy, but so help me God, if you say some lame ass word like flower or lady garden you'll pay for it later, because I don't fuck gardens or flowers any more than I have a love sword attached to my groin.”
― Elizabeth Finn, The Fight for Us

“I just… can’t be apart from you.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“But every night I end up fighting my despair the second I lay my head on my pillow. It is then I miss her the most -- when my brain stops moving for the day and the memories of her are allowed to flood my mind, causing agonizing grief.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“I never wanted to hate you. Not ever. You did this.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“She’s beautiful—broken and battered, still the most beautiful woman in the world to me—the only woman in the world for me.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“Be happy and well and forget me fast.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“Is the bed comfortable?” Please say no. Just give me any reason to get you in my bed.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“I don’t care if nobody else thinks I’m beautiful, because in this moment, I know Logan does. Eat your heart out Amy’s of the world…”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“I wanted nothing more than for her to feel me – my desire for her, the pleasure I could give her, my obsession for her.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“I’m going to marry your brother someday.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“The only thing separating us from that existence rather than the one we find ourselves in is one small decision. I make wrong decisions every day.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“All I wanted was you. I wanted to have you, throw everything else out the window for you. Maybe if I had. Maybe if I’d given in sooner, the fight would have been over.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“You’re going to be happy. I promise.” He kissed her again, and then he said the words she didn’t want to hear. “It’s time.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“You need to understand something. Forgiveness isn’t an emotion. It’s an action, and it’s a choice. It’s the choice to not let the past affect how you feel about her.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“Thought about sleeping in my bed, but decided I'd rather be in yours. Hope you don't mind...Have a great week."
"So long as you leave your pajamas in your own room. They have no place in mine. Sleep tight.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“When? How long do you want to put this off? Until I break your heart again? Until I hurt you in some way that not even you can forgive? I don’t think you understand how much it destroys me . . . and yet . . . how hard it is to just let it all go. I don’t have to want to hurt you to do it. It just happens.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven