Michele G. Miller > Quotes

“Guilt. A painful, lonely feeling. It seeps into your pores slowly as you go through life day by day. Like a disease, it blackens your heart with thoughts and memories of what you did, or in my case, what you didn’t do.”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“when you want something in life you need a reason for wanting it, or else you’ll give up when it gets too hard.”
― Michele G. Miller, Out of Ruins

“Winston Churchill once said, 'Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“Are you safe?”

“Yes, Skye.” I leaned down, holding her eyes with my own. “I promise you, I am safe.”
― Michele G Miller

“You'll always carry these memories in your heart, baby. As for tomorrow, you’ll get through it. We all will, and then we’ll get through the next day and the one after that. This whole town will; minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. We will keep going.”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“So let’s get this straight right now. Have you ever seen a teen movie or TV show with a big, raging party scene? Get that out of your mind. This is high school, not college, and it’s Texas. In Texas, we do bonfires on the ranch…not mansions and hotel rooms. We do daisy dukes, backward baseball caps and faded blue jeans…not sparkling cocktail dresses or fancy button ups. I love Texas. I love the laid-back, country style of my hometown and my people.”
― Michele G. Miller, Out of Ruins

“She huffed at me, “That I knew you were here. It’s a coincidence. I mean, of course you would follow me, right? I ran out of the room in a fit! What are you, a boy scout?”
She laughed, “Am I your next badge? The ‘Save Skye Martin from herself’ badge?” she finished in a disgusted voice, as she came to stand in front of me.

I watched the myriad of expressions roll across her face: worry, confusion, fear - they were all there, as she stood toe-to-toe with me. When I didn’t answer her fast enough, she turned to walk away.

“Hey, Skye,” I called after her. “I’m not a boy scout.”

She turned, but kept on walking; shrugging her shoulders. “Yeah, so?”
I took a deep breath, and then I let her in on one of the many secrets I had.

“I’m not a boy scout, but I am here to save you…I’m a Guardian.”
― Michele G. Miller, Never Let You Fall

“Sweetie, they're your feelings, so they can't be wrong. It's what you do with them that makes all the difference, but you have the right to feel what you feel.”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“Minutes — that's all it takes to change your entire life. How do you deal with that? Not”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“One night of drunken antics won’t run me off.”
― Michele G. Miller, Out of Ruins

“Sweetie, they’re your feelings, so they can’t be wrong. It’s what you do with them that makes all the difference, but you have the right to feel what you feel.”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“The Ice Shack is gone, and in its place is a blood red sky with a dark funnel cloud cutting its way to her.”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“I have endured, and now I am ready to conquer.”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

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― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“Small victories are huge, but often times the attacks are larger.”
― Michele G. Miller, Into the Fire

“Honey, it's Tanya. She didn't make it, sweetie,”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“But in reality...I excused myself and then stood in the hallway so I could hear every last word.”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“Minutes—that’s all it takes to change your entire life. How do you deal with that?”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“Duly noted.”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“One damn moment. That’s all it takes to change our lives,”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“I don’t need you to save me. I need you to hold me and stand by my side, supporting me, while I save myself.”
― Michele G. Miller, Into the Fire

“Small victories in the battle of depression are huge’ and I laugh at myself. Small victories are huge, but often times the attacks are larger.”
― Michele G. Miller, Into the Fire

“when you want something in life you need a reason for wanting it, or else you’ll give up when it gets too hard. That a person with motive and reason will work harder than someone who’s just trying something on a whim.”
― Michele G. Miller, Out of Ruins

“authormichelegmiller@gmail.com”
― Michele G. Miller, Last Call

“Minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. You will keep going’,”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“Addiction never goes away, not completely. It’s the same as an alcoholic or drug addict. A bad memory can trigger the need, a sad day . . . too many things can make me want to cut.”
― Michele G. Miller, Into the Fire

“Katie.”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“Their faces are black and white, men, women and children, young and old. Death doesn’t discriminate.”
― Michele G. Miller, From the Wreckage

“You love him enough to do anything for him, and he loves you enough right back to make sure you don’t have to.”
― Michele G. Miller, After The Fall