J.L. Berg > Quotes

“Clare, this…what we’re doing? It has to be all or nothing. And I want all of you. When you cry, I want to be the one holding you. No matter the reason. So please, let me hold you.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“I want a clean slate with you, Clare. You’re special to me. I don’t know what we’re doing or where it’s going but I’ve never felt anything like this, and I can’t mess that up by doing the same shit I’ve always done.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“Two broken hearts—we would destroy each other before we even had a chance to begin.”
― J.L. Berg, Within These Walls

“Clare, you have noticed I’m a guy, right? Because if not, I can pull this car over right now and make that abundantly clear.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“Love is many things. It’s every raw human emotion rolled up into one messy four letter word. There’s no rule book and definitely no guarantees.”
― J.L. Berg, Ready for You

“Being a gentleman is highly overrated.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“Reach into the past and remember the reasons you fell in love. Hold on to that, son, and cherish it. Then you must start moving forward again.”
― J.L. Berg, Ready for You

“WITHIN THESE WALLS, he became my solace, my sanctuary, and my strength. Like a white knight, he saved me from a life of gray and showed me a world full of color.”
― J.L. Berg, Within These Walls

“Life—it really did go on, even after insurmountable grief, debilitating sorrow and a life waiting to begin. As long as we were able to love and be loved in this world, no heart would ever be beyond repair.”
― J.L. Berg, Within These Walls

“I was so afraid that I’d never be able to love anyone, and here I was, holding a child I desperately wanted to call my own and upstairs was a woman I would give my life for.
Turns out I was always capable of love, I just hadn’t found it yet.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“I’ll wait. For however long it takes, Clare. I’m yours.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“sometimes when a friendship goes beyond normal borders and you find a sister, rather than an ordinary friend, conversations aren’t necessary.”
― J.L. Berg, Ready to Wed

“She came to me, and I wanted to be her healer and protector … I needed a night taking care of the little girl who had stolen a piece of my heart.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“I wanted you to know, because you are the only woman I’ve ever wanted to share my bed with, or bring home. Clare, you are my home.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“No matter how much he loved me. No matter how much I loved him in return. I would never, ever belong to another person. As long as I lived.”
― J.L. Berg, Forgetting August

“If love finds you again, don’t fight it. Don’t let grief hold you back. Love is a risk. There are no guarantees. But, in the end, it is always, always worth it.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“Hope was an emotion that could give the smallest man the strength to move mountains. But if a man was given too much hope in a dire situation, that four letter word would suddenly crush him, weighing him down by the impossible belief that things would somehow get better when there was no chance in hell they ever possibly could.”
― J.L. Berg, Within These Walls

“Natural childbirth —I would never understand it. It was like going to the dentist and saying, "Novocain? No thanks. Just go in there Doc and rip that sucker right out!”
― J.L. Berg, Never Been Ready

“I might not survive Clare. She was truly my ultimate temptation. I never wanted anything more and yet fought so hard against it. But I knew I needed this. I knew she needed this. I had to start this off right. She deserved it, she deserved everything.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“The world was at her feet, and she didn’t even know it. None of them did—the normal ones; the ones who didn’t have to worry about the day to day, hour to hour, and minute to minute; the masses of people who woke up each and every day not fearing the hours ahead and the day that would follow; or those who didn’t have to wonder if they’d be around to celebrate the next holiday.
How easily people took life for granted when it had so easily been given.
How I wished for such simplicity.”
― J.L. Berg, Within These Walls

“Your rack looks fabulous in this dress. You should wear this one. He’ll lose his shit when he sees you in it.”
“You always know the right things to say,” I joked.
“I know. I’m like a super-hot version of Yoda.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“We all have to make tough decisions, and when faced with extraordinary circumstances, even the greatest of us can choose wrong.”
― J.L. Berg, Ready for You

“I will treat you differently, not because of your heart problem or the fact that you think you’re physically fragile or weak. I’ll treat you differently because you’re different to me. You matter to me.”
― J.L. Berg, Within These Walls

“Within these walls, I gave my less than perfect heart to the man I loved. And then…he walked away.”
― J.L. Berg, Within These Walls

“When you were living your life on borrowed time, every second you had to spend watching the days pass by through a hospital room window was one moment less you had to be doing something meaningful.”
― J.L. Berg, Within These Walls

“I just want you to remember it. All of it. In vivid, technicolor clarity. And that can only be achieved if you’re sober. When you and I come together for the first time, I want you to remember every touch,” I ran my hand up her arm and down her back, causing her to shiver. “Every moan.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“We are a very selfish species. We might say we do things for one reason or another, but when push comes to shove, we do what we do for one specific reason —to put ourselves ahead. When a relationship falls apart and one person says it's for the best,, they're really just looking out for their own best interest. I began to protest, but he just continued on. "When you offer someone your space in line at the coffee shop, it's not out of the goodness of your heart. It's because you were hoping that person would notice you, or you wanted to be closer to the person behind them. Nothing we ever do is selfless. We love ourselves first.”
― J.L. Berg, Never Been Ready

“That kiss had left me awe-struck. It was earth-shattering in its simplicity, mind-numbing in its intimacy, and completely raw in its emotional depths.”
― J.L. Berg, Never Been Ready

“Asking someone to step into my world would be like asking him to sign away his own life to take care of mine. I could never do that. Love wasn't an option for me.”
― J.L. Berg, Within These Walls

“And then what?” he asked.
“And then…everything.”
“Everything?”
I nodded. “Everything. I want it all. With you.”
― J.L. Berg, The Scars I Bare