Annette K. Larsen > Quotes

“You were the one choice I made for myself. And that one choice was taken away from me, because the night I realized I was in love with you was the same night you left.”
― Annette K. Larsen, Just Ella

“he’s the other half of my heart.” I shrugged a little, knowing it sounded fanciful and romanticized. “I can’t be myself without him.”
― Annette K. Larsen, Just Ella

“Nothing is completely safe. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth it.”
― Annette K. Larsen, Missing Lily

“I had spent a great deal of time in the library, getting lost in the worlds created in books while avoiding the world I lived in”
― Annette K. Larsen

“Well, in that case, it really doesn’t matter what you want.”
Anger sparked inside me. “Of course it matters. This is my life. The path I choose matters.”
“The path is inconsequential if you don’t know what you want. If you don’t know your destination, the path you take makes no difference.”
― Annette K. Larsen, The Starling and the Hatter: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Reimagined

“I have to remind myself daily that I can only control myself. If I had a grudge Everytime a person made a decision that affected me, my entire life would be consumed with grudges. Life doesnt care if we are too busy to deal with challenges; it will throw them at us anyway.”
― Annette K. Larsen, The Hidden Gift

“I had always been a hard worker. I'd always been a good person. Yet, life had seen fit to throw me out into the world and demand that I try even harder. When would my efforts be enough?”
― Annette K. Larsen, The Hidden Gift

“I could choose to run home today, but that wasn’t a real option in my mind. I knew what I had become. I knew I was broken and my family would do everything in their power to fix me. But I wanted to fix myself.”
― Annette K. Larsen, Saving Marilee