Marie M. > Quotes

“I think about you constantly. Wonder what you’re doing and if you’re thinking about me at all. I want to be there for your wins and your losses. I want to be the one you choose to confide in. The one you run to and not from.” I took a deep breath, forcing my hand to still on her head when I desperately wanted to pull her face to mine. I had to get the rest out. “I know that’s not what you asked for, Ari. You made it clear this wasn’t going anywhere the first night we met, but my head and my heart are confused.” I leaned my forehead against hers. It was too difficult to look at her. Scared I’d see her rejection before she actually said the words. I knew she felt things for me, but I didn’t know if she’d let herself act on it. So I steeled myself and said the last of it. “But my heart thinks we have a chance to make this real. To be yours.”
― Marie M., High Sticking the Heart

“You touch me a lot. You know that?” Her teeth pressed into her bottom lip. “Not in all the ways I want, Sunshine.”
― Marie M., High Sticking the Heart

“But sometimes it feels like I’ll always be under the weight of their expectations,” I replied softly. “Like being happy and making them happy can’t exist at the same time.”
― Marie M., High Sticking the Heart

“I’m sure you can do a lot of things all by yourself, Ariella, but that doesn’t mean you should have to,”
― Marie M., High Sticking the Heart

“The right person won’t make you lose yourself. They’ll help you find parts of yourself you didn’t even know existed. By not giving yourself this a chance, you might be missing out on something incredible.” I swallowed hard, her words hitting me deeper than I wanted to admit. “From what I can tell, being with Dalton has only made you happy. You have to ask yourself if you’re willing to risk missing out on a chance at real happiness.”
― Marie M., High Sticking the Heart

“Sunshine, you’re the other piece to my soul.”
― Marie M., High Sticking the Heart

“He coughed, a giant hand covering his mouth, before giving me a weak smile. “So…spicy water?”
― Marie M., High Sticking the Heart

“This was never fake, not for me. Every moment with you has meant everything to me.”
― Marie M., High Sticking the Heart

“I love you, Dalton Thatcher. With every fucking fiber of my being. You don’t limit me, and as scary as it was to think of attaching myself to someone, you showed me that all you want to do is see me reach my dreams.” Another sob slipped out. “Because doing that doesn’t require being alone when it’s the right person by your side. And you’re the right person, Thatcher.”
― Marie M., High Sticking the Heart