Robert > Robert's Quotes

“It's not the changes that will break your heart; it's that tug of familiarity.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

“That’s the way these things work, kiddo,” he says. “Love isn't supposed to make sense. It's completely illogical.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

“There’s always a gap between the burn and the sting of it, the pain and the realization.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

“No one is useless in this world, who lightens the burden of it for any one else.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

“Because as far as she was concerned, there was no in-between: She wanted all or nothing, illogically, irrationally, even though something inside her knew that nothing would be too hard, and all was impossible.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

“Even the not saying can balloon into something bigger than words themselves.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

“There are quiet ways to die where the body just doesn’t notice that the heart is gone.”
― Ann Aguirre, Doubleblind

“People stay together and stay true only as long as they both want to. And all the promises in the world don’t change the length of time. Nothing comes with a guarantee.”
― Ann Aguirre, Doubleblind

“Possessiveness isn’t love. I’m not even sure it qualifies as an emotion.”
― Ann Aguirre, Doubleblind

“My heart should be breaking, too, but there comes a point when you’re so inured to loss that you no longer feel the lash.”
― Ann Aguirre, Doubleblind

“He's earned a lifetime of peace and happiness, but some people never get what they deserve. That's why there are saints in gutters and sadists in palaces.”
― Ann Aguirre, Doubleblind

“I think people can be trusted to know what makes them unhappy. Maybe we don't always know what we want exactly, but we can usually say what we don't with a fair amount of specificity.”
― Ann Aguirre, Doubleblind

“Mother Mary," he breathes. "How you shine."
I shake my head. "The light is yours. Right now you can't see it because you sit in shadow, but all I do is reflect you.”
― Ann Aguirre, Doubleblind

“Realistically, it's a risk, I suppose, but in this day and age, you almost have to choose between freedom, which can devolve into chaos, and security, which can become a pair of shackles.”
― Ann Aguirre, Doubleblind

“How can you miss someone who’s right beside you?”
― Ann Aguirre, Wanderlust

“Time is fluid, so the moments where everything feels perfect pass in a wink, and those where you're on your knees in despair drag on like the death of a thousand cuts.”
― Ann Aguirre, Wanderlust

“While sight may deceive you, touch rarely does.”
― Ann Aguirre, Wanderlust

“We find heroes, not on battlefields, but in hospitals that tend the injured. Sometimes I think it’s easier to fight than it is to heal.”
― Ann Aguirre, Wanderlust

“I don't believe in love at all," he returns, equally quiet. "It's just a name people give the endorphins that spring up after some really hot fucking, and the justification they use to manipulate the shit out of each other afterward.”
― Ann Aguirre, Wanderlust

“Does changing for the better absolve you of all the wicked shit you did before?
No. March fills my head like a warm glow. Instead you receive the twin delights of guilt and regret.”
― Ann Aguirre, Wanderlust

“It’s what you do that counts, not what you consider doing.”
― Ann Aguirre, Wanderlust

“A divided heart offers a strange sensation.”
― Ann Aguirre, Wanderlust

“To my mind, modern life just offers too many numbers that we're supposed to keep track of.”
― Ann Aguirre, Wanderlust

“How do you measure love? Quantify it? It's not something you can put on a scale or pour into a beaker to examine its volume and viscosity.”
― Ann Aguirre, Wanderlust

“Once exposed, a secret loses all its power.”
― Ann Aguirre, Grimspace

“No matter how interminable something feels, there is always, always an ending. Sometimes that's good, and sometimes it's bad; sometimes it's a matter of indifference, and sometimes it's heartbreaking, and your life is never the same thereafter.”
― Ann Aguirre, Grimspace

“Most people can’t stomach silence; it provides too much opportunity to think about things they prefer to avoid.”
― Ann Aguirre, Grimspace

“Sometimes you find your heroes in the unlikeliest places.”
― Ann Aguirre, Grimspace

“You don’t need to be afraid of falling // when there’s someone around
to catch you.”
― Ann Aguirre, Grimspace

“I think my head's a minefield strewn with triggers, and maybe if I survive each explosion, what emerges from the wreckage will be me, really, truly me.”
― Ann Aguirre, Grimspace