Clarissa

“Even the constellations can see us now: we are seventeen and shattered and still dancing. We have messy, throbbing hearts, and we are stronger than anyone could ever know.”
― Emery Lord, When We Collided

“And she never knew that in all those years, my soul was always, forever hers.
As my days dwindled into nothing, she was my constant.
She had no idea that everything I was would always revolve around her.
That when things were at their bleakest, she had always been, would always be, my happy life.”
― A. Meredith Walters, One Day Soon

“But if I can’t have that dream with you, will you live it anyway?”
― A. Meredith Walters, One Day Soon

“The boy I loved … My savior. My protector.
He had helped me when he didn’t have to.
He had taken care of me. He had made sure I was warm. Fed. That I had a place to lay my head at night.
Even when he couldn’t keep himself safe, he made sure that I had been. He put me first. Always.
God, I had missed him.”
― A. Meredith Walters, One Day Soon