I’ll never know love again as I did here all those years ago. And I don’t want to. I can’t. I’m still sick with it.
“Nina didn’t hate Carrie Soto for stealing her husband because husbands can’t be stolen. Carrie Soto wasn’t a thief; Brandon Randall was a traitor.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“That is the thing about the water, it is not yours to control. You are at the mercy of nature. That’s what makes surfing feel like more than sport: It requires destiny to be on your side, the ocean must favor you.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“Letting people love you and care for you is part of how you love and care for them.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“But they were in love, the kind of love that hurts. They hit highs so high neither of them could quite stand it, and lows so low they weren't sure they'd survive them.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“What a gift it was to know so clearly what you were not, who you did not want to be. Nina wasn’t sure she’d ever asked herself that question.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
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