KELLIE Nelsen

“You know a strange thing happens when someone dies—all the anger, all the hurt, all the pain they caused you, it all vanishes in an instant, and you’re left remembering all the wonderful things they did and wondering why you didn’t see them before. When Eddie died, it was like a cloud lifted and I saw him for the devoted and loving and hard-working man he was, and the little indiscretions and all those selfish things that men do that cause us so much pain, they just vanished into the ground with him. I just wish I could have let them go long before.”
― Monique Edenwood, Enter the Black Oak

“I needed to let go of what I thought my life was supposed to look like in order to write a new story.”
― Vi Keeland, The Invitation

“You know, Richard, one of the reasons we lash out at the ones we love is because deep within us, we know we’ll be forgiven.” He paused with a wink. “The way you lashed out, I must be one of your favorites.”
― Melanie Moreland, The Amendment

“And another thing. Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanos and then it subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion, it is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every cranny of your body. No, don’t blush, I am telling you some truths. That is just being “in love” which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.”
― E.K. Blair, Author Anonymous