Quotes from Finding Eden

“I love you, Butterscotch. You have the most beautiful heart of anyone I've ever met. And maybe you feel like a mess sometimes, and life is a mess sometimes, but the way I see it, you're the beauty that came from the mess.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“But what I did know was that I loved a girl. And I knew I loved her in a way I'd never, ever recover from. I knew I loved her to the very core of myself. And I knew she loved me back.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“I love you, Morning Glory. It's always been your heart that kept me alive. Your love. Your sweetness. I painted you to keep you alive, and that's what kept me breathing, too.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“As pretty as a flower . . . as strong as a weed.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“We all attach things to our hearts, the things we value, the things we need, the things that make us who we are. But maybe . . . maybe it's only when our hearts are broken, that those things can fall inside.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“And maybe . . . maybe that's where God was. Maybe if you find the love in any situation, even the most horrifying ones, maybe that's where God is.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“I swear to you, my beautiful, sweet love, everyone deserves a love story that doesn't hurt.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“I guess if you choose to trust a snake, you deserve his venom.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“I want my home to be your home, my bed to be your bed. I want your nighttime heat to be within arm's reach.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“You listen to your heart, Jack. And you listen to the voice that comes to you when you close your eyes. You'll know it because it will be something between a feeling and a whisper. And that voice? Jack, if your heart is good like yours is, that voice never, ever lies.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“It was true what I'd once said about the stars - some things are seen more clearly in light...and some things are seen more clearly in darkness. Because somewhere in the dark of the night, Calder pulled me close to him and we agreed in ways both spoken and unspoken that the world was ugly and broken, and love was ridiculously dangerous and absurdly unsafe...and that we would love anyway.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“Eden, Eden, I was dead without you. Oh God, I've been walking around like a ghost—half in this world, and half in the other. Eden . .”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“And I thought to myself, even though life could be horrifying and earth-shattering, terrible and tragic, it was also filled with moments of breathtaking beauty. And sometimes you just had to laugh.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“Sometimes tragic and awful can be funny, too. Sometimes it has to be.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“That's our plan because I swear to you, my beautiful, sweet love, everyone deserves a love story that doesn't hurt.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“We all attach things to our hearts, the things we value, the things we need, the things that make us who we are. But maybe. . . maybe its only when our hearts are broken, that those things can fall inside.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“I think . . . I think, Calder, that we have to figure out how to forgive, not for the people who wronged us, but for us. We can't keep bitterness attached to our hearts because eventually, it might become part of us—so deeply ingrained we can't work it back out. I think we have to focus on the beauty we've been given in this life, and make that the thing that defines us. Because people defined by bitterness end up destroying themselves from the inside out, and eventually they destroy everyone who tries to love them, too. That's not going to be us.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“Anytime she was in the room, it was like the whole place was bathed in her warmth." He tilted his head, looking thoughtful for a second. "Does that sound like an exaggeration? Maybe overly dramatic, poetic words from a boy who has loved her his whole life?”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“the depth of heartache and love, hurt and forgiveness we had experienced since the last time we were here. And my heart filled with gratitude for all of it, even the pain, because it had brought us here, to this very moment.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“Then take my hand. Let me carry you. It's my turn. Don't deny me that. Whatever I have . .”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“I think, Calder, that we have to figure out how to forgive, not for the people who wronged us, but for us.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“I loved the way he smelled, too, even though he was sweaty and dirty and un-showered. I could have stuck my nose in his armpit and inhaled happily. It was one of those very human things that was sort of sexy and sort of gross at the same time.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“We laughed and something inside me clicked into place. It was as if the mix of colors on the canvas was finally perfect for the picture I wanted so desperately to create.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“Everyone deserves a love story that doesn't hurt.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“Eden, Eden, I was dead without you. Oh God, I've been walking around like a ghost—half in this world, and half in the other. Eden . . ." I moaned out the words,”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“How much sex do you think you can have? Because there had been a lot, Calder was not a small man, and my own body was deliciously sore and achy. I didn't mind.
Calder turned toward me, his cheeks still flushed from the workout of minutes before, looking beautifully happy. Well, I'm young, and healthy, and I'm desperately in love with the woman in my bed. So, a lot.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“It's just that every story of woe and tragedy throughout history starts out with those exact same three words. ‘There's this girl”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“Maybe if you find the love in any situation, even the most horrifying ones, maybe that's where God is.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“Sometimes it seemed so much of the beauty in life resulted from the ugly. And how did you make sense of such things? How could you be thankful for something when so much suffering was necessary to bring it to you? Or was that the very thing that defined real beauty–light after darkness?”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

“We all attach things to our hearts, the things we value, the things we need, the things that make us who we are. But maybe . . . maybe it's only when our hearts are broken, that those things can fall inside. Maybe it's only then that those things truly become part of us, and it's only then we truly understand and recognize pain in others because we've experienced it, too. And we've let it make us better, more loving. Perhaps that's what real mercy is. Perhaps that's the purpose to the pain.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Finding Eden

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