“You lose yourself, Erica, because with the right person, who you become together is something so much greater, more than you could even realize right now.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“You were right. I'm going to make you want things you never knew you wanted.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“He shook his head and raked his hands through his hair. "I'm sorry, Erica, but I'm going to fix this. I promise."
I nodded, trusting he would.
Said by Blake to Erica”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“Baby, this is who I am. I'm hardwired this way. And if I'm trying to take control over the situation, please understand that I have very solid reasoning for it.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“I love you, and I'm going to do whatever I need to do to protect you. Do you understand?”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“Jesus, Erica, I'd walk through fire to make sure you were safe.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“Because it's true. Erica, one horrible experience doesn't define you. If it did, I doubt you'd want to be with me either.
"I do," I said.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“I want you too. I'll probably lose my mind if I can't be inside you tonight." He exhaled a shaky breath. "I just don't want to...freak you out.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“I love you and I want to do this for you. I trust you to take me as far as you think I can go.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“Landon? The door flug open, and I forgot how to breathe. Holy shit.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“I miss my mother every day,” I said. “But this is my life and everything that has made me who I am, so I can’t dwell on what might have been.” I’d always be out of step with most people my age who’d been given many more chances to get it right, whose parents were there to scoop them up when they faltered and to point them in the right direction when indecisions were met. I had quickly learned that my own safety net had sizeable gaping holes in it, which likely explained why lately I felt like I was at sea without a life preserver.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“You’re allowed to want different things in bed than you do in your normal everyday life.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“you were right. im going to make you want things you never knew you wanted”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“her love echoed through me, a wordless melody that held my heart through time and distance.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“Love can sneak up on you in a heartbeat, even when you aren’t looking for it.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“you wer right. im going to make you want things you never knew you wanted”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“Boston was a hard city sometimes. The winters were hell, but the people here were strong, passionate, and often painfully direct.”
― Meredith Wild, quote from Hardwired
“It lands halfway down the skirt. The red wine against the green silk makes it look like Gaia, the primordial earth mother, is having her period. I know I should feel guilty. Contrite. I should be rushing to the fridge and grabbing a bottle of club soda before the stain sets, or rushing Viveca’s dress down the street to that dry cleaning place. But I’m not contrite. I’m a little giddy, in fact. I pour another mug of wine and throw it at the other three dresses. In some places the wine seeps in and it dribbles down to the hems in others. I do it again: pour, splash. I feel like Jackson Pollock must have felt, except I’m not dribbling paint; I’m staining beauty with blood.”
― Wally Lamb, quote from We Are Water
“That’s what it’s like with Aiden. When he kisses me, I feel like I can see our future. It’s like he has the power to send me mental messages with his mouth. His mouth. The source of all his power.”
― Jillian Dodd, quote from Love Me
“I have never compromised on academics and the one thing that I insist on is good grades, even though I am a relaxed and indulgent parent in most other things.”
― Preeti Shenoy, quote from It Happens for a Reason
“Love is the sap of the tree of Life.”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
“Loneliness is a strange sort of thing.
It creeps on you, quiet and still, sits by your side in the dark, strokes by your hair as you sleep. It wraps itself around your bones, squeezing so tight you almost can't breathe. It leaves lies in your heart, lies next to you at night, leaches the light out of every corner. It's a constant companion, clasping your hand only to yank you down when you're struggling to stand up.
You wake up in the morning and wonder who you are. You fail to fall asleep at night and tremble in your skin. You doubt you doubt you doubt.
do I
don't I
should I
why won't I
And even when you're ready to let go. When you're ready to break free. When you're ready to be brand-new. Loneliness is an old friend stand beside you in the mirror, looking you in the eye, challenging you to live your life without it. You can't find the words to fight yourself, to fight the words screaming that you're not enough never enough never ever enough.
Loneliness is a bitter, wretched companion.
Sometimes it just won't let go.”
― Tahereh Mafi, quote from Ne m'échappe pas
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