Quotes from In the Stillness

“Heroes don’t always wear capes, badges, or uniforms. Sometimes, they support those who do.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“It feels like a lifetime ago that I was saying goodbye to you...
God, I miss you.
I love you so much, Natalie, and when I get home I’m going to keep loving you until you tell me to stop. But don’t, please. Don’t tell me to stop.
I love you.
With everything.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“But, the thing about guilt is, no one can take away for you; you have to unpack it yourself.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“His body came home, but his soul had been devoured in the firefight of a godless desert.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“I would go through every single second of that again it it meant I still got to feel that kind of love – even for a moment.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“Sometimes, the things people don't say speak louder than the things they do, though.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“Do you love me?”
… “I never stopped, Nat. Not for a day.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“Guilt is intense. Suffocating. A brick, tied quietly around your ankles while you sleep. You never fall slowly into guilt-you wake up with little time to take your last breath before being pulled under.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“You two had something special – it’s the circumstances that were shitty.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“It only looks like such a mess because it’s not over yet.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“You made him feel special, Ryker…” Ryker smiles as he leans back on the arm of his couch, still holding my hand.
“He is special, Natalie…he’s yours.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“Change never comes slowly, brewing on the horizon. It's always in a second. Balanced on the rip of a razor blade, in empty pill bottles, behind two pink lines, or learning that one of your children is slowly slipping into a world of silence.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“Because I love him, and you don't hurt the people you love. Not on purpose.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“He keeps doing that.”
“What?” She laughs.
“Kissing your forehead.”
“Yeah . . . he does.” I can’t stop my grin.
“Does it bother you? I can hear your smile, you know.”
“Not really. It doesn’t, like, mean anything. It’s just . . . it’s Ryker.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“…When you love someone, you love them head-to-toe and inside out because… well, because you can’t help it? I love you for a reason, Natalie. You’re mine and I’m yours.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“They took his soul over there, fuckers, and left me with the breathing carcass.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“You know that split second? The one where you decide if you’re going to just smile and continue looking around, or chance an encounter with a stranger? It’s a dangerous moment. It changes absolutely everything.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“Heroes don’t always wear capes, badges, or uniforms. Sometimes, they support those who do.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“I keep cutting. For him. For me. For ruining lives.
Apparently, I’m good at that.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“It’s over now, Ryker.”
“That’s the thing, Natalie… it’s never really over.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“How’d you get through it? The uncertainty, I mean.”
I was never uncertain about our hearts.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“I love you so much, Natalie, and when I get home I’m going to keep loving you until you tell me to stop. But don’t, please. Don’t tell me to stop. I love you. With everything.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“I love you,” he says as he meets me in the doorway.
“Just because you say it doesn’t make it true, you know.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

“I just...I've fantasized about peace and quiet for so long, dreamt about being left alone...but when the TV was off, and the sun was down...I'm in a full sob right now. I've just never felt so alone, and I couldn't take it.”
― Andrea Randall, quote from In the Stillness

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