“I'm going to kiss you now, Evie, and when I do, it's going to mean that you're mine. I don't care how far away from each other we are. You. Are. Mine. I'll wait for you. And I want you to wait for me. Promise me you won't let anyone else touch you. Promise me you'll save yourself for me.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“Everyone tells a story about who they are in their own head. That story defines you, dictating all your actions and all your mistakes. If your own story is filled with guilt and fear and self-hatred, life can look pretty miserable. But, if you're very lucky, you might have a person who tells you a better story, one that takes up residence in your soul, speaking louder than the woeful tale of which you've convinced yourself. If you let it speak loudly within your heart, it becomes your passion and your purpose.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“Friends are the family you get to choose for yourself.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“Sticks and stones and fists CAN break your bones, but it's the words that break your heart.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“I will prove to you that forever is not just a word, not just a measurement of unending time, but that forever is a place where I will treasure your heart.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“After a minute, I look up and the boy named Leo is staring at me. I stare back, but he doesn´t look away.
"Why are you looking at me?" I hiss at him, my cheeks turning hot, filled with shame for the exchange he just heard.
He just keeps looking at me for a moment, and then he shrugs. "Because I like your face," he says, but now a corner of his mouth is quirking up in a half smile.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“Looking at the past can be painful, but you can either run from it, numb it, or you can learn from it.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“It will only ever be you, Evie.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“I think that 95 percent of knowing you're the greatest is all about confidence. You might suspect you're the greatest, you might hope you're the greatest, but if you don't have the balls to proclaim yourself the greatest in bold packaging, and let your critics test you if they dare, then you probably aren't the greatest. Who can resist the guy who really, truly believes in himself?”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“Why are you looking at me? His eyes search mine for several long seconds before he holds contact and whispers, " Because I like your face.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“He rips his mouth from mine as he growls, "Mine. Only mine. Only. Ever. Mine," still slamming into me, pounding me against the wall.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“I choose you, I choose you, Leo. Always.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“All the world's a circus. Sometimes you choose your act and sometimes it's assigned to you. I had roamed the arena for far too long, roaring and bellowing, believing that I wasn't brave enough to leap through fire. But all along, she had stood there, constant and calm."I can't make the fire go away," she had seemed to say, "I can't guarantee you won't get burned. But I can hold this hoop for you, I can remain steady and strong, because I believe in you. Because you are mine."
And in the end, I had jumped. And the other side was just as glorious as her eyes had promised.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“We dreamed together, we planned a life together. We were so young, but we were so sure.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“Evie to Jake “Oh my God,” she breathes “Your boy part is like the Incredible Hulk.” Jake raises an eyebrow and asks “Boy part?” Evie nods and asks “Is he angry?” Jake answers “Not yet. But if you keep referring to him as a ‘boy part,’ he could get there. He’s all man. You don’t want to see him get angry.” Evie responds “Oh, I definitely want to see him get angry.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“And the thing about falling in love
is that no matter where you are when it happens, you can't help but to color those moments with beauty,
even if you're in a location of ugliness. He made what would have been a place of nightmares into a place
to dream.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“I've heard people say they lose themselves in a kiss, but it was like we found ourselves the second our lips met. It was like he took me apart and put me back together with that kiss.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“You don't know me. You think you do, but you don't. You think you know what type of person I am, but you have no idea. And so, you don't get to do this. You don't get to interrupt my life over and over again and then think that I will be grateful to you for gracing my life with your very presence…”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“Maybe I’m an open book, or maybe love is like a magnifying glass straight into the souls of those who own your heart.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“You say 'please' and 'thank you' to everyone, Evie. You almost bumped into a cocker spaniel being walked by his owner and when you ducked around him, you said, 'excuse me.' You said 'excuse
me' to a dog, Evie. And I bet you didn't even think twice about that. And that's because your manners are so deeply ingrained in you, that that is second nature. And given what I know about your past, I'm gonna guess that no one fucking taught you that. That that is just all Evie."
- Jake Madsen”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“In my mind, I belonged to Leo, and he belonged to me. Distance would never change that.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“The only thing we'll get from trying to figure out where another path would have taken us are questions there are no answers to and heartbreak that can't be healed. Regardless of how we got there, all any of us can do is move forward from where we are.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“Your gift with storytelling, Evie? It's not about you getting lost in your own mind, or living in a dreamland. It's about the beauty of your heart. It's about being able to rise above even the worst of situations. It's one of the reason I've loved you every single day since I was 11 years old.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“You don’t have to be awake to cry.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“And why does every deliberately cruel person seem to consider themselves the perfect example of necessary bluntness? As if you're supposed to thank them for mowing over your heart with their special brand of honesty.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“love is like a magnifying glass straight into the souls of those who own your
heart.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“I’d like to take you to dinner tonight.”
Oh.” I say, surprise. “Um, I -”
“Evie, it’s a yes or yes question.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“I can't make the fire go away," she had seemed to say, "I can't guarantee you won't get burned. But I can hold this hoop for you, I can remain steady and strong, because I believe in you. Because you are mine.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“I don’t think it’s stalking if I get an invitation, but yes, I’d love to accompany you to the store.”
“I don’t know if I’m ready for this huge jump in status,” I tease. “From stalker to chaperone in a day? You’ll think I’m easy.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
“I don't know how you do that - how you make the most mundane things seem magical. Maybe that's just what love does.”
― Mia Sheridan, quote from Leo
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“Goodbyes weren't all they were cracked up to be”
― Abbi Glines, quote from Fallen Too Far
“Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Timeline
“WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU HADN'T SAVED HIM?
"Yes! The sun would have risen just the same, yes?"
NO
"Oh, come on. You can't expect me to believe that. It's an astronomical fact."
THE SUN WOULD NOT HAVE RISEN.
...
"Really? Then what would have happened, pray?"
A MERE BALL OF FLAMING GAS WOULD HAVE ILLUMINATED THE WORLD.”
― Terry Pratchett, quote from Hogfather
“What miracle is this? This giant tree.
It stands ten thousand feet high
But doesn't reach the ground. Still it stands.
Its roots must hold the sky.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, quote from House of Leaves
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