Quotes from Light in the Shadows

“The choices we make in our life don't have to define us. It's what we learn from them that's important.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“Forgive. Such a small word. Only seven letters but they carry the weight of the world.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“The thing about shadows is that they're not all darkness. You need to have light to have shadows. So just look for it.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“When I was drowning, she became my air. In the cold, she became my warmth. In the dark, she became my light.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“You are everything good in my life. Even when I thought all I had was the darkness, you were there. And you gave me something to live for. I couldn’t let you go. No matter how hard I tried. I know now that’s because to lose you would be losing the very best part of myself.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“For a guy who struggled with finding his place in the world, standing next to Maggie, I understood one thing on a very fundamental level. Wherever she went, whatever she did, that is where I belonged.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“Ignoring things didn’t make them go away. It only made it harder to face them when they finally came around to beat the shit out of you.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“I can only say, with one hundred percent certainty that I love you. That I live and breathe for you. That I would lay down my life a million times over for you. And no matter what happens tomorrow, next week, next year, my heart will always be yours.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“Our heads have a nasty habit of ruining what can make us happiest. And there are times in our lives when you have to put aside what we think is best and do with what you feel is best.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“There is more beauty inside you than in anyone I have ever met. These pictures don’t lie. I won’t ever forget you. Or stop loving you. You can ask me to. You can tell me to move on. But I won’t. And I never will. Just don’t forget how beautiful we were. How beautiful we can still be.
Please.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“I don’t want to wake up ten years from now regretting that I let this slip through my fingers. I don’t want to waste another moment without you in my life.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“And he asked her to share his forever.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“I love you, Maggie May Young. Always and forever.” And then my mouth touched hers and I felt my future begin.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“My love for this beautifully broken, yet slowly healing boy, made me strong.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“I pulled out the small velvet box I had kept in my pocket all day and got down on one knee.
And then she did the craziest thing.
She fell down to her knees in front of me.
“I’m the one who’s supposed to be on my
knees here. You’re ruining the moment”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“I still hung onto the hope that my broken knight would gallop back into my life and sweep me off my feet.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“She glanced over her shoulder as she made her way into the restaurant, as though to make sure I was still waiting for her.
You crazy girl, don’t you know I’d wait for you forever?”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“It's a promise ring. A long time ago, they would be engraved with the words Pour route ma vie, de tout mon coeur, For my whole life, all of my love. I wanted to give you something that showed my complete and total devotion to you, to us. I have turned your world upside down. First when I tried to kill myself and left you to deal with the aftermath. Then again when I came back and you've been trying to handle my constantly changing life. I know I haven't been easy. I wish I could say that one day things might be simpler. But the truth is I can't say that. I wish I could. I can only say, with one hundred percent certainty that I love you. That I live and breathe for you. That I would lay down my life a million times over for you. And no matter what happens tomorrow, next week, next year, my heart will always be yours.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“Our road hasn't been a easy one. But good things rarely are. You taught me that the person i am is worth loving, worth fighting for. You gave me strength when i had none. You held me up when i wanted to fall. And now, I want to give you everything. I want to give you the world. Because Maggie, you've given me mine. And it's you. It will always, forever, be you.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“God, I loved her. She was the piece I had been missing for the last three months. She was everything I wanted in my life but was still unsure I deserved.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“Maria had a bit of a…crush on me while we were in treatment.”
Of course she did. She had been in treatment, not a coma.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“Regret. When I looked at Clay that’s definitely what I felt. Mostly for everything we never got to be. For everything I wanted so much to experience with him.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“For my whole life, all of my love”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“Just when I thought I had things under control, the reality of who I was smacked me squarely in the face. Being nuts was no fun let me tell you. I was a far cry from being the lovable eccentric. The wacky dude who mumbled to himself and wore his pants inside out. Nope, my kind of nuts was scary and consuming.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“Do I need to remind you of the fact I will take you out at the kneecaps if you fuck with her, man? Seriously.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“There were times I left my sessions feeling like I was a step closer to being the person I wanted to be. The guy who would be able to show up on Maggie May Young’s doorstep and tell her that his life would always begin and end with her.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“We can’t pick up where we left off; because that was a place I never want to be again.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“For the longest time all I cared about was getting through the day. When your every breath was an effort, that quickly became the extent of your expectations.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“I know Clay hurt you. He's a difficult boy. But he loves you. As much as you love him. I see the way you look at each other. And it's a beautiful thing.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

“I seemed to recall a party when I was five, complete with scary clowns and pony rides. Maybe it was the clowns that ruined me for all future birthdays. Because those fuckers are scary.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Light in the Shadows

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