“If she loved him the way she said she did, she wanted him whole. Maybe this was what love meant after all: sacrifice and selflessness. It did not mean hearts and flowers and a happy ending, but the knowledge that another's well-being is more important than one's own.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“Remember all fairy tales end at some point.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“I still love you. I will always love you, and that is all that matters. I will forgive you anything, and I will forgive you this.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“I'm so sorry for loving you, I'm so sorry.... But it was such a wonderful dream, my love, such a wonderful dream.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“He was like a shooting star you tried to catch with your hands. She would only get burned.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“It's always good to be underestimated.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“Trust me to return to you."
"I will wait forever.
however long it takes.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“I am not sorry for a moment . It was worth every moment, every second we were together. I would not change it for an immortal lifetime”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“Was he hungry? He'd had an enormous breakfast, but the transition from the glimpse had taken a lot out of him. Did they serve lunch in Hell? Should he have packed a snack? Why was he suddenly thinking about food?”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“We are bonded now. We will face it together. Your destiny is mine as well. We shall live or die together.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“I will wait forever," she promised. "However long it takes.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“No one's happy here, you know that. But I am content, and maybe that's enough for me.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“They each had secrets they were keeping from the other; secrets they were keeping out of love.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“Sometimes it was better to keep Pandora's box closed.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“Listen, Legs, I'm going to die anyway. I'm human. And I don't know about you, but I don't believe in visions of the future. I believe we choose our own destiny. You didn't give me a choice last time. You just left. But I'm here now. And I love you. Stay with me. Don't fear the future; we'll face it together.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“He squeezed her hand one last time. Then Jack was gone and she was alone.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
“They were friends. That's all she ever seemed to have. Friends. She had enough of them.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, quote from Lost in Time
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“We begin in the world as anagrams of our antecedents.”
― Maggie O'Farrell, quote from The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
“Our doubts are traitors,
and make us lose the good we oft might win,
by fearing to attempt.”
― William Shakespeare, quote from Measure for Measure
“Remind yourself daily that there is no way to happiness; rather, happiness is the way. You may have a long list of goals that you believe will provide you with contentment when they’re achieved, yet if you examine your state of happiness in this moment, you’ll notice that the fulfillment of some previous ambitions didn’t create an enduring sense of joy. Desires can produce anxiety, stress, and competitiveness, and you need to recognize those that do. Bring happiness to every encounter in life, instead of expecting external events to produce joy. By staying in harmony on the path of the Tao, all the contentment you could ever dream of will begin to flow into your life—the right people, the means to finance where you’re headed, and the necessary factors will come together. “Stop pushing yourself,” Lao-tzu would say, “and feel gratitude and awe for what is. Your life is controlled by something far bigger and more significant than the petty details of your lofty aspirations.”
― Wayne W. Dyer, quote from Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao
“There is the question of whether life is long enough to get over anything. I sat down on the ground to avoid tipping over from the enormity of it all.”
― Jim Harrison, quote from Dalva
“A great emptiness had been carved out of my soul; I watched all the effervescence of the world with a derisive smile.”
― Shan Sa, quote from Empress
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