Quotes from Once

Anna Carey ·  354 pages

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“You do anything for the person you love,” she said finally. "And then when you don’t think you can give any more of yourself, you do. You keep going. Because it would kill you not to.”
― Anna Carey, quote from Once


“I've fallen in love with you," he whispered to kiss the top of my hand.”
― Anna Carey, quote from Once


“I loved every part of him. The smell of his skin, the scar on his cheek, the feel of his fingers pressing into my back. The way he could tell what I was thinking just by looking at me.”
― Anna Carey, quote from Once


“We stood side by side, and for that minute, in the stillness of that room, he was not the King. I was not not the Princess, taken against her will to the City. We were two people trying to forget.”
― Anna Carey, quote from Once


“There are millions of stars, each one shining and burning out at the same time. They die like everything else - you have to appreciate them before they're gone”
― Anna Carey, quote from Once



“Memories can ruin you if you let them.”
― Anna Carey, quote from Once


“The only two people who can understand a relationship are the two people in it,”
― Anna Carey, quote from Once


“Existen millones de estrellas, pero cada una de ellas brilla y se consume a la vez; mueren como todo..., de modo que hay que apreciarlas antes de que se esfumen.”
― Anna Carey, quote from Once


“Las únicas personas que comprenden una relación son las que la mantienen.”
― Anna Carey, quote from Once


“Hacemos todo cuanto podemos por la persona a la que amamos. Y cuando crees que ya no puedes dar nada más de ti misma, vas y haces algo más, porque negarte a ello te mataría.”
― Anna Carey, quote from Once



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