Claire Contreras · 252 pages
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“I'm in love with you, Blake. I've been in love with you from the moment I saw you. I've been in love with you from the day I was born and possibly even before then. I belong to you. My body belongs to you. My heart belongs to you. Please let me make love to you." -Cole”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“You're going to need a better reason this time. A real reason. And just to be clear, I don't give a fuck what it is because I am not going to let you go. Period.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“You're the only one that fucking matters...only you...always.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“I wish I didn't have this strong urge to uncover my past, because with this comes devastation and sorrow that I'm not sure I'm strong enough to relive.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“Find a man that will watch over you. Don’t settle for men who only have one thing in mind. If he doesn’t like to eat, something is wrong with him,” she says, which makes me laugh. “He needs to put you before himself—always,” she would tell me. “He needs to love you more than you love him.” That one confuses me a bit, but I don’t ask...
“You mustn’t be afraid of love, Blake. No matter what you go through in life, don’t be afraid to love. Loving is the only thing that keeps us sane. If it weren’t for love, the suffering we experience wouldn’t be worth it. If it weren’t for the suffering, we wouldn’t cherish the good things life gives us. Sometimes it’ll seem as though life only knocks you down, but you have to learn to pick yourself up and fight back. I love you, Blake. I will always love you even when I’m no longer here to tell you,” Aunt Shelley breathes weakly.”
Excerpt From: Contreras, Claire. “There Is No Light in Darkness.” Claire Contreras, 2013-01-10T00:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“I love you to the moon and back.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“Sometimes you need to do things that hurt in order to protect the ones you love.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“I try to search for the light, but I know I’ll never find it, because there is no light in darkness.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“If it weren’t for love, the suffering we experience wouldn’t be worth it. If it weren’t for the suffering, we wouldn’t cherish the good things life gives us. Sometimes it’ll seem as though life only knocks you down, but you have to learn to pick yourself up and fight back.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“He made sure that no man would ever life up to him. In the end, he hurt me more than I hurt him. I broke his heart, but he tore mine into a million pieces. Even if I wanted to piece it back together, I would never find them all because he would always be holding some.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“Hey,” I say as I rest the phone on my shoulder.
“Are you really dripping wet and wearing a tiny white towel?” he asks in a raspy low voice.
“Yes, I just got out of the shower.”
“Good,” he exhales into the line. “At least I don’t have this raging hard-on for no reason.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“Fine. I’ll go back to my room,” he says gruffly, his blazing eyes boring into mine. “Just know that I’ll be thinking very naughty thoughts and doing very naughty things to myself while I picture you naked and wet.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“You mustn’t be afraid of love, Blake. No matter what you go through in life, don’t be afraid to love. Loving is the only thing that keeps us sane. If it weren’t for love, the suffering we experience wouldn’t be worth it. If it weren’t for the suffering, we wouldn’t cherish the good things life gives us.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“I love you too, baby,” he said in a low voice that makes me shiver. Cole has been saying those words to me for the past nine years. I’ve never said them back.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“In the end, he hurt me more than I hurt him. I broke his heart, but he tore min into a million pieces. Even if I wanted to piece it back together, I would never find them all because he would always be holding some.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“I’m in love with you, Blake. I’ve been in love with you from the moment I saw you. I’ve been in love with you from the day I was born and possibly even before then. I belong to you. My body belongs to you. My heart belongs to you. Please let me make love to you.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“I don’t know how to wake up without your good mornings or go to sleep without your good nights.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“My favorite part about cooking is drinking red wine while I do it.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“Blake, if the world was for sale, I’d buy it for you.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“I broke his heart, but he tore mine into a million pieces. Even if I wanted to piece it back together, I would never find them all because he would always be holding some.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“There is nobody out there that will ever be what you are to me. Nobody will ever be pretty enough, smart enough, funny enough, or as big of a pain in my ass as you are. You're the only one I want. You're the only one I've ever wanted.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“I didn't know how much I missed you until I saw you walk away from me.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
“Cue the damn tears. Damn Chris Martin and his ability to make me cry every time he opens his damn mouth.”
― Claire Contreras, quote from There is No Light in Darkness
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