“She was comfort and pain, wrapped up in one beautiful package…that wasn’t mine.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“I have a life without you. You’re not my entire world. You’re just the part I loved the most…”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“And you?” she asked. “What happens to you in that scenario?” I die a little each day we’re apart. “I…get by. And I miss you, every day.” Every hour, every minute…every second.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“There was only one thing I could think of that wouldn’t fade, break, or shatter. I could have her with me every second of every day. I could carry her, on my skin, seared into my flesh…permanently.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“I’m in love with you. You gave yourself to me, then ran right back to him. You. Killed. Me.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“I love you. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. The women…I was so scared to touch you. You didn’t want me…I couldn’t take the pain. I tried to get over you. Every time with them, I was with you. I’m so sorry…I love you.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“Because I was head-over-heels, ends-of-the-earth, till-death-do-us-part in love with her.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“Only think about the raindrops. Only listen to the sound of the rain pelting the earth. Only feel the chill. Don't think about her. Don't think about her lips. Don't think about her body. Her smile. Her laugh. Her eyes...the way she looks at you. The way she looks at him. Fuck.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“I’m so in love with you, Kiera. I’ve missed you so much. I’m so sorry. I’m sorry I say awful things to you. I’m sorry I lied about your sister…I never touched her. I promised you I wouldn’t. I couldn’t let you know…how much I adore you…how much you hurt me.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“Thank you.” Thank you for ripping my heart out. Thank you for showing me something I can never have. Thank you for looking so beautiful this morning, it makes me want to tear my eyes out.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“Oh. My. God…yes. I cried out in the same way she did. We needed this. We needed each other. Please, Kiera. Say yes.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“I looked up at her, relieved. I’d get to keep her. At least for today, I’d get to keep her.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“She was the biggest fucking whore I knew. And I knew a lot of whores.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“She was my greatest pain, and my only salvation. She was the only one who could heal this hole in my heart, a hole she’d torn open." Kellan Kyle”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“Well, then you’re a moody artist.” Under her breath, she added, “You’re practically a girl.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“You were the biggest mistake of my life, Kellan. You were right—we’re not friends, never were. I wish you would just go away.”
I felt like she’d just reached into my chest and squeezed my heart until it burst open in her hands. Her words hurt me more than anything I’d ever heard before, and I’d heard some pretty shitty things in my lifetime. This was worse than anything my father had ever said or done to me. It was worse than hearing her have sex with Denny five seconds after me. This…destroyed me.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“Kiera was a scar across my heart that would never fully heal, no matter how many random encounters I placed across it. My poor imitations of her were only ripping open the wound again and again. Good or bad, she was forever a part of me." Kellan Kyle”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“Do you think loving you has ever been easy for me…or even sometimes pleasant?”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“I can't lose her. Please, God, don't let me lose her. I need her. I'll do anything. We'll end this charade, we'll go back to being purely just friends. Just don't take her away from me tonight.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“With a sad smile, I ran my fingers down her door. “It doesn’t matter what you wear…you’ll be stunning. As much as you want to, you can’t hide your beauty, Kiera.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“I just... wanted to help her. I wanted to return her stuff and give her a ride home so I'd know she was safe. I just wanted her safe. And happy.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
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“For almost a year, from June 1948 to October 1949, they kept the city alive by plane. In that time American and British planes made some 277,728 flights through Soviet airspace to drop bundles of food, clothing, cigarettes, medicine, fuel and equipment, including components for a new power station, to the people of West Berlin. In the west, the aircraft came to be known as the ‘Rosinenbomber’, or ‘raisin bombers’, because they brought food. But in the east, Koch and his classmates were told the enemy planes sprayed potato beetles over East German crops as they flew over, in order to spoil the harvest.”
― Anna Funder, quote from Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
“The beauty of that June day was almost staggering. After the wet spring, everything that could turn green had outdone itself in greenness and everything that could even dream of blooming or blossoming was in bloom and blossom. The sunlight was a benediction. The breezes were so caressingly soft and intimate on the skin as to be embarrassing.”
― Dan Simmons, quote from Drood
“Christmas it seems to me is a necessary festival; we require a season when we can regret all the flaws in our human relationships: it is the feast of failure, sad but consoling.”
― Graham Greene, quote from Travels With My Aunt
“He’ll never be conquered, that man, and you know why? We all back him up – the little fellows like you and me. Oh yes, to hear the big fellows talk, they ‘re fighting for their beliefs and so on, but if you look into it, you find they’re not that silly: they do want to make a profit on the deal. So you and I back them up! COOK”
― Bertolt Brecht, quote from Mother Courage and Her Children
“A może, w co chętniej wierzył Achamian, wybrańcami byli ci, którzy się wahali. Często myślał o tym, że wabik fałszywej pewności jest najbardziej narkotyczną i destrukcyjną ze wszystkich pokus. Kto czynił dobro, tkwiąc w niepewności, czynił dobro bez obietnicy nagrody... Może więc samo zwątpienie było kluczem?
To pytanie – co zrozumiałe – musiało pozostać nierozstrzygnięte. Jeżeli szczere zwątpienie rzeczywiście miało być warunkiem odkupienia, mogli go dostąpić tylko ludzie nieznający odpowiedzi.”
― R. Scott Bakker, quote from The Warrior Prophet
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