“Sad and mad and love are such weak words, drawn long ago from Germanic languages spoken by people who may have been more stone than flesh. The soul needs words rooted in romance languages, words like despondent and ravished and adore.” LanguageEmotionWords Book:The Words Between Us Source: The Words Between Us
“...novels are for looking through someone else's eyes, seeing what someone else sees when they look at the world, and realizing, perhaps for the first time, that other people are just as real and alive and hurt as you are.” PainCompassionVulnerabilityNovels Book:The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water Source: The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water
“A moment of peace, a moment without doubt, a moment I felt that, were I called to, I could walk on water, I could hold back the wind.” PeaceEmpowerment Book:The Words Between Us Source: The Words Between Us
“That’s what does it. That’s what breaks your heart a little. And if it doesn’t break your heart a little, why bother?” MusicEmotionalLife Quotes And SayingsBittersweetCreativity Quotes Book:Everything Is Just Beginning Source: Everything Is Just Beginning
“I didn’t know where to start. I got a job where I could travel. I think somewhere in the back of my mind I thought maybe I’d run into you somewhere or at least come across some sort of sign you’d been somewhere—something so that I could at least be sure you existed, that you weren’t some figment of my imagination. But everywhere I went, I could tell right away you weren’t there.” RomanceEmotionsLongingContemporary Fiction Book:The Words Between Us Source: The Words Between Us
“And there was fear in the writing. Fear that they would be misinterpreted, yes, but greater than that was the fear that they’d never be interpreted at all. That no one would read them and find me there.” WritingEmotionsContemporary Fiction Book:The Words Between Us Source: The Words Between Us
“Yes, there had been increasing distance between you and me--there always is between people who have been friends from a young age as each grows into her own self, which might be a self that neither anticipated on those warm summer nights when they had pledged their undying friendship to one another, staring up at millions of stars, each representing a possible future.” FriendshipHealingSeparationRelational Distance Book:The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water Source: The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water
“My life isn’t someone else’s fault. It’s just life.” RealityContemporary FictionRealizations Book:The Words Between Us Source: The Words Between Us