A.L. Jackson Quotes

It doesn't work like that. We don't earn love ... it's a gift we're given.

Was it wrong that all I wanted to do was kiss her?
I smiled, and Maggie blushed.
Oh God. So cute.
I knew then, I'd give this girl anything she asked me for. I'd probably beg her to take it.

You are so much better than what I've got to offer. I'm messed up."
"What if I want to be messed up with you?

Promise me you won't run when it gets ugly, Jared. Because life always does, and I can't bear the thought of living without you in mine." ~ Aly

Not the way I knew Christian's touch would burn me, the way it blessed me and bled me, the way he would singe me as his fingers traced my skin, the way he would sear me with his kiss. I couldn't handle anything so intense.

How could I not?" My hand fluttered in her direction, wishing I could make every fucking inch of space separating us disappear. "I lied to you, Aly. That night ... " I swallowed hard as my attention shot to the place where I'd left her behind before I angled it back on her. "I left knowing I could never forget you, but praying somehow you could forget me. And I know I shouldn't be here. I know I should give you a chance to forget, but, Aly ... I miss you.

My baby girl liked pink

I've always been your girl. You just didn't know it.

Maybe my steps were slow. Maybe it was because I was relishing each one, like each represented an obstacle we'd had to climb, the trials we'd had to overcome. Maybe each one was a triumph, each a celebration.
Even though each step was measured, in reality, I was running toward him.
Running toward my forever.
Because I realized I didn't have one without Christian.
He was my all.

He always thought he was the one who needed to stand up and protect me, but it was me who ached to protect him. Shield him and hold him, wishing he'd find that solace in me.

I hear you."
"You sing my soul.

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Loving someone will be one of the hardest things you ever do, little brother. It will twist you up and hang you out to dry. It'll fill you with more worry than you think you can stand, then turn right around and fill you with the greatest joy. It's a fucking battle, Austin. A battle because you'll spend the rest of your life fighting to keep it. But if you know one thing? Know there's no better mistake than one you make in the name of love." I

I don't get you, Jared. Did you think you could stay here and I'd just ignore you? I care about you."
"Don't say that," he whispered

I turned to him, wishing for nothing more than to tell him who I was.
That I was supposed to be Melanie's husband, not him.
That I adored her more than any other creature that had ever lived and always would.
That I had every intention of taking her away from him.

What is this?" I forced out, the words shaky.
He grasped both sides of my face, bringing us nose to nose. "This is unstoppable.

Where there's beauty, there's also pain.

I ruin every fucking thing I touch, Aly, and I refuse to ruin you.

Here, where we were home. Here, where we'd been Pulled.

I'm just here…this lost soul who finally found his home, begging her to open the door and let him in.

Don't, Aly." He ran his thumb over my cheek. "You think I can't feel this? How badly you want the things I can't give you? That's why it makes me sick that I'm doing this, because I already warned you… you can't fix me, and you can't say or do something that will change my mind or fill up the void in my soul

There were a rare few in this world who could stop me in my tracks, but it was only Elizabeth who could bring me to my knees.

This girl who was so gorgeous and broken and scared. The woman who'd become my responsibility. My future. Because I'd be damned if I remained a prisoner to my past. One I'd never walk away from again. I loved Shea Bentley and she loved me. It's where it started and where it ended. Nothing before or after or in between mattered.

I am still so in love with you, Samantha. Completely, crazy in love with you."
... "I love you with every part of me, Christopher. Never stopped.

I loved her. Oh God… I loved her. She was everything, ripped me apart and made me whole.

Don't ever confuse broken for weak.

Shifting my dozing child, I gathered him up and carried him to his room where I pulled back his covers and laid him in his bed. A burdened breath escaped his lungs, and he rolled to his side.

So precious and already so damaged.

Fall with me," I whispered.
He leaned down, lips just brushing mine, and Zachary Kennedy murmured his truth.
"I already jumped.

That's how I spent the next day and night - dividing my time between my girls. I felt like the go between until the three of us could be together. It was as if I were carrying a piece of one to the other, making them whole, as if we were part of the same soul.

I've always fucking needed you."
She jarred, shocked by my sudden movement, and blinked up at me with those eyes that twisted me in two.
I loosened my hold, and my words quieted. "But just because I need you doesn't mean I get to keep you.

What if you hurt me?
What if I fall in love with you?
What if I want you to stay?

And each time, he slipped a little deeper into my bones.

I'm terrified of you hurtin' me all over again," I whispered. "I can't take any more."
Flinching, his eyes dropped closed. "I don't want to hurt you, Faith. Never. I never wanted to. I'd give anything to stop that from happening again.

Promise me," I grunted in desperation as I moved against her. "Promise you'll never leave me.

One neither of us could bear. Life sometimes puts so much weight on our shoulders we crumble, bends us so far we break.

Tell me you want me, too..Tell me you lie in bed at night and when you close your eyes, you see me. Because all I can see is you.

I'm afraid of this. It's insane that I'm here. You're the last person I should fall for."
His big hand cupped the side of my face. "Don't you know all great love stories never should have been? That's what makes them great."
"Is that what you think this is…the start to a great love story?"
"Do you want it to be?

For so long, I'd wanted to hear those words fall from her lips. I'd just had no idea that in those words there would be so much sadness, that they would be tainted by years of her sorrow, and that my own thrill in finally hearing her say them aloud would be tarnished by the immense amount of resentment over what she had done.

Loving someone is one of the biggest chances we ever take. It's something that blossoms slow or hit us hard, something that stirs and builds gradually, or something that shocks us with its sudden intensity. And sometimes it's something that's been a part of us our entire lives. But almost always, it's inevitable. ~ Aly

I wanted to escape into her layers, to skim along the surface, and get lost in the beauty. To feel the shyness. To sink beneath, deeper into that pent-up confusion and dark.

That's what dreams are for. There's always a million of them out there floating around us, just out of reach, waiting for us to catch them. A million more ready to take their place when we find the others.

The man would own me with one passing touch, and I was certain that's exactly what it would be. Passing.

I never wanted you to see me like I was tonight," he said, "but it was inevitable ... all of this is ... inevitable. And still I stay because I don't fucking know how to walk away from you. Last night ... " He wrenched a trembling hand through his hair. "Fuck, Aly ... last night was the closest I've come to feeling something real in so long.

I'd lost myself somewhere along the way, and maybe my subconscious was telling me it was time I found that person again, because I sure as hell wasn't happy with who I'd become.

Sometimes it gets old, living in the shadows. Somehow they're not quite so dark when you're around.

You take what you're given and make the very best of it.

You're going to forget about me and find happiness. You're going to find someone who can love you exactly the way you deserve to be loved." I lowered myself so I could directly meet her face. "Do you hear me?

I never knew there was happiness like this. And then there was you.""I never knew there was happiness like this. And then there was you.

I couldn't help the way he made me feel. Couldn't help that his arms were my favorite place. Couldn't help that his mouth was my favorite flavor and his voice was my favorite song.

She was hard and soft. Tattooed and clean. Vixen and Angel. Dirty and pure.

All moments matter. We just rarely know how important they are until the chance to act on them has already passed.

If I sleep with you, there won't be any going back for me, Kale Bryant. Don't make me fall in love with you. I don't think either of us are ready for that.

Even as damaged as I knew he was, this gorgeous man was my perfection.

You make me feel again, Rynna. You make me feel like every chance is one worth taking. Like you're leading me out of the darkness that's ruled my life. When I close my eyes, who I see is you. Show me the way, Rynna. Show me the way out of it. Fuck. Please, show me the way.

I told you that I always get what I want. And what I want is you, and that's not ever going to change.

Could either of us ever forget the connection we'd shaped, one carved out in those perfect hours spent alone in my room?
No. Not me.

Why me?" She stops us dead in our tracks. We stand in the dark hallway just outside my bedroom.
"Because when something you didn't realize you were looking for falls into your lap, literally … and it feels right? You don't let it go.

You might have given up on yourselves. Just don't give up on each other.

She was like a bundle of fireworks just waiting for a match. Now I was standing in the flames.

I don't know how to stop loving you.

I don't know how to stop thinking about you … But as hard as I try to stop it, colliding with you feels unavoidable.

A still heart quickens as beauty graces the foul.

Sunshine," he murmured like praise. "You are light and life. My life. My everything. Let me be yours."
Tears streaked free, and I lifted my chin, our mouths meeting as I whispered, "I've always been yours.

I lose my head when I'm with you."
… "And I find myself when I'm with you.

I told you I'm not afraid. Why are you? All I'm asking is that you take a chance on me. Life's not worth living without taking them.

Every instinct told me I needed to run, that there was something about this beautiful stranger I couldn't resist.

You grew up on me, Aly, he murmured, the words rough, almost in awe.

Live life to the fullest even when it might feel empty.

Find love and bring it here,

The girl made me completely insane. Fucking certified.

How did I ever stay away from you?" Gentle fingertips caressed my cheeks, my lips, ran over my chin and down my neck. His palm came to rest on my chest, his fingers splayed out over my heart. It thrummed in devotion against his hand. "I heard this calling out for me every day." His breath whispered across my face, his words so sad, filled with so much regret. "Did you hear mine?

I don't get to have this. I already told you… you deserve someone who can love you, someone who will be good for you, and you know that's not me.

When beauty breathes life back into the broken

Never stop believing in magic.

Daddy.
I was struck with the magnitude of what that meant, the responsibility of being a father. Waves of devotion swept through me as I silently promised her I would always be there for her, would always love her, would be the best father I could possibly be.

If my heart was mine to give, I'd give it to you.

Growing up, I'd been the girl who'd try anything once. I'd thought that attitude made me brave. Turned out, it just made me stupid. Naive and unsuspecting and vulnerable." ~ Tamar

My eyes darted to her, dreading to see the pain I knew I would find. Please, Melanie, you have to know I only wanted this with you.
I couldn't say the words out loud, but I prayed she would understand, that she could see it in my eyes.

You don't always need sunshine for the weather to be beautiful.

You were the only good thing I had in my life, Faith. You were the one who made me see it when the only thing I could see was the dark. My light in the dark. You made me believe in it.

I once believed I'd take whatever piece of him he was willing to give. That was no longer good enough. I wanted it all.

I'll never let you go again,Melanie.Never.Nothing will come between us ... nothing.
I would destroy anything,and anyone who tried to take her from me.
Being away from her was no longer an option.
She was mine.Only mine.

His love was so intense, yet his soul held so much sorrow. I wondered if his hurt went so deep that he could never heal.

I don't remember how to breathe without you.

I'd always been willing. But I always fell short, every good intention I ever had never good enough.

How could I relax when I had to welcome Christian into my home, the one who had wounded me deeper than anyone, the one who haunted my days and held me in my dreams?

Mischief and mayhem and the promise of a blinding, blissful ride.

My body trembled as all the regrets of my life washed through me, my heart feeling as if it were on the verge of failing. My sould cried out for her. It had never stopped its search for her in nine years, and I could still feel her calling for me.

Loving someone was like volunteering for heartache and sorrow and a lifetime of bullshit. But I wanted one. I wanted her. Tamar King. We had a love/ hate relationship. I loved messing with her and she loved to hate me for it.

And I can't stop thinking that maybe you might need me just as bad as I need you,

He stood above me, his body visibly trembling.
"This is forever.

I fucking missed you, okay?

You're my world, Samantha. Everything I do, from now until the end of time, I'm going to be doing for you.

And their hearts. They tumbled and spunned.
Swelled and grow.
Overflowed.
Two empty lives that had been so hollow.
Two lives that now brimmed so full.

I knew better than acting like a naïve school girl. He would come like a plunderer, swooping in and tearing everything in his path to shreds, setting the world on fire. With zero regret. Zero concern for the mayhem he caused. Zero remorse for his sins. He reveled in them. Like I said. Cruel

Go bring me back my daughter.

You took my heart when you left," I whispered.
He took a slow step forward, his confession cracking in the air. "And I left mine with you.

Fight for what you love. For what's important. Cherish it. Only a fool believes there's a good enough reason to le love go.

Because it shouldn't hurt to be touched.

The boy was painted in his pain

I'm going to walk away and I'm going to forget about you, Aly. And you're going to do the same.