Erin Bowman Quotes

People have all sorts of pasts, sometimes dark or dreary, but perhaps the actions they choose in the present are the ones that carry the most weight.

That word. I would have given anything to hear her say it over the summer, to have had the chance to say it back, but now, more than ever, I understand its true power. How it can make you ache as much as it can make you soar. How it shouldn't be said in return unless you mean it as deeply as the speaker. And that's not something you can ever know. Not truly. There's too much blind faith involved and that word is always, always a risk. You'll get hurt. Or the other person will. You'll stomp on someone's heart without meaning to. Loving is foolish and risky, like trying to raise a building in a bog. Emotions don't make strong foundations.

Gold makes monsters of men.

We were suppose to be like the birds.

Secrets are like bullets. Ditto the dark, personal stuff. Folks say they'll take'em off yer hands, share the burden, but really they just load 'em into their own weapons so they can use 'em against you later.

He sips his drink and it leaves his handlebar mustache dripping like a cattle dog come outta a river.

Second chances are not the same as forgiveness.

Sure, sometimes you gotta let things go, but other times you can't till you set things right. And I know darn well it ain't worth arguing with a preacher. The only truths they believe are their own words.

[His eyes] gleaming like a demon done the devil's work

When I were first learning to shoot a rifle, Pa told me that nearly every battle people face is in their heads.

For some reason, this is the moment I know I'm gonna be all right; that the hurt might never fade, and my heart might always long for a stubborn cowboy with squinty eyes, but I'll make do. Sure as the sun will rise.

Money's supposed to fix problems, not give you more, but I guess life ain't that straightforward.

Maybe I felt something because I'm always looking for feelings. Without them, I don't know how to act.

The human brain can only be stretched so far before it breaks.

Truth is, if someone doesn't see you before sex, they definitely don't see you any more after.

The only truths they believe are thier own words.

No matter how obvious something may seem, there are two sides to every story.