Jessica Hawkins Quotes

You feel like the lifeline I lost. Don't tell me you're weak. Don't tell me your flaws aren't my blessings.

The man puts you on a fucking pedestal. And you do the same to him. It's about time you knocked each other off, because now you're on the ground where you should be. And that's the foundation you need to build on, not some lofty idea that you can't be happy if you aren't perfect.

You should have the world. Fuck the world - you should have the universe, the sky, and every star in it.

Because the least painful part of an affair is the tumble and tangle of body parts. The agony is in the guts. In the reasons behind it.

It felt as if her goodness could actually be enough to heal my ugliness.

I had one option left. Tilt the universe until she fell into my arms.

Finn was meant to find that journal. To find me. To be a salve, and perhaps even heal, a heart I'd worried was destined to ache forever.

I don't. But if I had your love, I wouldn't waste it like he does. He's playing a game with you. He'll regret pushing you away, though, when he realizes I'm here, waiting to catch you.

Olivia, I'll put on a show in front of your friends, at your work, whenever we're in public. But I'm growing tired of pretending when we're alone. Don't tempt me.

I'm not a religious or spiritual man. I am guided solely by my instincts, my gut. And they have led me to you. Without you, I have nothing to believe in.

Fate doesn't stick around for happy endings - it only gives you the opportunity to work for one.

I can't tell if I'm feeling butterflies or barbed wire in my stomach.

You know my love for you spans the world. It trumps time, space, human life. I chose you knowing hundreds would suffer. I could never make a decision that didn't put you above all.

Red roses lure you in with beauty and passion, which is why they suit Halston so well. Can they hurt you? Yes. If you don't know how to handle them. Beautiful things should be that way, difficult to get to, to touch. Otherwise it'd be too easy for people to destroy them.

I won't lose myself again because you won't let me. And if you happen to, I will light your way back to ensure you always find yourself. And then you find me.

I'd been with boys before; I'd been with boys I'd thought were men. But this was different. David kissed like a man. He tasted, he smelled and he fucked like a man.

People stay in relationships for all kinds of reasons that have nothing to do with love - including not believing they deserve better.

Foreplay with him is the space between us: the things we haven't said; the admissions we haven't made. If I'm scared, I can't feel it, and if I'm shaking, it's surpassed by my anticipation.

I'm glad I stopped for my new neighbor, though. He's chasing off the dark clouds that've been hanging around lately.

a fresh start can be as alluring as a good memory.

Are any of us really awake? Are we making decisions about our lives, or just letting things happen to us?

You make this decision, and we're in it together. I will be your shield.

Seeing David was a full-body experience. I felt heavy and light at the same time. He gives me butterflies, but they aren't butterflies. They're bigger and darker and scarier, like crows. They're dangerous. And did Bill ever give me butterflies?

So what does the color blue say about you?" He studies all the parts of my face - mouth, nose, ears, chin - as if he's memorizing it for an exam. Then his eyes return to mine. "It says I never had a favorite color until I met this girl in a coffee shop with eyes so blue, they're almost purple, like the absolute final moments before sunrise. This girl stayed on my mind. When I saw things like a cluster of irises or a peacock at the zoo, I would think of her and say to myself, that is my favorite color.