Jolene Perry Quotes

When you have a hard day or when I see you slipping backward, I'm desperate to stop it, to make you see how amazing you are, to help you know that you have so much to look forward to. The things that happened to you won't haunt you forever."
"But I'll remember them forever." I know there's no forgetting and I'm still not sure what to do with that.
He sucks in a breath. "But they'll hurt less."
I don't have to look at him to know there are tears on his face.

If I could have seen a year ahead, would I love the girl I am now or hate her ?

I generally don't care what we watch because we can be like this, snuggled together in his room, which is my favorite thing in the world to do.

My shower doesn't make everything go away. The world doesn't feel like a bigger, brighter place because my hair smells like coconuts.

I need you to know that the best place in the world will always be next to you. I'm there until you send me away. Brian

Can we swim?" Sky asks, resting her chin on my shoulder.
"Did you bring a suit?" Please say no, please say no ...
"Yeah."
Crap. "Great.

I'd neglected everyone just to spend more time with someone I shouldn't have been spending time with.

We both breathe in at the same time. I don't know if we're breathing one another in, or if we're both trying not to cry.

Oh, come on, what's the matter with Romeo and Juliet?"
Megan took the movie from my grasp to put it in the DVD player.
"Do you want a list?" I didn't wait for an answer. "Romeo's whining about a girl one day, in love with Juliet the next. He has the decency to marry her but then they go back to her parent's house? I mean, what kind of asinine plan is that? Come on, their families hate each other! If you're going to sneak away and get married, just sneak away! It's like watching the girl in a horror movie walk up the dark attic stairs. She totally deserves whatever
she gets at the top."
"Are you saying they deserved to die?

I want to hate him for what he did. Leaving us. It's not right. He's gone and I'm stuck here in this fucking funeral home, staring at his casket. There's no way out. Not for me, and certainly not for him. The casket is closed. Bolted shut for eternity. No one forced him to be a Jackass wannabe, though.

I married the perfect girl. I married the girl who could have done so much better and took me anyway. I married a woman who inspires me to be the best version of myself just by being her. I feel lucky every day to be the man next to you, Leigh. Nothing will ever change that.

How can something as simple as a look make me feel so much?

Luke smells like coconut and sandalwood; all things that bring me straight back to the beach house Mom and Dad rent every year.

Just. Sometimes everything falls apart at once, you know And I'm slowly putting it back together, but it's taking a freaking eternity.

To make you hate me
The impossible task
Wasn't as hard
As I'd hoped

It's killing me not to do everything in my power to beg you to be with me. To wait for me, because I'm waiting for you. Waiting to tell you over and over how much I still love you ...

I lean closer and whisper. I'm already there, so I guess I'll wait for you

He taught me to fight, to defend myself, to stand up for what I believe in, and protect people I love. I thanked him for that lesson after that weekend in New Orleans when some guy put his hands on Delia, and I had to tear him apart.

My heart for yours," he offers.
"Deal.

We only see what's close to us, but if we allow ourselves to simply feel, and not see, we can understand so much more.

Whoever you choose to be with will feel like the luckiest man in the world, not a guy who had to give up something to be with you.

A kiss for a kiss.
Your shirt for mine.
Break my heart, I'll break yours.

Something like another wave of despair crashes into me. "I'm so heavy." I blink and a tear slides down my cheek.
"Then you lean on us for a while. Let us carry you, Joy, until you're not heavy anymore. That's what family is.

As much as I should keep my heart in my chest, part of it runs away with him. And maybe that means part of his might be here with me.

Because sometimes all we need is somebody to sit in silence with.

Somebody needs to stop making those bullshit romantic comedies. they mess with your head.

Because brothers don't let each other wander in the dark alone

Every experience is a once in a lifetime experience, because no matter how hard we try, nothing's ever exactly the same as it was the first time

I inhale deeply and hold it. Every time I do this lately, I feel like I need to see how long I can hold it. See if I can understand how Eamon must have felt. But I know nothing would make me understand that king of agony. The fear. Did he know he was taking his last breath when he gasped that last time ?

And it's true what I read about joy. It's the kind of happiness that not only fills you up but spills over. Really, all you have to do is look for it, and then have the strength to let it in. And believe it or not, that's the hardest part.

Tobin's just a guy - like a ton of guys. Even as I run those words through my head, trying to convince myself, I know it's a lie. Tobin will never be just a guy. Not to me. And he shouldn't be just a guy to anyone who meets him or to anyone else that's lucky enough to love him.

I had been so worried about him not wanting me that I hadn't stopped to know if I really wanted him
if he was right for me.