Kate McCarthy Quotes

War is a cold, selfish bitch, Kendall. It changes you. It makes you hard, and it makes you hurt, yet somehow, we keep going back for more."
"Because we're soldiers,

You're buried in there so deep it's like I was born with you in my soul.

Her husband was home, and with Australian troops finally being pulled from the Afghanistan war, maybe she could hold him a little longer this time, and a little harder

I miss you. Each day hurts a little more than the last.

I want you, Fin," he finally admitted. "So damn much I can't sleep from it. I lie in bed at night and I dream of my lips on yours, my mouth tasting every inch you. I want to fuck you until I go blind from it and even then I don't think it would ever be enough.

I hurt too. For six years I fought every day not to think of you, and I lost, because every day you were all I could see. You were the best thing in my life - so sweet and innocent, and so goddamn tempting.

A smile grew slowly on his face, and he rubbed his nose gently against mine. "That has to be the longest ' I love you' in the history of the world.

I watched you. From the moment you walked in that bar, I saw you. Amongst all the shallow and the fake, you looked like sping, and then you got close and I was right because you smelled like jasmine. When you turned around to leave I thought I was wrong because why did someone as sweet as spring think that life wasn't meant for her? There was no light in your eyes, and somehow, even though I barely knew you, it left an ache in my chest. How could I let you walk away?

in my own. It forms the image that

I stayed away so you could move on.

I'm really sorry," I whispered. "I can't do this."
"Can't do what?"
"Life," I muttered under my breath. "It wasn't meant for me.

Perfect is for people who don't know how to be real, and I don't want any of that. I want you.

There is no end. Brothers forever.'

Don't ever forget those words.
I love you, brother.
Jake.

If you can't handle the game, then get the hell out off the field. - Jordan Elliott

There are no goodbyes in life. Only see you later.

Every piece of me is in here." He placed his palm flat on her chest, feeling her heart beat hard and steady beneath his fingers. He closed his eyes briefly at the beauty of it. "My breath, my heart, my life. I won't ever leave you if you keep that safe inside of you.

I'll love you longer than the stars that live in the sky.

Don't cry, baby. I'm sorry."
She pressed her lips together.
"Smile, okay? You'll be gone in a little over a week and you can do that moving on thing," he whispered thickly.

To my country, I hope I have done you proud. To my fellow soldiers, I hope I have honored you in my actions. TO my father and mother, thank you for showing me love.. To my brother Ryan, thank you for sharing your life with me, and to my sister Fin, who's saving the earth one whale at a time, don't forget to smile, because when you do, it's like seeing the sun. -Jake

I'm sorry," he added hoarsely. "I want to say I'm trying not to want you, and I did. I tried, but I don't know if I can any longer.

That it doesn't matter if you live a billion years, or just a short handful like Jake. It's how bright you burn while living them that really matters, and Jake burned so bright it hurt my eyes.

We're your friends now, Quinn. Granted, we might not know you that well yet, but I know enough. We all know enough to see the sweetness in your smile and the shadows in your eyes. If you need courage, Quinn, know that we're standing behind you.

Would they only ever have those fleeting moments - the ones where you lived the briefest, loved the hardest, and burned like the devil had set fire to your very soul? They were the only moments in his life that had been worth a damn.

I burrowed my head in his neck, Travis clutching me tight to him as he turned his back to the wave. As it crashed wildly around us, the sweet bloom of something beautiful began unfurling in my chest and rocked me hard. My throat worked at swallowing it down, but right then I wanted nothing more than to claw my way Inside his skin and never leave.

To be honest I can't wait. Being here when you're not is like another kind of war because you're everywhere - your face, your smile, the sweet smell of you. Only it's a war I can't seem to fight.

I know what Travis was like before you, and i know what he's like since you, and I like the latter." Casey's voice was firm as his eyes held mine. "He smiles like he means it, even after a long shitty day like he's dealing with today." Casey tapped a finger to his temple. "Up here, there's you at the back of all that, making his day not so shit because at the end of it, he gets you.

Life is hard, Quinn, and the hardest part is being yourself in a world of people trying to make you someone you're not. I saw you standing apart form everything that was the same, and that was beautiful, not sad. When I was holding you and Inside of you, I watched your eyes come alive, and fuck spring because you were hotter than summer, and I want to see that again.

Why can't I force myself to leave?" he rested his forehead against hers and closed his eyes. "I hurt too. For six years I fought every day not to think of you, and I lost, because every day you were all I could see. You were the best thing in my life - so sweet and innocent, and so goddamn tempting." His hand strayed from her hip and slid down to grip her ass. He swallowed the groan. "I stayed away so you could move on.

I sucked in a few deep breaths. I could do this. I could.

I am a cool cucumber.

No, fuck that. I am Snoop Dogg. You can get no cooler than that.

You're all I see. Nothing holds more beauty in my eyes than you do. No one will ever love you the way I do.

I can't live without you either," he whispered, tears rolling down his cheeks, "but I'm going back. You know that, right?

I love you like a squirrel loves his nuts. - Brody Madden

Kiss me, Fin," he whispered against her lips. "Please.

What if love wasn't enough for them? Would it heal the deep lacerations life had placed on his heart, or would he always be so completely broken that he would never fully be hers?

Christ. He didn't just love her, he fucking adored her. He'd give his life for her if he had to.

Out there on the field, the game is everything. It builds you up, breaks you down, and it bleeds you dry. But I love it. It's the only place I'm free. - Brody Madden

The Army, and the war, owned him – body and soul. Fin never stood a chance.

When you're shown every day you're not worth being loved, you tend to believe it.

Kyle Davis is like malware. He's infiltrated my brain in a sneak virus attack. Every time I try and focus, he pops in my head the same way internet windows pop up faster than you can shut them down. You know when that happens you've opened something you shouldn't have.

Why did everyone always paint love as pretty rainbows and happily ever afters? It wasn't any of that. To love was to feel the greatest of agony, burn in the hottest fires of hell and fail the only people who mattered.

Some of us have to learn how to save ourselves.

When I come back from Afghanistan, I don't want you here. I don't …" He paused and took a deep breath. "I've always said to you not to let anyone stop you from being who you need to be, and that includes me.

I fight to win
To conquer
I will presevere
and use my fear
And with the grace of God
I will triumph
over failure
Rise
beneath defeat
And I will
fly
- Brody Madden