Sadie Allen Quotes

Why? Why are you doing this?"
"What?"
"The snaps and this?" I gestured with my hand, moving it back and forth between us.
"It's all part of my plan," he said somewhat cryptically.
"Plan for what?" I was confused. What kind of plan did he have that involved me.
He didn't make me wait for the answer.
"My plan for saving you.

As long as he looked at me with that soft, sweet look offering me his hand, I would follow him anywhere.

He smiled, and instead of the usual butterflies, it felt like a flock of pigeons were flapping in my tummy.

I'm not going to let you run from me again. You're going to stay and fight, even if who you're fighting is me. I'm not letting you go. God wouldn't bring you back into my life just to take you away again. Whether you like it or not, I was made for you, too. Everything I am, every part of me, is yours. No more holding back, Emma.

Wounds to the soul didn't just bleed; they ate at your very being. They fed on everything good, everything right, until you were hollow.

The hollowness inside me was infinite. My heart felt heavy, like every beat was a Herculean feat. It, along with my mind and body, were sinking, too tired to fight the pull of the encroaching darkness. I wanted to slip under. I wanted the peace it would bring. To not feel a single thing ever again.

I tried to visualize my happy place - a beach with warm, white sand and sparkling, clear blue water. However, the only blue I could see were Sterling Chapman's eyes.

All I'm asking for is a chance. We won't know anything until we try. We didn't get that chance fifteen years ago, and we've both suffered for it.

I love you, Ally. I love you more than I've ever loved anyone. I'll give you time, and when you're ready, I will be right here waiting for you.

Our small town was like a vortex that suspended time. If you didn't leave, it would suck you in, and before you knew it, twenty years had passed and you were still there, working the same job you had since you graduated high school. Just add procreation, a trailer, and a drinking problem, and you would be just like the majority of my neighbors.

She was worth the risk. Life didn't hand you many second chances, and I knew that, if I didn't take advantage now, I would never be granted another opportunity to explore this thing that had started over fifteen years ago.

Your beauty isn't just on the outside; you have this light inside you that you don't even realize you have. You're beautiful on the inside. I don't know how it all got twisted inside your head, but you are. Your beauty shines so bright that you practically glow.

We're like magnets, Red. When we're in the same space, we're drawn to one another. We can't help ourselves, and I know that scares you, but I'm not going to let you down again.