Between The Lives Jessica Shirvington Quotes

Life's too short. If Ethan taught me anything, that would be it. I want to get on with living mine. ~ Jessica Shirvington

My Sabine,
I just left your room. You were so beautiful lying there sound asleep that I couldn't bear to wake you. But I'm not feeling so great and there are things I promised to tell you that I fear I may not get the chance to.
I know you had once hoped that I would be the one to pass on your letters to Maddie once you were gone. But, as it turns out, I think it is going to be me who ends up leaving the letters behind.
Be mad at me. You should. But after that try to understand that I did what I thought was best. I wanted to tell you. So many times I snuck down to your room planning on telling you everything, but I just couldn't.
Partly it was for you – yes. You needed time and I didn't want to influence your choices, even once I realised what was happening between us, even more so then. Falling in love with you only made those choices more complicated and I feared that you might choose to stay for me and then, after I was gone, change your mind. I couldn't let that happen.
Partly the choice was selfish, and for that I am sorry. For so long now people have been trying to fix me, but where they failed, you succeeded. You've given me more life in the last couple of weeks that I've had in years. Being with you, loving you, making memories with you, fearing for you, wanting to show you the beauty of life instead of the terror – it was bittersweet, but more importantly Sabine, it was real.
I know this is the part when I beg you to go on, live your lif ~ Jessica Shirvington

You said you wanted someone to know you. Maybe I just want to have someone know me too. Without you in this world, the memories of every moment we've shared together will be gone. We only exist because others see us. Part of my existence ... an important part, only exists because you are here to see it. ~ Jessica Shirvington

I have two lives and yet I'm a ghost. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Hey. I know it‟s cool to be late, but could we at least keep it to a fashionable ten minutes?‟
-Lincoln ~ Jessica Shirvington

Love is never lost - only ever waiting to be found. ~ Jessica Shirvington

I need you to live for me ~ Jessica Shirvington

Not us, Vi. Everything else may end, but not us. What we have ... We're endless.
-Lincoln ~ Jessica Shirvington

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences. Robert Louis Stevenson ~ Jessica Shirvington

If I didn't have Lincoln's butt to stare at the whole time, motivation would be a lot harder to come by. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Am I not allowed to want your happiness because it conflicts with my own? ~ Jessica Shirvington

Chance favours the bold. ~ Jessica Shirvington

I'm tipsy." I corrected, "and it's my birthday and I want to dance. Come one, Linc, it won't kill you. ~ Jessica Shirvington

It was like hacking through a thicket of raw tension whenever we were near each other. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Would you die for her?
I do. Every Day. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Jesus Christ!" I yelled, jumping up and down to shake out the fear as I opened the sliding door, frowning when I realised it wasn‟t locked.
"Nope, but you‟re not the first to make that mistake," Spence said, grinning mischievously. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Never forget. I know that you know. ~ Jessica Shirvington

It had only taken nine years for the world to change completely ... You'd have thought we'd fight harder and stronger. ~ Jessica Shirvington

For the first time in my life, I'm right where I'm supposed to be ~ Jessica Shirvington

Even the greatest bringers of justice will only find salvation in surrneder ~ Jessica Shirvington

But people should have the right to become whatever they're going to be before they are judged and sentenced. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Would you die for her?'
I almost stopped breathing.
I could feel his eyes on me.
'I do. Every day. ~ Jessica Shirvington

This will be for life. For eternity, human and beyond. More than any commitment, than any marriage. Violet, are you ready to marry me? ~ Jessica Shirvington

For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Matthew 7:14 ~ Jessica Shirvington

You are you and you are me. You are the Keshet. ~ Jessica Shirvington

His brow furrowed. "It's beautiful ... and awful, too. What is it?"
"It's me ~ Jessica Shirvington

Would you think me such a fool that you could be here, in this city, this building, this room and me not know about it? ~ Jessica Shirvington

His lips were soft, warm and felt overwhelmingly right against mine. I fell into it, oblivious to anything other than the safety in his touch. One by one, the senses flowed from me as he pulled them away and set them free. It must have hurt him. The senses hurt the hell out of me.. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Dead yet?" Gus answered.
I smirked. "Not yet, but the night's still young."
"Here's hoping. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Stories are one thing that will be constant in life. Whether told, written, reenacted they are a fundamental part of human nature. ~ Jessica Shirvington

It's time for you to know who you are ~ Jessica Shirvington

Griffin stared at me, his expression grave. "There are only three things both light and dark exiles have in common. They despise each other, they hate grigori, and they place no value on the casualties of their brutal wars."
Excellent news. Not only was I apparently some weird angel-human combo, but I already had myself a badass immortal enemy. ~ Jessica Shirvington

If I spent all my time fearing the things I should, I'd never stop screaming. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Thanks for giving me a place to sleep last night,
and for the extra blanket.
Vi.
-Violet's note to Lincoln ~ Jessica Shirvington

He pulled me closer. kneeling in front of me,he kissed me intensely and i felt right. Morning and evening slipped away. it was just us. Silence surrounded us. My heart leapt and i kiss him back, knowing so truly that i loved him. My heart cried and I pulled away, knowing so truly that he had betrayed me. ~ Jessica Shirvington

... his light to my dark. His truth to my lies. His sacrifices to my selfishness. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Remember always, everyone has a place of perfect belonging, and if they leave that place without permission, sometimes they must be returned. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Linc?"
"Yeah."
"About the other thing my dad said to you," I cringed.
"What else is he supposed to think?" he asked, a smile in his tone. "You're over here all the time. If not training, we're hanging out. I'm surprised he hasn't warned me off sooner. It's good to see he's paying attention. ~ Jessica Shirvington

I think of all that happened since finding her. Barely a blink in my existence, but everything has changed ... We love the ones we hate.
And I hate her with all my heart ~ Jessica Shirvington

Dad, youre so far off the mark I can't even ... Lincoln hasn't pressured me at all!" I grabbed my bag and heaved it onto my back. "WE'RE JUST FRIENDS! He's not even interested in me like that - and thanks to you," I shook my head at him in utter disbelief, "he never will now. ~ Jessica Shirvington

You do. You're most beautiful just after you've woken up. It's always my favorite time, when we go for a run I the morning and I get to see you first thing. He kept playing with my hair. ~ Jessica Shirvington

We all have the capacity to find the will to do what must be done - even when that which we must do terrifies us most. Remember this. ~ Jessica Shirvington

It's too late!" I cried
"I thought that once, too. But it's never too late. You taught me that. Love can make us eternal." Phoenix's eyes closed, haunted to the end. "I'm sorry," were his last words.
"I forgive you," I sobbed, gripping onto him desperately. "I forgive you."
It was too late.
All. Too. Late. ~ Jessica Shirvington

I hoisted myself onto my elbows. "Yeah, well, if I ever come back as a Grigori, then I'll kick your ass."
"You'll come back, and you'll be a Grigori." He spoke with such certainty it made me smile. "I doubt very greatly, however, that you'll kick my ass. But me and my ass will enjoy your efforts. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Running a bit late meet at my place around 7?'
Smiling at the phone, my fingers fumbling over the keypad quickly,
'Yup-see you there!'
I deleted the exclamation mark and counted to thirty before I allowed myself to press send. ~ Jessica Shirvington

You don't get it – you never will! You want to run towards the fire to save me even when I'm the one carrying the bucket of water. You can't help
yourself!'
Lincoln threw his hands wide. 'Because I fucking love you! ~ Jessica Shirvington

I breathe you. I live you. I love you ~ Jessica Shirvington

Love is all the small moments. It is what fills the quiet. ~ Jessica Shirvington

It's been hard for me at times ... the responsibility and expectation that comes with being a leader. I'm not always the one I wish I could be, that I should be, but nonetheless, it is my place. If I were to ever show a commitment to something other than my leadership, which could jeopardize the function I have, I would be risking too many lives. I couldn't live with that. ~ Jessica Shirvington

There as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose it's meaning if it were not balanced by sadness- Carl Jung ~ Jessica Shirvington

When I turned back, he was already walking away. It was a brilliantly clear day, not a cloud in sight, and yet the sun didn't seem to reach his body. He was shadowed and I couldn't help it: I felt sad for him. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Love will kill us all." He said sadly. "First it makes us lie furiously so we can be what me must in order to appear deserving. Then, it tears us apart with raw truth. Whether we are man, exile or angel - It doesn't matter. For us all, the nature of truth is unforgiving. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Violet!' Lincoln said, then sighed. 'You don't love him. This isn't real. You know what's real and it's hard and it hurts and we can't ... Damn it, Vi
we're real! ~ Jessica Shirvington

His body distorted, eyes appeared all over him, and wings spread from his back - three wings on each side. My breath caught. They were magnificent. Then they burst into flames, raging red and blue fire, and he just stood there in front of me, his arms slightly apart as he burned. Then he was gone. ~ Jessica Shirvington

We would all believe in God if he served our every whim. Belief is not about an easy life or even truth. Belief is something you have regardless. ~ Jessica Shirvington

It's going to be like an ... aura, I guess."
He looked down at me and raised an eyebrow. "Explain?"
"Like even though there are outside forces pushing through the walls, in here it's like a bubble of goodness. Like coming home."
I could feel him smiling and it encouraged me to elaborate. "When I think of how others would see it, I imagine them seeing a force of goodness overshadowing a force of evil, protecting it. ~ Jessica Shirvington

He was my partner, my soulmate. As my body started to weaken, he wrapped his arms around me, supporting me. He kept his focus until the last of the senses had floated from me to him and then, when it was just us, the kiss lingered as we stole a few extra seconds. We both knew it was wrong – but letting go seemed impossible.. ~ Jessica Shirvington

The person staring back at me was a stranger. Someone who had taken the girl I was two years ago and stripped her down only to rebuild a different person. Now I was strong, I was capable and smart. They were the good qualities. But I was also calculated, manipulative and selfish. These were the things I promised myself I wouldn't be. After I found him. After we put this right. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Lincoln grinned. "The Academy owns a number of buildings. There are walkways between them." I couldn't take my eyes off the sky folk. "There are people wandering around in the sky, Linc. Explain this to me." He laughed one of his low, secretive laughs. One that echoed through my entire body. One that told me he adored me. One that somehow I knew, out of everyone in the world, was reserved for me. The laugh that broke my heart. Breathe. "I'm glad you find me amusing. Less laughing, more telling!" He laughed again and I was about a second away from either throwing a punch or throwing myself at him when a woman's voice caught our attention. "I ~ Jessica Shirvington

Lincoln was drifting in and out of consciousness. He took shallow breaths and his lips were blue. Connecting with him had been something that I had ben trying very hard not to do of late. How could I open myself to him? My mind drifted to the dream I'd had, to the stranger who said he was me. Was he my angel maker? With all I now knew, it seemed more plausible that the dream had really meant something. I remembered the painting, the colors. And I remembered the question: What are we to become?
I didn't realize I had spoken aloud until Lincoln whispered, Everything we can. ~ Jessica Shirvington

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel

Snow fell rapidly outside Tag's windows, but between them it was Florida in July. ~ Jessica Lemmon

but there is a difference between loving someone and having the ability to feel that love. ~ Jessica Valenti

started to sit up, but his hand snaked around my stomach and pulled me back to him. "You should try to get some more sleep," he said. "I can't," I said. "Not until this is over." He sat up beside me, taking my hand in his and quickly kissing the back of it before suggesting, "Run?" The man knows me. I glanced out the small window. The sun was yet to appear on the horizon and rain fell lightly, but the wind had eased for now. I beamed. "Coffee first." He laughed as he stood up and tossed me a T-shirt. "Coffee first." And it turns out, even when the world might be about to end, a girl can still swoon. ~ Jessica Shirvington

I mean, was there really a difference between death and losing every ounce of who you are? ~ Jessica Sorensen

I pushed passed him. He grabbed my hand and swung me back towards him. Then he pushed me against the wall and ... he kissed me.
He ran his thumb along my jawline and down my throat, hips pinning me to the wall. He kissed me slowly and with intensity, and once I got over the mind-numbing shock and comprehended what was actually happening, it was incredible. I had never been kissed like that before. We melted together. Every movement of mine was somehow perfectly mirrored by his. My heart was pounding so hard I knew he must be able to feel it and I was sure my legs were giving way, but he held me up, pushed me harder against the wall.
I grabbed a handful of his hair, remembering all the times I'd dreamed of doing it. I let my hand drift down his back and pulled him even closer to me. It all happened so quickly. I heard him make a low kind of growl and lean into me. His hand slid down my leg behind my knee, drawing it to him. I moaned and felt him tense. ~ Jessica Shirvington

What if the only thing that's standing between us right now is our fear? ~ Jessica Verdi

Because while my daughter lives in a world that knows what happens to women is wrong, it has also accepted this wrongness as inevitable. ~ Jessica Valenti

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

In the existence of our lives, there are many coincidences that bring people together, but there's only one person that will own your heart forever, ~ Jessica Sorensen

We've both moved our lives across the world and when it comes to what we are looking for, I think we're getting warmer. ~ Jessica Pan

The challenge for all of us in this day and age is to distinguish between the merely surprising and the truly amazing. ~ Jessica Zafra

We are adrift on a sea of moonlight sand, the silence as infinite as the space between the stars. ~ Jessica Khoury

Maybe at 87 you slow down a drop, but between 44 and 64, there is no difference. ~ Jessica Hecht

In the existence of our lives, there is a single coincidence that brings us together and for a moment, our hearts beat as one. ~ Jessica Sorensen

So she would wait for him. Because one day, Finn would be home. One day, they could see what this really was between them. Julie ~ Jessica Park

What is crazy about killing a woman in a culture that tells you that women's lives are worth nothing? ~ Jessica Valenti

There's just one rule, just one basic law that everyone lives under : take control or be controlled. ~ Jessica Khoury

Women rule men's lives - every decision a man makes is based on a woman. ~ Jessica Stroup

You smell of winter dew at the first crack of dawn and when you use your power it feels like being submerged in the most intoxicating vanilla cream that I lose myself in it every time and … and you were beautiful,‟ he blurted out, catching us both by surprise. But he went on, ignoring the fact that my hand was still slipping. „So stunning in that dress the other night I could hardly look at you it hurt so much. You are the thing I dread in myself, Violet, because … I love you so much that I can‟t trust myself. I‟d die for you, give up all my power for you, I‟d give my soul in an instant, even if it meant I had to spend eternity in torment - just for one moment with you as mine. Wanting you consumes me. I dread you because I know the risk but I‟m so selfish I want you anyway. I‟d take you even though it could kill you ~ Jessica Shirvington

If two people have only one thought between them, something is very wrong. ~ Sarah Jessica Parker

Normal people have sex lives of their own to worry about. ~ Jessica Cutler

Wishes are just wishes. Destiny is just destiny. And neither really has control over your life. Shit happens, shapes our lives, but doesn't have to shape who we are. ~ Jessica Sorensen

In my ind, there exists a clear divide between before I met him and after and I don't know how to go back to the before. ~ Jessica Pan

Smoky, if there's one thing I am, it's adaptable. ~ Jessica Khoury

There could be no debt between them, or rather, what they owed each other continued to grow through the years, not in the form of a balance due but as a credit to both. ~ Jessica Jiji

[Karen:] You need to watch more TV.
[Rylie:] My dear mother would roll over in her grave.
[Karen:] Your mother lives in Palm Beach.
[Rylie:] Potato, potahto. ~ Jessica Lave

May you carry the weight of this betrayal to your grave. ~ Jessica Khoury

I just don't see the point of talking unless there's something to say. ~ Jessica Sorensen

But my heart is a treacherous star, refusing to dim when the sun rises ~ Jessica Khoury

What's the first?" "Letting me be there when she was born." "What's wrong, Mommy?" Sam took a step back to see their daughter standing in the doorway. Natalie looked between the two of them. "Are you ~ Jessica Scott

I think we are able to keep active provided we approach our lives with creativity. I think the mere fact that we keep doing is self-creating. ~ Jessica Tandy

I don't look at Twitter between events because it's a distraction but I will ring my fiance and parents to let them know how it's going. ~ Jessica Ennis

You think that nothing matters as long as you're together, that nothing can harm you two or come between you because you're somehow protected by your feelings for one another.
-Uncle Antonio ~ Jessica Khoury

All I have to say is: Jessica Simpson is the most beautiful woman on the planet! ~ Jessica Simpson

This has been the great lesson of my long life: To love is to destroy. ~ Jessica Khoury

She longed to hide beneath every drop of water in the sea. ~ Jessica Marie Baumgartner

While boys are taught that the things that make them men
good men
are universally accepted ethical ideals, women are led to believe that our moral compass lies somewhere between our legs. Literally. ~ Jessica Valenti

You've ruled before, so tell me, does it get easier?"
"No, but you get stronger. ~ Jessica Khoury

Unable to go forward, afraid to go back ~ Jessica Khoury