Brae Quotes

I've learned that giving your heart away to someone is the bravest thing you can ever do. The one moment that it's cherished, no matter how brief, can help it to survive a lifetime. ~ Christine Brae

The good was good and the bad was the beginning of wisdom. (Electric Brae) ~ Andrew Greig

I wasted five years of my life loving someone else when I should have just loved only you. ~ Christine Brae

Sometimes, people take for granted the closeness that they share when life is good and there's no need for friendship or support. ~ Christine Brae

You can never replicate the feelings of a first love, Jesse. The passion, the elation, the sorrow, the pain. When it's the first time, everything is so much more magnified. You feel like it's the end of the world when you're not together. A second love is more subdued. It's more careful, more cautious. But it's still love and when it comes with respect and admiration and friendship, it trumps passion and elation any time. ~ Christine Brae

I sat down on the grass and looked up at Brae. He was still shirtless and - although it pained me a little to even think it - it suited him. He was in really good shape and he looked less uptight without it, more relaxed. If it wasn't for his weird silver hair he could have looked perfectly ordinary. Better than ordinary in fact. ~ Heather James

I forced myself to breathe deeply; perhaps they would have vanished. Perhaps I'd been imagining them because Brae was gone and I was scared without him, and now that he was back I'd feel safe enough again that they would go away. Perhaps it was just paint or something and would have been washed out by the sea spray earlier. I breathed again, feeling much calmer and then, slowly, opened my eyes. ~ Heather James

The Mayor spoke proudly. 'Yes, they will light it. I have no choice of living or dying, you see, sir, but - I do have a choice of how I do it. If I tell them not to fight, they will be sorry, but they will fight. If I tell them to fight, they will be glad, and I who am not a very brae man will have made them a little braver.' He smiled apologetically. 'You see, it is an easy thing to do, since the end for me is the same.'
Lanser said, If you say yes, we can tell them you said no. We can tell them you begged for your life.'
And Winter broke in angrily, 'They would know. You do not keep secrets. One of your men got out of hand one night and he said the flies had conquered the flypaper, and now the whole nation knows his words. They have made a song of it. The flies have conquered the flypaper. You do not keep secrets, Colonel. ~ John Steinbeck

I felt as though a large knot of flames had been lit in my stomach, making me feel nauseous and excited all at once ~ Heather James

One hour. That's all the time he'd spent with her. One hour, and yet he knew that his life had been forever changed. ~ Christine Brae

Why did he have to leave little bits of himself in a place that was to become my only sanctuary? ~ Christine Brae

Never accept a counteroffer. If they weren't good to you the first time, they've lost their chance to gain your loyalty and trust. What makes you think it will be better the next time? ~ Christine Brae

Time waits for no one. ~ Christine Brae

While they argued, the pain blazed on. My blood boiled in my veins. Why was I doing this? Was he worth all of this pain? Why should I care if he lived or died?
"I love him." The words came out as a whisper, but they seemed to diminish the heat. I felt stronger and more sure of myself. ~ Heather James

Success is a funny thing. You can't really enjoy it when you're empty. Your heart is a bottomless sinkhole that swallows up everything and anything that it ingests and yet nothing can fill it. There's no sense of accomplishment; everything is meaningless. ~ Christine Brae

I was in the arms of a stranger, but in the embrace of someone I had known for a hundred years. ~ Christine Brae

I'm a Helian, and you're an Arcan. We're just made that way. I don't think we would ever be able to really understand each other. ~ Heather James

Simon, tell me what you want. Please just tell me"…
"No more goodbyes," he whispered. ~ Christine Brae

Don't let the poor choices you made negate the years you spent loving him. ~ Christine Brae

Well, most people would have said `thank you' after they'd been given help, and then I would have responded to that with `you're welcome'. I figured we'd skip straight to my part since social graces aren't your forte. ~ Heather James

You can lose yourself a million times over, but your heart will always know who you are. In every wound and place of emptiness, love provides a light that guides you through the darkness. It relentlessly seeks you out and stops at nothing to find you. Love always finds you. And when it does, it will bring you home. ~ Christine Brae

Dear Fate, Go away. Leave me be. Allow me to live with my loss, the truth, this revelation. ~ Christine Brae

I think about you every day. I see you in every happy place. I see you so clearly every time there's goodness and laughter. ~ Christine Brae

I closed my eyes and let a wave of heat pass over me, tingling right down into my fingertips. As my eyes flickered open I let my hands shoot out in front of me, sending a spiral of flames into a nearby tree. The entire structure caught alight and glowed grotesquely.
"Remind me never to make you angry!" A now all-too familiar voice said behind me. ~ Heather James

I want you to remember me when I was strong, hot and hunky, funny and oversexed ~ Christine Brae

...Brae, this is the season on Mercinia which makes adult Ursus shifters turn to cubs. The only difference is mistakes of children can be forgotten, but mistakes of adults can lead to war... ~ S.L. Gibson

My silence knot is tied up in my hair; as if to keep my love out of my eyes. I cannot speak to one for whom i care. A hatpin serves as part of my disguise.
In the play, my role is baticeer; a word which here means "person who trains bats." The audience may feel a prick of fear, as if sharp pins are hidden in thier hats.
My co-star lives on what we call a brae. His solitude might not be just an act. A piece of mail fails to arrive one day. This poignant melodrama's based on fact.
The curtain falls just as the knot unties; the silence is broken by the one who dies. ~ Lemony Snicket

Life isn't perfect. You take things one day at a time. ~ Christine Brae

I loved him, more than anything else in the world and that when he was away it was hard to breath and that I couldn't go through a single second without thinking about him. ~ Heather James

No one can stop loving someone who had their heart for such a long time. ~ Christine Brae

Love takes so much more than a few nights in bed and a few hours of conversation. In the past six months, I have also learned that it means many things to people. For the longest time, I thought that love meant staying and persevering. Today, I know that love is living, giving, believing and letting go. Sometimes it even takes twelve years for you to question whether or not you ever really had it. ~ Christine Brae

I wanted to carve the scars that he left me with on his skin. ~ Christine Brae