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All around me, people buzzed—dancing, flirting, laughing, living. Yet, I’d never felt more alone.
Don’t search for him. Have some self-control. Too late.
He was too lovely. It was so unfair.
the love of a home. One with a heartbeat, not an address.
Where were my parents? Why did they never take pride in me?
Years of therapy down the drain in one simple glance into his eyes.
The world wasn’t kind to me. So, I made sure to be kind to others.
They managed to turn the things I took pride in—my intellect, my introversion, my sensitivity—into insults.
Oliver was always my favorite place to come back to. He was the only address my heart had ever known.
Congrats, you survived, but you’ll regret it every fucking day of your life.
I am so lucky to love you.
I never had FOMO. I knew I already had the best.
You’re the best and worst thing that’s ever happened to me, Oliver von Bismarck. If I lose you, I have nothing left.”
God created man so he would be ignored. It’s literally in the bible.”
a marriage built on obedience isn’t a marriage—it’s a prison.
“Hell and Heaven are the same experiences in different temperatures.”
love simply changed when it stopped being a need and started becoming a choice.
Nightmares are the mind’s way of reminding you where it hurts.
I heard Oliver moan that karma was a bitch before I ducked into the hall. Yes, she is, hubs. But I’m even worse.
Because of you, I wanted to scream. Because I was too busy trying to make things better for you. Trying to fix you. I couldn’t save both of you, so I chose you.
I didn’t deserve anyone’s love.
I was so desperate to save him, I forgot to save myself.
Sleep was a rehearsal for death. And I fucking loved sleeping.
Would not waking up be so bad?
Some things, you could spend eternity staring at and never get enough of.
The boy I gave my heart and soul to turned out to be nothing but a hedonistic bastard.
That’s the thing about being cheated on. It leaves a scar. A mark that whispers, not enough.
I understood, firsthand, what it does to the soul when love feels like a gift I’ve done nothing to earn.
Some mistakes don’t deserve the weight we give them. Their lessons are enough. Let go of the memory but hold onto the lesson.
you did the impossible and managed to become the most flawless person on Earth, even though your DNA worked against you.”