Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout, #1)

by Lucy Score

“You’re the one who has to live your life. Don’t apologize to other people for the decisions you make for yourself.”

But someone beat me to it.

“Because sometimes people don’t know how to ask for what they really need. You needed a hug.” “No. I didn’t,” he rasped. He was quiet for a long moment, and I listened to his heartbeat. “I needed you.”

“Pain is what tells you you’re alive. You numb that, and how do you know you’re still here?”

I had plans for her.

“At some point, you have got to stop worrying so much about what everyone else needs and start thinking about what you need.”

“So is setting an example for your niece about how she doesn’t need to turn herself inside out to be loved. How she doesn’t need to set herself on fire to keep someone else warm. Demanding to have your own needs met isn’t problematic—it’s heroic, and kids are watching. They’re always watching. If you set an example that tells her the only way she’s worthy of love is by giving everyone everything, she’ll internalize that message.”

“There’s a difference between taking care of someone because you love them and taking care of someone because you want them to love you,”

“Do not shed one more tear over some asshole who never deserved you in the first place.”