Franco (Bright Side, #3)

by Kim Holden

The passage of time has healing powers, though. It can turn grief into gratitude.

While we're shaking hands MFDM says, with his back to me, "That's Ridge." And then he adds, "He's deaf."

"I'm in a band with my brother, Sounds of Cedar, and I play a little on my own too."

I'm one of those people who wishes success for everyone, no matter what they do, because life isn't a competition. It doesn't require that one person lose because another one wins. We can all win.

there aren't that many people you meet who are instantaneously woven into the fabric of your life like they were always meant to be there.

It's little gestures like this that make people stand out, a testimonial to their character.

I know I'm witnessing some powerful, female, mystical bonding for life voodoo. It's awesome.

Don't be so hard on yourself. What you do going forward is what will define you, though. You can't give up. We'll try again."

Everyone deserves to falter in crisis, vulnerability is part of what makes us human. It's whether we let the crisis swallow us whole, that defines us.

"There's a lot of shit going on in her life. And she lives on the other side of the fucking ocean. It's not that simple." He finally blinks. And then blinks a few more times. He's studying me. "Nothing worth fighting for ever is, dude. You love her, I know you do."

Assumptions are the fucking antichrist and only contribute to disaster in my experience. They're shit stirrers, not problem solvers."

"When are you coming home?" "When I have nothing to regret."

She's my other half. Like for the first time in my life, I know what being unquestionably whole feels like.

And I realize that the notion that my heart beats for me alone is a lie. It beats for us.

There's something insanely humanizing about appreciating the little things, so much untainted happiness to be found there.

The world would be a better place if more people went apeshit over things like sunshine.

she doesn't hide from her emotions. Good or bad, she lives in them, confronts them, accepts them, and feels them bone deep. It's one of the reasons her charisma is like the polestar. It's subtle, but undeniable in its force. She's a genuinely relatable and likable woman, what you see is what you get, and people dig it. I'm batshit for it.

Waking up next to you every morning is my favorite part of the day."

"My heart, on the other hand, goes wherever you go. I don't fancy being separated from it or you.

Two lovers getting reacquainted, with the curiosity and attention of strangers meeting for the first time.

Love in all its incantations, promises made with flesh and bone and word and intent. That was our night. That is our future.