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Shay had always had one of those faces meant for smiling.
“And we have chickens too,” Gennie said, “but they’re dumb bitches.”
She’d always had an ability to make people feel special. More than special—chosen.
Shit happened and it made people different in the process.
Special children will always demand the most of us.”
“I can be your human shield any time you need it. I’m down for that every day of the week.
Hope was such a sticky thing. And it was sneaky too. Always showing up in the moments it was least welcome.
“Bodies are extremely temporary and they’re the least interesting things about us. They carry us around while we’re on this earth and there’s nothing more I can ask from my body than that. I certainly wouldn’t spend any time worrying about the size or shape of anyone else’s body. Not when I could care about their heart and their mind instead.”
Stop giving yourself to people who have no hope of ever playing on your level. Stop chasing people who don’t know how to show up for you.
Don’t mourn the loss of people who don’t deserve you.”
For the first time in too long, I felt all the way alive.
“What do I taste like?” He nuzzled into the crook of my shoulder and replied with a soft growl. “My wife.”
It’s late and you are the best thing that’s ever been in this bed and I want you to stay. With me.”
I didn’t want to make eye contact with the moments she’d belonged to someone else.
“It takes nothing at all to convince ourselves that we know someone’s values and their intentions. That we know their heart. And it’s devastating when they show us who they really are.
Abandoning people before they abandon you won’t make anything better.”
But a perfect wedding does not translate to a perfect marriage—or even a good, healthy marriage.”
