Elizabeth Finn > Elizabeth's Quotes

“So this is what I will do. I will gather together my past and look. I will see a thing that has already happened. the pain that cut my spirit loose. I will hold that pain in my hand until it becomes hard and shiny, more clear. And then my fierceness can come back, my golden side, my black side. I will use this sharp pain to penetrate my daughter's tough skin and cut her tiger spirit loose. She will fight me, because this is the nature of two tigers. But I will win and giver her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter.”
― Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

“A girl is like a young tree, she said. You must stand tall and listen to your mother standing next to you. That is the only way to grow strong and straight. But if you bend to listen to other people, you will grow crooked and weak. You will fall to the ground with the first strong wind. And then you will be like a weed, growing wild in any direction, running along the ground until someone pulls you out and throws you away. ”
― Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

“I never wanted to hate you. Not ever. You did this.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“You will always be my world.” His lips trembled as he said the words, and her tears fell. Then he’d kissed her again and turned away. Gone”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“You’re going to be happy. I promise.” He kissed her again, and then he said the words she didn’t want to hear. “It’s time.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“What do I do? Tell me because I can’t lose her again.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“Stay.”
“I can’t.” Her voice was hitching.
“Why not?”
“Because I don’t think you want this for the right reasons.”
“I love you. What’s wrong with that reason?”
“You don’t love me.”
“I. Love. You.”
“No! You used to love me.”
“I love you still. I love you again. I just love you. I’ve always loved you.” He was speaking passionately, and he wouldn’t release her cheeks.
She shook her head. “No.”
“Yes. This is not some memory. I’m not reminiscing. I loved you then, and I’ve fallen completely in love with you all over again. Stay. Please. I’m begging you to give me a chance.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“You will always be my world.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“All I wanted was you. I wanted to have you, throw everything else out the window for you. Maybe if I had. Maybe if I’d given in sooner, the fight would have been over.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Unforgiven

“She’s beautiful—broken and battered, still the most beautiful woman in the world to me—the only woman in the world for me.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Brother's Keeper

“I’ll come back to you.” “And you’ll marry me…” “In my heart I already have.” “And you’ll give us babies…” “I can’t wait to meet our children.” “And you’ll love me…” “I never stopped, and I never will.”
― Elizabeth Finn, Kane's Hell