Casey > Casey's Quotes

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth would be to have been young and never dreamed at all.”
― Jean Genet

“Don't know what?" "Why?" "Why what?" "Why me?" He stares at me for a moment. "Why not you?”
― J.M. Darhower, Monster in His Eyes

“When you love somebody, you want what's best for them… but when you're in love with them, you want them for yourself. And they're not always the same thing. Just because I want you, doesn't mean I'm the best thing for you… because I'm not. I know I'm not. It isn't easy to reconcile. Because I know I should let you go, should let you walk away from me right now, but I can't do it. I can't. I'm selfish, and I'm in love with you, and I want nothing more than to keep you for myself.”
― J.M. Darhower, Monster in His Eyes

“But love is anything but rational. Love is ugly, and messy. Love makes no fucking sense. And I love him, as impossible as that may be.”
― J.M. Darhower, Torture to Her Soul

“There’s never a right time for you to fall. It’s why they call it falling. It’s an accident. In one second. Just pray that wherever you land, you’re not there alone.”
― Katy Evans, Manwhore

“A SINGULAR MOMENT. One that changes everyone and everything, and you can’t go back. For me, it was the moment I fell in love. The moment I knew that the soul staring at me through magnificent, pain-filled blue eyes was the one I wanted to connect with mine for the rest of my life. The problem with that was, at that exact same moment, I could see his soul recognize that mine was not the one he wanted. Not ever.”
― Laurel Ulen Curtis, Hate: A Love Story

“They say everything happens for a reason, that we’re destined to meet certain expectations throughout the timeline of our lives. They’re inevitable. It’s already planned out.”
― M. Robinson, Complicate Me

“Because the birdsong might be pretty, But it’s not for you they sing, And if you think my winter is too cold, You don’t deserve my spring.” Erin Hanson”
― L.J. Shen, Ruckus

“Be with me. I wanted to say. Just be with me.”
― R.J. Lewis, Leah

“That’s why I live inside books. At least there I can choose where I want to be— from the highlands of Scotland to a king’s bed in a faraway land— and even if it’s pretend, sometimes that’s a lot better than reality.”
― Aurora Rose Reynolds, Assumption

“There’s no emotion greater than fear. No ache greater than grief. No sound greater than silence.”
― Jay McLean, More Than Enough

“You value your good looks and hold on to them. Well, let me tell you, sister, one day you are goin’ to wake up and find out you’re not the prettiest girl on campus. Or at your workplace. Or—know what? Even in your household. Your beauty is just one brief chapter in your history book. Nothin’ but a sweet, elusive lie. Elegant wrapping paper, wrapped around a mysterious gift. And while it is true beautifully wrapped gifts are more appealing to the eye” —I cocked my head sideways, giving her body a quick, cold scan—“I’m sure whatever I have to offer under my wrapping paper’s worth more than your ugly words tonight.”
― L.J. Shen, Playing with Fire