J.A. DeRouen > J.A.'s Quotes

“I bring our foreheads together and whisper, ‘I’m sorry, Mabry. If I had known you were going to be in my future, I would have been a better man in my past.”
― Alison G. Bailey, Past Imperfect

“You and I, we were always a memory in the making.”
― Karina Halle, Love, in English

“Everybody is a main character to someone.”
― Amy Harmon, Making Faces

“You don't live because of me. You live because you let me love you. You made the choice to breathe all on your own ... I just helped you find the strength to inhale.”
― Lisa De Jong, When It Rains

“What a long strange trip it's been.”
― Jerry Garcia

“My soul feels lighter at the mere sight of him. Complicated feels simple. Unlikely feels inevitable. Only he makes me feel this way - like I can climb whatever mountain life puts in our path.”
― J.A. Derouen, Hope Over Fear

“He leans close to me again, gently placing his hand on my cheek and stares straight into my eyes. "I know that this thing we have - you and me - there is no end, Sara. You don't have to worry about life without me, because I go where you go.”
― J.A. Derouen, Hope Over Fear

“I’d cut my soul into a million different pieces just to form a constellation to light your way home. I’d write love poems to the parts of yourself you can’t stand. I’d stand in the shadows of your heart and tell you I’m not afraid of your dark.”
― Andrea Gibson

“I want to live a lifetime in this moment--these precious seconds between anticipation and ectasy.”
― J.A. DeRouen, Storms Over Secrets

“If it's ever too much ... if the burden of me is ever too great--"
Softly, I place my hands over his lips, silently begging him to stop.
"Don't you know? You are not my burden. Never." I brush my lips lightly against his. "You? You are my gift.”
― J.A. DeRouen, Wings Over Poppies

“That one small touch is the beginning of the most memorable kiss of my life. It's hello and goodbye, I love you, I'll miss you, and everything in between.”
― J.A. DeRouen, Wings Over Poppies

“I've lived a life overrun with gravity and momentum. My choices run parallel with the current of circumstance.
Not anymore. I'm through with gravity. I loathe momentum. I crave the turbulence of emotions. I want the push, the pull, the ache, the fall.
I want the storms.”
― J.A. DeRouen, Storms Over Secrets

“I know he was the life of your life. I get it, I really do. But what if I told you that you were mine?”
― J.A. DeRouen, Storms Over Secrets

“Nails on skin, teeth on lips, and hearts on sleeves, we tumble over the edge, together.”
― J.A. DeRouen, Fire Over Frost

“Our love is not effortless. We've clawed our way through the brush and fire to get here today. But aren't the things we bleed for the most precious?”
― J.A. DeRouen, Wings Over Poppies