Johanna > Johanna's Quotes

“We’re all a little broken, Briana. We are a mosaic. We’re made up of all those we’ve met and all the things we’ve been through. There are parts of us that are colorful and dark and jagged and beautiful. And I love every piece of you. Even the ones you wish didn’t exist.”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“The days will always be brighter because he existed.
The nights will always be darker because he's gone.
And no matter what anybody says about grief, and about time healing all wounds, the truth is, there are certain sorrows that never fade away until the heart stops beating and the last breath is taken.”
― Tiffanie DeBartolo, God-Shaped Hole

“We've known each other for almost half our lives.
I've seen you smiling, confident, blissfully happy.
I've seen you broken, wounded, lost.
But I've never seen you like this.
You taught me to look for beauty. In darkness, in destruction, you always found light.
I don't know what beauty I'll find here, what light. But I'll try. I'll do it for you. Because I know you would do it for me.
There was so much beauty in our life together.”
― Jill Santopolo, The Light We Lost

“A woman filled with light makes everything she touches brighter.”
― Jill Santopolo, The Light We Lost

“We were victims of bad timing. But here we are again.”
― Renee Carlino, Before We Were Strangers

“guess that’s how you know you really love someone, when you’d rather they forget you altogether than deal with the pain.”
― N.A. Alcorn, Forget

“The most twisted thing about being an artist comes when you understand you’re creating for one specific person. The painful part is realizing who that person is, and the devastating part is knowing the compulsion will never go away.”
― Tarryn Fisher, Atheists Who Kneel and Pray

“I waited for years for a sign that you loved me, and there it was. Go big or go home, right, English?”
― Tarryn Fisher, Atheists Who Kneel and Pray

“the greater the capacity to love, the greater the capacity to feel the pain.”
― N.A. Alcorn, Forget

“Sorry wastes time. You have to live your life like you'll never be sorry. It's easier just to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“And though she was in this dark and broken place, she was still able to create beauty.”
― Jill Santopolo, The Light We Lost

“Love does that. It makes you feel infinite and invincible, like the whole world is open to you, anything is achievable, and each day will be filled with wonder.”
― Jill Santopolo, The Light We Lost

“Just knowing you exist changed the world for me.”
― Tiffanie DeBartolo, God-Shaped Hole

“Gravity is Earth’s way of keeping our spirits on the ground.”
― Tiffanie DeBartolo, Sorrow

“There's nothing like heartbreak to crack a person wide open. But the cracks can sometimes act as reservoirs too.”
― Tiffanie DeBartolo, Sorrow

“Eliza has the sky in her eyes and I’ve always wanted to touch the goddamn sky.”
― Tiffanie DeBartolo, How to Kill a Rock Star

“If your intentions are pure, I'm seeking a friend for the end of the world.”
― Tiffanie DeBartolo, God-Shaped Hole

“You were always with me, Grace. I never found a way to let you go.”
― Renee Carlino, Before We Were Strangers

“Come back to me. Come back. Come.”
― Tarryn Fisher, Atheists Who Kneel and Pray