After the Storm Quotes

“I’m coming with you, Daddy. Let’s go get the other piece of our hearts.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“Money only bought stuff, and sure, that was wonderful not to ever have to stress about finances. But it certainly didn’t mean that life was without hardships or sadness. Money certainly didn’t fix loneliness either.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“Well, if memory serves, the cowboy only came to life for his wild raven.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“I’d given up on finding love a long time ago.
I’d found it once, and it had burned me bad enough to never want to go there again.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“The best part is after the storm. After you realize that you made it. You’re still standing.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“Ravens were always meant to fly. I’d never want to clip your wings.” “My wings are firmly intact. It’s my vagina that’s slowly been dying all these years.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“It might not be forever, but at least we had right now. And at the moment, that was enough.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“Is your back hurting?” she asked, and I could hear the concern in her voice. “Yeah. Just getting a little stiff.” Well, the stiff part was true. I just wasn’t going to tell her it was my dick that was stiff”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“Presley? That’s your friend who shares your heart with me, right, Daddy? Her name is inked right by my name. We have the same birthday. We’re your two girls?”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“You all right? You look a little…unlike yourself,” Dad said.
“This is the new Cage. He’s kindler and gentler,” Hugh said, as he came up behind me and slapped me on the back.
“Nah. I think he’s menstruating again. He gets all quiet and emotional every time his wife and daughter are in the room,” Finn said, and he barked out a laugh and stood beside me.
“Oh, did you get my message that I needed to borrow some of your tampons, you pussy whipped motherfucker?” I hissed.
More laughter.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“I love you. I’ve always loved you, and I always will. Time may not ever be on our side, but I want you to know that. I need you to know that. No matter how long we go without talking or seeing one another, you own this.” He took my hand and pressed it to his heart.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“I know why he has us both in his heart now.”
“Why is that?” I asked as I saw Cage out of my peripheral moving closer.
“Because we’re his girls, and he loves us.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“You feel like you’re mine.”
My heart nearly exploded at her words.
“You do?”
“I do. I told Daddy I wish we could keep you forever.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“I haven’t felt anything in so long, and I feel all of it with you.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“It’s my one regret in life. Hurting you. Losing you. I’ll never forgive myself for it, because in a way, I guess I don’t want to. I know I lost the only woman I’ll ever love, and I accept it. I own it. But I’ll carry it with me.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“It used to devastate me – thoughts of you with a child that wasn’t ours – but seeing you with her is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever witnessed. It makes me think that all we’ve been through was worth it. And I’d go through all of it again if it meant you got to be Gracie’s daddy.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“I still think about you, you know.”
“Me, too.” A single tear rolled down my cheek, and he swiped it away with the pad of his thumb. “But you seem determined to keep this distance between us.”
“I can’t go there with you. Not again. Not when we both know that you’re leaving soon. And it’s not because I don’t want you. Fuck, Presley. I want you so fucking bad I can’t see straight. But I can’t do halfway with you. We tried that once before, and look at the mess we made. Losing you once wrecked me. Losing you twice would be the end of me.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“It was everything I knew he’d be as a father.
But witnessing it was different.
Witnessing it hurt me in a way that I couldn’t explain to even myself.
I was getting a glimpse of the life that should have been mine.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm

“We’d always been explosive together. The way we loved. The way we fought. The way we existed.”
― Laura Pavlov, After the Storm