The Darkest Corner of the Heart Quotes

“And the first step to achieve that is to come to terms with the fact that my present doesn’t look like I envisioned it, but it doesn’t mean it has to be terrible.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“Life has a funny way of giving you exactly what your soul needs, even if it’s not what your heart initially wanted.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“My heart is yours,” I whisper against his lips. “And I want your heart, James, all the dark corners that come with it. Will you give it to me?”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“I don’t regret my past, the things I’ve said and done, because every significant and seemingly insignificant decision led me to the happiest, fullest version of myself.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“I can’t change what happened in my past, but maybe I could change somebody’s future.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“She might think she missed out by growing up without her parents, but the fact that she’s become such an incredible, fiery, compassionate woman shows how strong she is, inside and out.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“Every day I crave seeing her beautiful, attentive eyes and that smile that could light up a whole room just by her walking in. I long for her fiery personality, and I wish to crush all her demons so she can shine brighter.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“There’s not a single doubt in my soul that this firecracker of a woman who makes all the wrongs feel a bit more right is supposed to be in my life, and I’m meant to be part of hers.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“It’s taken me too long to realize what I feel for her is a strong, deep-rooted sense of admiration and protection. Because I see myself in her. Because the darkness in my heart recognizes hers.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“It’s only now that I realize a haunting truth—Maddie Stevens, my twenty-one-year-old patient, has me wrapped around her little finger.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“Her words are a bullet aiming for my heart. Safe. She feels safe with me.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“Because, under that put-together facade, there’s a broken spirit. There’s a girl who, somehow, for some reason, thinks she’s never enough. Not good enough to keep my parents’ love and attention. Not good enough to get into The Norcastle Ballet. Not good enough to perform a simple ballet routine for children without having a mental breakdown.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“That sexy doctor of yours would never advise you to do something that’ll hurt your ankle. If you don’t have faith in yourself, at least have some in him.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“Once upon a time, I also watched as my dream was lost, washed down the drain, and I vowed to never allow anyone else to fall into that same pit of despair.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“Don’t punish yourself for something you can’t change. You are talented, and you are determined. I have no doubts you’ll find your calling.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“I doubt he knows what he’s getting himself into, but if he gets the full Maddie nervous breakdown, it’ll be his fault.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“Because, as a sudden warmth spreads inside my chest, I come to the realization that I feel appreciated.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“Seventeen years ago, I made a promise to my first ballet teacher, Grace—who is now my sister-in-law—that I wouldn’t stop dancing for as long as it made me happy.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“We can’t control how we react to others or how much pain or love they leave within us.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“You’re not his daughter, Maddie. You never were—not in the way that matters. You might have his genes, but you’re mine. Ours. You’ve never owed him anything, and you sure as fuck won’t start owing him now. The fact that he’s dead doesn’t invalidate your hatred, and it doesn’t erase the fact that he was a fuckup who never deserved you in the first place.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb is the full quote, and it means that the bonds we make by choice are more important than the people we are bound to by the water of the womb.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“If you say we’re only fuck buddies, I’m going to spank that ass of yours until it turns bright red.” “Don’t threaten me with a good time.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“Nobody messes with you and lives to tell the tale, baby. Not while I’m here.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“Get out of here before I make you swallow your own fucking teeth for putting your hands on my girl.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“Good girl.” Oh, hell.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“If you ever, for whatever reason, need the help of someone with a ton of self-control, I’m not your girl.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“The fact that I failed doesn’t make you a winner.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“My life isn’t over, damn it. I refuse to wither away when I’m only twenty-one, and I still have so much about the world and about myself to discover.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“We all have a past; what counts is that we learn from it and get better.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart

“Life is hard sometimes, but it doesn’t mean you have to live it miserably.”
― Lisina Coney, The Darkest Corner of the Heart