From Air Quotes

“Are you even alive if you don’t let your heart pursue its purpose in life?”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“I made you my person, and you don’t fit in my life, but my life no longer fits me without you.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“A woman’s heart is woven from equal parts strength and vulnerability. Its love knows no boundaries. But it demands accountability.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“Sometimes, for something beautiful to take to life and grow, everything around it has to be sacrificed. All we see is the destruction, but if you wait long enough—if you’re patient—magic happens.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“Love is a jagged knife. If it’s not lethal, it leaves, at the very least, a deep scar, an unshakable feeling, a recurring memory . . . a cheap tattoo.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“I chose you.” The words grind out of my chest. I’m breathless and so damn miserable. “I had my mother’s ring and the two most important people with me for Thanksgiving. I told Maren and Will that I chose you. This huge weight was lifted off my shoulders because I knew that you would say yes. And you would consume my whole fucking body and soul, and nothing and no one would ever matter as much as you.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“You’re an illusion...a distraction. I can’t stop looking at you. And I can’t stop navigating closer to you, even though I know you’re unreachable.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“Why did you kiss me?”
“Because not kissing you became too exhausting.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“Everything is a wedding where you cry when you see me in my dress for the first time. And it’s supporting my career as much as I support yours. It’s digging my car out of the snow and doing all the dishes when I bake for you. It’s not outrunning me on my skateboard.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“He hands me the envelope. It takes me a few seconds to reach for it. I don’t want it. But what I want doesn’t matter anymore. My life is simply what is.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“And still, I can’t sleep. Fitz’s confession plays in my mind, and I question everything in the universe. I question the meaning of life. Is it really just a random chain of events? A ping-ponging set of circumstances? If destiny is nothing more than a cliché used to sell books and movies, then how did I find my uncle? Is that a coincidence? And how have I fallen in love with a man so intimately connected to my newfound family?”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“Whether you choose to love me or not, whether I’m with you or find someone else who wants my heart, if I’m alive when you leave this earth, I will grieve you. Your smile. Your laughter. Your touch.” I sniffle through my stuffy broken nose with shaky breath. “But I won’t regret anything. This love is worth the pain.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“So you’ll have to excuse me if I’m trying really hard not to need anyone. You, of all people, should understand that. However, I’m not like you. I’m not good at it. Because deep down, I do need people in my life who worry about me, who check in on me, who would feel a little empty inside if I died.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“I fight fires because that’s where I see them.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“I’m going to listen to your heart until you feel the need to make me think you don’t have one.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“I didn’t merely poke the bear. I kicked her in the teeth and stole one of her cubs.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“Betty O’Neil runs late every day. She’s thirty-seven, has five kids from four men, and has never been married. Betty works with the mentally ill to feel normal—at least, that’s my best assessment of her situation.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“You should get a gun and a vibrator.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“No one loves as big as Calvin Fitzgerald.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“Jaymes isn’t the girl of my dreams. I never allowed myself that luxury. She’s the girl who has taught me how to dream.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“Jaymes, if I were normal, I’d love you enough. The problem is, I’m not normal, so I’d love you too much.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“You're generous. Distractingly mesmerising. Quirky in a brilliant way. And ineffably beautiful.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“Jaymes Andrews is the best mistake I’ve ever made. And if I had it to do over, I wouldn’t change a thing.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“I’m unsure if I despise Calvin Fitzgerald or if he’s officially my newest obsession.”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air

“Maybe we both need to let go of the past," I say with a tone of surrender.
"And maybe that won't change the future, change who we are. But if we stay tethered to the past, how will we know if, in the future, we can fly?”
― Jewel E. Ann, From Air