Chasing the Light Quotes

“The blue-grey river, still ice dappled, the soft rucking of the water, creased like sheets between a lover's fingers, to mark our passage. Behind us, transient arrows left upon the surface fading into nothing but dreams and stillness. And everything else—the promise of sky. Endless, unreachable light.”
― Alexis Hall, Chasing the Light

“We kissed like we didn't know better. Like we'd never known fear or hurt of self-destruction. Like there was nothing in the world but kissing. Not even sex. Not even tomorrow.”
― Alexis Hall, Chasing the Light

“A lot of art is created from affliction. We've covered this."
His thumb settled, warm and certain, in the centre of my palm. "Well, maybe yours isn't. Maybe you just need to let yourself be hurt right now.”
― Alexis Hall, Chasing the Light

“Can't barely scratched the surface of the nothing that had rooted itself inside me, spreading like knotweed in some once-blooming garden.”
― Alexis Hall, Chasing the Light

“This was unending. Like I was in my own personal circle of hell: just my mother being helpful, over and over again, until I begged to be set on fire and transferred to Satan's arsehole.”
― Alexis Hall, Chasing the Light

“So much for nobody to judge me. I was here, after all.”
― Alexis Hall, Chasing the Light

“Maybe loving things as they deserved to be loved just wasn't my forte.”
― Alexis Hall, Chasing the Light