Burn Bright Quotes

“Your torment, my war. Your love, my triumph. I don’t know how to dim when I love you, Harriet. I only know how to burn bright.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“For anyone who has ever felt like they don’t quite belong. You belong here.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“Love like this is a star you wish upon, Ben. It’s fairytales and make-believe, but you made it real. I don’t want to give it back.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“Courage doesn’t exist without fear. We all have to confront things that scare us at some point.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“I know what I’ve always been. A butterfly, a bluebird…and a lion.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“You will love and be loved, and if you ever miss me, like I will always miss you, just find the brightest burning star across the sky.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“He throws out fucks like they’re flower petals,”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“The sun isn’t the brightest star. It’s not even the hottest, but I still burn.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“You’re the bluebird in the lion’s den. That’s likely what you’ve always been.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“To not just look up and see a constellation, but to be among those eternal stars.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“This isn’t the same, Ben. I have feelings for you. I like you. Half my heart might be in your hands too.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“I want to wrap my arms around her. Protect her. Give her security and the kind of love she’s lacked her entire life.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“Because I’m mad. Maddened for those I love. Maddened by their pain. Maddened by life. Your agony is my plight. Your torment, my war. Your love, my triumph. I don’t know how to dim when I love you, Harriet. I only know how to burn bright.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“I am so deeply in love with her. She’s become the quiet rustle of leaves. She’s become the soft soil beneath my feet. She’s the cold air that awakens my lungs. The gorgeous light bending through the trees. She is the planet I’ve adored and tried to care for, and when I look ahead and see her, I see my entire world. In all its peaceful beauty.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“If romance is a disease, then I want to be stricken with whatever malady she’s plagued me with. I feel myself chasing after it like a drug.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“don’t know what it’s like to be overcharged. I probably exist on 30% battery life. I’m not chipper. I’m not fucking bubbly, that’s for sure. If I’m a dying battery, then I’m also a flat beverage, but who cares?”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“Yet, the thought of being someone that people actively want to approach makes me scowl even harder. Is it weird?”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“You’re not my brothers.” That’s when the door blows open”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“I’m as threatening as a Chihuahua.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“I know what I’ve always been. A butterfly, a”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“I’ve definitely never fallen for any friend. Fuck.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“He was never really mine, so I don’t understand why I feel so shattered at the idea of losing him.”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright

“But is there really an age cut-off to being infatuated? Oh my God, am I infatuated with him?”
― Krista Ritchie, Burn Bright