Lonely Hearts Day Quotes

“I’m not perfect and I know you aren’t either, but I want to be in your life. It wasn’t the same without you,” he said.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“I tried, Scar. I tried to be there for you, but you wouldn’t let me. Your bitterness only seemed to grow, and I started to wonder if I was helping to feed it.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“You got a puppy? Why did that revelation make me want to cry? What else had I missed in his life? It felt like everything.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“They had been together for four years. That’s an eternity when you’re only seventeen. Maybe he was eighteen. But still.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“I was clinging to my flame of hope so hard I was choking it.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“If it meant I never had to leave this room again, face the reality of what had happened outside this door, I would lie this way forever.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“This is what happens when people only celebrate love once a year. It dies a slow death.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“Probably because I refused to accept what my heart was telling me. My brain couldn’t make sense of it. And hearts were such unreliable sources.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“They had left, clueless about my internal crisis, thanking me and telling me how much fun they had on their way out.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“Jack was the kind of person who opened up when face-to-face, but whose digital interactions were very dry.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“Jack likes to bring health to our parties,” I said, like we’d had a dozen parties before this and not just one. “I bring health to your life,” he said. “What?” “Yeah, I don’t know. It sounded better in my head.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“I smiled and got myself a slice of pizza that was now lukewarm. I threw a party and everyone was having fun.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“He thought for a moment then said, “Eat veggies because love does nothing for your heart health?” “Yeeesss! Write that.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“But maybe, maybe before accepting that, I needed to actually try to fix things. Ask him for what I needed. Tell him how he’d hurt me. Be vulnerable. That was hard for me. I’d grown up being hyper-independent. I used to think that was a strength. It took me too long to realize it was actually a weakness.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“She was working on a cat—the mascot of singleness.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“In a closet? With me?” “Exactly. My happy place.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“Charlie and Nick from Heartstoppers,” Jack said. “I like them too. Hey, they started out as best friends,” I said. He looked down at his taco, unwrapping it to take a bite. “They did.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“He gave the slightest raise of his eyebrows in my direction, asking permission. I gave the smallest nod back. He placed the bottle on the table and spun. The cap definitely didn’t point at me when it stopped, but still, the room chanted, “Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“And just like that I burst into tears. His entire demeanor changed from playful to worried. He stood and reached for my hand.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“My emotions were just below the surface, threatening to spill over and ruin my makeup.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“It was a mistake…
I made a lot of them.
When it came to me and you.
I expected you to read my mind, Like you always did.
It was unfair and unaware and underhanded.
I often was
When it came to me and you.
You expected me to be brave; I never was.
You were incessant and invincible and infectious
You often were
When it came to me and you.
We expected to never spend time apart,
But we did.
It was excruciating and exhausting and extreme.
It sometimes was,
When it came to me and you.
I expect that in the end
It will always come back to me and you.
I hope it always does.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“the sky is no longer blue/ In this world I’ve been living without you.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“When my entire world fell apart
You picked up the pieces of my heart
I know it’s been a whole year
And I’ve faced my greatest fear
Of living in a world without you.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“We may have slammed shut the metaphorical door on each other but we hadn’t locked it.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“there were a lot of mixed emotions swirling inside of me when it came to Jack, and I refused to acknowledge any of them right now; not today.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“I talk about it.”
“You don’t. You never do.”
“But you know how I feel, and that helps,” I said.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“He was my only source of joy these days, it felt like, and I knew that was a lot to put on a person, so I tried to keep that to myself. Of course, he knew he was my best friend, but he didn’t need to know that without him I would be miserable far more often than I was.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“Do you want me to stay?” he asked, letting go of his jacket.
“No, it’s fine. I’ll be fine.”
“You can ask me to stay if you need me.”
“It’s okay,” I said.
“I’ll stay.” Relief poured through me.
“Okay, only if you want to.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“Don’t worry before you have to.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day

“I tried, Scar. I tried to be there for you, but you wouldn’t let me. Your bitterness only seemed to grow, and I started to wonder if I was helping to feed it. And that night, seeing you happy with Micah, it broke me. I thought maybe I was bad for you. I just wanted you to feel happy again.”
― Kasie West, Lonely Hearts Day