Catch the Sun Quotes

“Romanticize your life. Don’t live every day like it’s your last. Live every day like it’s your first. Lasts are tragic. Firsts are exciting and full of celebration. Look at every sunrise like it’s the first time you’ve ever seen colors like that before. Listen to your favorite song like you’ve never heard such a precious melody. If you make every day a celebration, you’ll never get bored in your own story.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“Love comes first. You’re grieving because love happened. You’re bleeding because love sank its nasty, beautiful claws in you. You’re crying because love filled you up and now it has nowhere to go.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“Kissing you feels like catching the sun,”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“Souls don’t see, Sunny. Souls feel. They feel, and they yearn, and they know.” Swallowing, I move in closer, refusing to give up on this. Refusing to give up on her. “I’d feel you in any lifetime, in any version of any reality. And I’d know, without a doubt, without a shred of hesitation…that your soul was meant for mine.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“How lucky I am,” he chokes out, throat rolling with sorrow. “To have something that makes saying goodbye so damn hard.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“You’re right because there is no love and war. Love is war. You fight until you win, or you fight until you lose. Imagine the victory after all that pain and struggle, after all those battle wounds.” I swallow, pressing our foreheads together, noses touching. “War was never meant for peacemakers. There is no place for white flags and soft hearts. It’s loud, feral, and violent. Love is a killer, but not everyone dies bloody.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“A life filled with regret is a life wasted.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“To those who have weathered life’s harshest storms and sought its silver linings, And to those still seeking their sun, This one’s for you.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“But the key to healing is when you know what to hold on to… And what to let go of.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“There’s no closure in something like that,” he continues, the words breathy. “That kind of grieving is an entirely different beast. Grieving someone still alive becomes choice, instead of chance, and I’ve had a whole lot of experience with that.” He swallows, dusting his thumb across the back of my hand. “Sometimes I think it’s the only thing in this world worse than death.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“But love without forgiveness? That’s like a tree without roots; it can’t stand for long. It can never truly live.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“Thankfully, I run on trauma, black coffee, and sarcasm,”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“Love blinds you. That’s its toxic trait. It blinds your soul.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“I think that’s the only way to recognize your real home. You need to be lost first. You need to be wandering, forgotten, misplaced. Only then will you truly know where you belong.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“Romanticize your life. Don’t live every day like it’s your last. Live every day like it’s your first. Lasts are tragic. Firsts are exciting and full of celebration. Look at every sunrise like it’s the first time you’ve ever seen colors like that before. Listen to your favorite song like you’ve never heard such a precious melody.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“I’m absolutely petrified that you’re falling away from me, while I’m falling more and more in love with you. Every day. Every minute.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“Peace. Just one peaceful moment. I’m not broken. I’m not beyond hope. I’m worthy; I’m so worthy of this moment. Of this precious pocket of peace. It’s here. It’s mine. I found it.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“Three Reasons You Should Always Swim to the Surface 1. Swimming is good exercise. It’s the reason my arms look so good. (Don’t deny it. I know you like my arms.) 2. The sun is above the surface. The sun suits you. 3. I’d miss you.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“mean what I said, honey. Romanticize your life. Don’t live every day like it’s your last. Live every day like it’s your first. Lasts are tragic. Firsts are exciting and full of celebration. Look at every sunrise like it’s the first time you’ve ever seen colors like that before. Listen to your favorite song like you’ve never heard such a precious melody. If you make every day a celebration, you’ll never get bored in your own story.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“Goodbye…? Oh no, please. Can’t we just go back to page one and start all over again?” —The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, 1977 Disney movie “How to Catch the Sun” Step Four: Hold Out for Dawn Just”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“The original passage is actually, ‘The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,’” I tell him, meeting his eyes. “Contrary to popular belief, it emphasizes that the relationships we choose can be stronger than our family ties. It highlights the value of bonds formed by choice over those we were born into.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“melody. If you make every day a celebration, you’ll never get bored in your own story.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“his hand filled with mine and his eyes filled with stars.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“Forgiveness without love is one thing.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually.” —Eeyore”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“what I said”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“There are days I hate you and there are days I love you. Then there are days when I feel both of those things at the same time.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“I thought I had high walls”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“You’re right because there is no love and war. Love is war. You fight until you win, or you fight until you lose. Imagine the victory after all that pain and struggle, after all those battle wounds.” I swallow, pressing our foreheads together, noses touching. “War was never meant for peacemakers. There is no place for white flags and soft hearts. It’s loud, feral, and violent. Love is a killer, but not everyone dies bloody. Some stand tall in the end.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun