Fragile Sanctuary Quotes

“None of us is just one thing. We’re not all good or all bad. We’re a blend of shadow and light. And those sparks only shine because of the darkness.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“You can’t truly live without some sort of hurt. If you’re so focused on avoiding discomfort, you end up living a half-life. You might get to skip the lowest lows, but you don’t get the highest highs either.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“There’s no greater gift than peace.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“The End is only a chance for another beginning.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“Home is wherever you are! he whispered. "You are my sanctuary.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“Can’t handle being away from you,” he croaked. “Especially not when you’re hurting.” He swallowed hard. “I didn’t want to care about anyone. But you shot that all to hell.” My heart hammered against my ribs, butterfly wings dying to break free. A muscle fluttered in Anson’s cheek. “You didn’t sneak past my defenses, you bulldozed them. Reckless to the bone. And maybe you made me brave enough to be reckless, too.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“But good can come, even out of those darkest depths.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“We know there are no guarantees. So, we live life to the fullest. We don’t miss a second. And we appreciate all the things they loved so much.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“Sometimes, the only way to stay alive and breathing is to pretend it never happened. Over time, you can let it in, piece by piece, but if you do it all at once, you could drown in the grief.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“You gave me air when I thought I’d never breathe again. You gave me color when my world had gone black. You see every part of me. I don’t want to spend another moment without you. Marry me.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“Yes. Wherever you are is where I want to be.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“Only the last section of each book remained dusted with black flecks from the fire. Because as frequently as I revisited each one, I couldn’t seem to force myself to make it to the end. Of any of them. Something about the endings was too painful, too final, even if they were happy.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“Home is wherever you are,” he whispered. “You’re my sanctuary. Where I feel peace. Where I feel seen. Don’t want anything more.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“My hands trembled as I flipped through the yellowed pages until I reached that final chapter. I stilled as I got to the last page. A beautiful bookmark lay there, one with flowers pressed into the thick paper. And on it read, The End is only a chance for another beginning.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“Happiness was the greatest torture of all because it could all be taken away—and it was so much worse than if you’d never experienced it at all.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“sometimes, you didn’t know what you were dealing with until it was too late.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“But I’m going to let that loss teach me, not harden me.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“Maybe I avoided reaching for forever the same way I avoided reading the ends of books. Because I knew that”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“Alone is the only way it doesn’t taint someone else.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“Your happiness honors them. Because they taught you how to find the joy in every single day.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“You shouldn’t hide a damned thing”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“He was right. But I didn’t care. Wherever Rho was, that’s where I wanted to be. The cost didn’t matter. Because she was my sanctuary. I’d just never realized how fragile it all was.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“How many stores did you call?” I whispered. “Three hundred and thirteen.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“The more you ventured into town, the more you made yourself a part of the fabric of the place, and the more people felt they had a right to talk to you. To ask questions. That was not on my list of desired outcomes.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“I never used to think happiness could be painful. But now I knew the truth. Happiness was the greatest torture of all because it could all be taken away—and it was so much worse than if you’d never experienced it at all.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“The only thing they would want is for you to be happy.” My throat burned as it worked to hold back a sob. “I know. But sometimes being happy feels like the worst betrayal of all.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“Intricate woodwork bracketed us on both sides, but it all acted as a sort of frame for the whimsical wallpaper. This hallway was home to a magical fairy scene, complete with a sparkly sheen to the fairies’ wings.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“It didn’t matter that the days were slipping into the seventies and eighties; I’d take my mom’s hot cocoa anytime. It was the kind she made from actual cocoa powder, mixing in sugar and other secret ingredients.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“I jumped down, my sandal-clad feet hitting the gravel. The full moon illuminated the house in a silvery hue. My mom had fallen in love with the ancient Victorian on a trip out here with my dad. He’d, of course, found a way to make it hers.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary

“You gave me air when I thought I’d never breathe again. You gave me color when my world had gone black. You see every part of me. I don’t want to spend another moment without you.”
― Catherine Cowles, Fragile Sanctuary