A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope Quotes

“We are all ruined in some way, bruised and scarred. But those are the parts I love the most in others, so I want her to see mine too. Love isn’t conditional. The broken pieces of us should be where we start, not what we inevitably dig up after years of peeling back layers, only to be tired and skeptical.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“I want my love to haunt you. Until the stars die—until all the water in the ocean dries and we’re all that’s left in this cruel, dark world.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“I wanted to stop being a disappointment to those who didn’t understand the battle I was having with my brain.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“They are my take on yearning. You see, the moth is darkness, chasing the butterfly, craving the brightness of it. But when the moth is the one running, the butterfly, being light, chases it in return, unable to exist without the moth, because without darkness there is no light.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“My light died a long time ago—flickering with the many exhales of disapproval until finally, with one big breath, it was blown completely out. Like a withering candle left out in the cold, surely to hush and diminish as expected.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“I’ll love you until the stars die. I’d follow you into the darkest night,” he says with a lovely lift of his lips. My cheeks warm.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“Will you come with me? We can find our peace together. I know it in the marrow of my bones. We are meant to be together. We are meant to find our reasons, our tethers to this world, as one. Please. I won’t beg for anything, but I will for you.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“Finding peace was never going to be about experiencing tangible things or seeing beautiful sights. It is the company in which it is spent, the meaning and love that is sewn into our fabric, the colors and images we keep of the most cherished ones, and experiencing together the dreams never pursued.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“Nothing good stays and nothing bad ever really goes.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“Your light is contagious. Bright. I could find you in the depths of the underworld. Through mist and darkness. Through it all.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“There are moments on one's existence when you connect with another in a mere second, something sinks deep into your soul, planting a yearning that may never fade. A song that chills your bones and rattles the blood in your veins.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“You didn’t commit a crime. You were ill and succumbed to your illness. It isn’t your fault your most important organ failed and told you to crave death as a means of escape.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“Love never truly dies. Time cannot steal everything away from us. Not this.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“We are tied together. Tethered. Manacled. We cannot part. The longing hurts worse than any heartbreak I’ve endured—I think it’s because I know he’s as starved for me as I am for him.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“Abandonment. My weakness. My forever trigger.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“For the weary darlings out in the world who seek hope.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“She was my kindred soul, as lost and sick as I was.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“Love never truly dies. Time cannot steal everything away from us. Not this. Not the soft kisses and whispers in the dusk of the world. Not the ache that nestles inside our chests and blooms when our eyes catch. Love”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“I kiss her like she’s the only person in the entire world. The only soul that walks on the same soil as I do. A broken soul. A wandering spirit. A sad”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“They are my take on yearning. You see”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“There are moments in one’s existence when you connect with another in a mere second”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“My story can begin here. We can leave everything else behind.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“With the darkness of night, the human soul finds solace in being hidden.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“There are moments in one's existence when you connect with another in a mere second, something sinks deep into your soul, planting a yearning that may never fade. A song that chills your bones and rattles the blood in your veins.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“Ghosts are sadness and regret. Our hearts bleed as much as the living.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“With her, I became the artist I always dreamed of being—she’s dancing on the stage she always yearned for. My rose adds every shade of red to my soul. Happiness such as this, what a pleasure it’s been.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“Come on, I’ve always wanted to be chased by a pretty girl,”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“Her thorns are prickly, but I’ll keep the cuts they leave forever.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“I can’t hide the darkness in my gaze any longer. The things I want to do to you are unspeakable.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

“Be happy with yourself. You don’t have to have children just because your parents insist. No one lives your life except you.”
― K.M. Moronova, A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope