Downpour Quotes

“If the clouds don’t part where you are, keep going until you find your sunshine.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“I reached up, cupped her chin, and wiped away the tear with my thumb as a low growl slipped from my chest. “Who the fuck did this to you?”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“I like the rain,” I said, kissing her goodnight and pulling her closer to my side. Brooke rested her head on my chest. “Why is that?” “It’s a reset. Tomorrow, we can go outside. The grass will be greener, the air clearer, and the pond higher. Sometimes, life needs to pause. And sometimes, it takes something beyond our control to make that happen.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“Downpours happen. You either drown in it or grow after it.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“You want my last name? It’s yours.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“If I had to choose between you and the sun, it’s you.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“Sometimes, life needs to pause. And sometimes, it takes something beyond our control to make that happen.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“We walked through the brief moments granted between midnights, holding fast to the glimmers of elation and joy to ground us when anguish crashed in downpour. We were suspended in the tension between birth and death, chasing purpose and fulfillment. And in this moment—in this place—I felt mine begin to bloom.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“If I had to choose between you and the sun, it’s you. In every lifetime, you are the most brilliant thing in existence. Your love is blinding and sustaining. I crave your warmth. The incandescence of you is what gives me light when my nature is to seek darkness. In every form that you exist, you are my sun. And I’ll be your moon. I’ll be the light that drives the nightmares away. The glow that soothes. And the calm you seek refuge in. Because you can burn eternally without me. But not me without you.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“I brushed her hair away from her face and closed my eyes as I tangled warm curls around my fingers. Her body relaxed as I stroked her head. Brooke never woke, and I didn’t sleep. Because for once, I wanted to be awake.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“Darkness and light exist together in the same moments. We find it in sunrises and sunsets. It’s the clash that people trek across mountains to experience.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“The moon reflects the sun and stores its energy until the moment comes when the sun cannot be seen. During the moments when you can’t find your light, I’ll be here to give it back to you.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“Life’s a bull. Sometimes you can hang on. Sometimes it throws you off. Sometimes you get completely fucked. You gotta get up, dust yourself off, and keep riding.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“Life is short. Shake your tits and have a good time.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“Her thumb stroking across the top of mine was the break in the clouds. It was the promise of sunshine on the other side.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“You have all of it. Every single thing. You want me? You have me. You want my family? They adore you. You want to be part of this ranch? You’re the best thing about it. You want my last name? It’s yours. I didn’t want to come back here, but now I can’t imagine leaving. So, before those doubts consume you, let me fill your mind with something else. I love you. I fucking love you, Brooke. Nothing—absolutely nothing—will change the fact that you belong here.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour

“Ray pressed his lips to my temple. “How was that?” Our chests stuck together, fused by sweat, adrenaline, and comfort. “Like I’d wait lifetimes for you, if only to find you once.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Downpour