Finally Loved Quotes

“Most of the other friendships in her life had simply fizzled out. They’d seen each other less and less, time between texts became longer and longer, and, eventually, they just weren’t friends anymore. Nothing explosive, just life. It was both nicer and heartbreaking in its own way. It wasn’t clear either. When did you stop saying you were friends? When did you stop thinking you were friends? When did you delete their number, stop liking all their posts online? When did you stop knowing each other? And how long did you both keep pretending?
When did it all stop hurting?”
― Jacqueline Ramsden, Finally Loved

“That’s just how our friendship is. Always has been. I suppose, when you’ve known someone that long, you don’t have to… I don’t know, pretend. You don’t have to filter yourself and make yourself more likable. You just know each other, you know your dynamic, you can give each other shit because you know you love each other.”
― Jacqueline Ramsden, Finally Loved

“Just the two of them and the quiet world. And Neve had been funny. Shy, a little bashful and awkward, but funny. The kind of funny someone wasn’t working for, it just came out, even when they weren’t trying. It was Alba’s favorite kind of funny.”
― Jacqueline Ramsden, Finally Loved

“Never been much of a fan of what I’m supposed to do. Go your own way, I say.”
She stared for a moment, her blue eyes sparkling through the tears. “Do you think so?”
Alba nodded earnestly. “I really do.”
“You don’t think that just leads to you being…” She took a deep breath that seemed to get stuck in her throat. “All alone?”
Alba stood, watching her carefully. “No, I don’t. I think the road can be messy and lonely at times, but, in the end, I think it gets you to the people you need. The ones who stick with you through the stormy days.”
― Jacqueline Ramsden, Finally Loved

“Never worthy of love. Never loved enough. Never respected enough. Never cared about enough. Good for friendship, otherwise alone forever. In need of other people looking after her, making her decisions, taking away her friends like broken toys she was too foolish not to play with.”
― Jacqueline Ramsden, Finally Loved