Only the Small Bones Quotes

“I was beginning to find myself captivated by him, and he hadn’t even spoken a word to me yet.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“I sighed, wondering if he knew how much it meant to me right then to have his back up against mine. To have his bones up against mine.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“So who are the Small Bones?” I sat on the chair he wanted to stand on again. Asher blew out a breath, sending his curls fluttering. “They’re kids, like you and me. All kids are Small Bones in Galasia, because our bones are small.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“Gargantuan’s job is to rescue the Small Bones.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“When we make it out of this, you can come home with me. I’ll keep you.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“Life was a journey not a destination. We would always be a work in progress. Dr. Stein told me that.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“Sometimes guarding a secret gives us purpose. We find false honor in the keeping of it. We allow it to define us, because without it we feel as if we’re nothing. The truth is letting go is where we find our true selves. So let go, William. Tell him.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“Why does your touch, your gaze, your anger, and even your spurts of joy always feel like… more?” I asked, my brows drawing together as I tried to answer my own question. “How is it that you own me so completely, and I haven’t even had all of you, yet?”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“You… You have dimples,” I breathed, eyes so wide they hurt. Ryan bit his lip and blushed. “You have dimples,” I repeated. “They’re beautiful.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“Please don’t be angry with me,” I said, voice cracking. “My heart can’t take it.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“Bracing myself for the ache and the guilt and the continuing life of turmoil ahead… I said it. I gave life to the name that haunted me. “Asher.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“I’d shown him my wounds, and he’d found the courage to share his in return. It made me feel less alone. It was the kindest thing anyone had ever done for me, and I did my best not to appear broken by it.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“I wanted so many things. To cry, to scream, to hold him close, to push him away. Would it always be so hard?”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“You’re good at that,” he breathed, his own emotions getting the better of him. “Good at what?” “Making me hurt for you.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“You think so little of yourself that you can’t comprehend someone wanting you more than they want their next breath.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“He eventually did look up, and we watched each other until our blinks were in sync, until our chests rose and fell in unison, until our breaths turned into sweet music to my ears.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“He didn’t know that every spare part of me was abandoned in a field alongside my broken promises. I had nothing left for him.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“He’d created chains and shackles for himself. He looked comfortable in a way that anyone would when doing something they were used to, even if they hated it. Like it was the one familiar thing in his new world.”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones

“The marks humans leave are too often scars.” ~John Green”
― C.P. Harris, Only the Small Bones