Alone Quotes

“Sometimes a clean break with a fresh start is the healthiest way to handle the changes in life. People step up to the task when they are faced with challenges.”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“You can’t change a person. You can only change yourself.”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“He didn’t seem to understand that a person can function in the space between happy and unhappy. That space offered a level of calm and balance.”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“detective. “I hate the ones with kids.” Seth nodded. He’d had too many kids cross his table in his years as a medical examiner. It never got easier. As a father, he saw his daughter’s face on”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“Why would someone try to mix them up?”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“We’ve got all the time in the world.”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“was wrong. He wasn’t looking at her. Usually Seth was one big smile and flirting blue eyes. Now, his gaze was on the floor and the sides of his mouth were down. Maybe they should have met at his apartment if he was still sick. He”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“Who lives out in the woods like this? This is nuts.” “People who like their privacy.” “I like my privacy. You don’t see me abandoning society and living like a hermit.”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“It’s okay to admit you’ve had your heart broken. Most people have, a time or two. It acknowledges that you are human. Some of us like to think we’re superhuman, but we’re not. We bleed. Whether it’s from a vein or the pain in our heart that no one can see.”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“You risk getting hurt, but it just takes the right person to make it worth it.”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“suspect you bounced back nicely. You’re kind of like me. I brush off my knees, cry silently inside, and push on, hoping no one saw me trip. Then I promise not to let anyone hurt me that way again.”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“He shared his positive energy; he didn’t suck it out of others.”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“There’d been a time when he and his ex had discussed dinner plans every day and what to feed Jake. He didn’t really miss it. Food should be uncomplicated, not requiring thought and planning. Sure, he was shoveling chemicals and processed crap into his body. But who wanted to live forever? He’d passed on the description of”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“That is fun. You’re not a reader? Fun doesn’t have to be physical.”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“In college, he’d felt instantly connected and later had wondered why he hadn’t missed her before he’d known her. Why hadn’t the giant hole in his heart been obvious? Once she’d filled that hole, he’d seen his emptiness with clear eyes.”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“men as they entered the room, but it sat quietly next to its human. Mason didn’t think the dog would be a problem, but the body odor in”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone

“Her happiness didn’t rely on her husband’s actions. And just because she didn’t walk around being ecstatic, it didn’t mean she was unhappy. He didn’t seem to understand that a person can function in the space between happy and unhappy. That space offered a level of calm and balance. It held an evenness, a place of moderation that allowed her to do her job and go home to forget some of the horrors she’d experienced that day.”
― Kendra Elliot, Alone