Nowhere but Here Quotes

“I loved you before you existed, and I’ll love you after I’m gone.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“To exist in each other’s souls so strongly that you are bound without a physical tie is the greatest mark of love…”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“I don’t know what I’ll do if I fall in love with him.”
“If you fall, let him catch you.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“Love is a thing that you can’t take out of you. Once it’s there, it doesn’t go away, no matter what. Love can morph into hate and resentment, but it will always be there, buried under the bad feelings.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“I’ve been looking for the same thing most of us are looking for.”
“What’s that?”
“Someone to come home to.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“Love is not the same thing as a marriage or a relationship or having children. Love is not work. Love is a feeling, pure and simple. It’s a feeling you can have one moment, in which you believe you could throw yourself in front of a speeding train for someone; and it can vanish the next, when they tear your heart out and steal every last beat for themselves.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“I realized a long time ago that if you keep all that stuff inside, the stuff that makes you most uniquely you, then you will never find your person. You’ll just wither from within and forget who you are, and if you can’t see you, then he can’t see you. Don’t be scared. I’ve seen you, Kate, who you really are, and you’re worth it. You’re worth all of it.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“Leave your life. Leave everyone you love, every care, every stress, every commitment. Live alone. Understand what it feels like to know that if you go into cardiac arrest, choke on a piece of hot dog, or get electrocuted, no one will find you. You’ll rot. No one will mourn you. Imagine this feeling haunting your thoughts for the rest of your life. You’ll wither and vanish, and some stranger will take care of your things and your burial, and you may not even get a placard. Imagine that, live it, and let yourself believe that you should be alone, and then go back to the people who love you.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“Wine is like poetry. If it's good wine. If it's not, then it's a tragedy.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“Gratitude is the quality of being thankful and the readiness to show appreciation in return.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“Why we acknowledge birthdays after death makes no sense, but I guess it’s a way to stay committed to remembering somebody. Maybe it’s because, after we die, we are so easily forgotten. I wondered who would remember me.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“He paused then whispered, “You’re beautiful.”

“I have a boyfriend.” I whispered back.

“You mentioned that.”
― Renee Carlino , Nowhere but Here

“Just being your friend is going to be hard, but I’ll try. It’s just that . . . I like you. You’re witty and sweet, and you happen to be the most infinitely beautiful woman I’ve ever met.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“Do you believe people are made for each other, like there’s a force we can’t see that brings us to the person we’re meant for?”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“Whispers, that’s what she calls them. They’re signs, small sounds, or little reminders, letting you know that there’s something bigger than us out there. That there’s a force working hard to make things right in the universe.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“I am a man. I've dated, but I`m not interested in sleeping around. I want to be with someone who intrigues me, who can have fun with, who I can laugh with, but who will challenge me. I`ve been looking for the same thig most of us are looking for."
"What's that?"
"Someone to come home to”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“I can still smell you on my pillow. I can still see you standing in my room, the light caressing your smooth legs, your dark hair cascading over your shoulders, and your gorgeous mouth smiling so effortlessly. I miss you. I ache for you, and I’m bordering on crazy without you. Come back to me.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“Pinot, the most romantic of wines, with so voluptuous a perfume, so sweet an edge, and so powerful a punch that, like falling in love, they make the blood run hot and the soul wax embarrassingly poetic.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“I don’t think there’s any room for fear or doubt when it comes to love. I’m willing to take my chances.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“that I had to know you, that I needed you in my life. I’ve never felt that way about anyone, ever. Whatever happens will be up to you, but I’ll be a different man if I can’t have you. I will never breathe as deeply as I did when I was with you. I’ll never see the range of color on a perfectly cloudless sky. I will never smell anything as sweet as you or hear a voice that fills my heart up as much as yours does. That night in my truck, when I had the low, I knew without a doubt, even though I had never been in love before . . . I knew that I was in love with you.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“There have been no women before you and there will be no women after you,”
― Renee Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“I don’t care what the difference is. All I know is that I can’t stop thinking about her. I want to be with her every second of the day. Not just in that way, either. I want to talk to her and laugh with her and see the world with her. If that’s not love, then I don’t fucking know anything.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“I knew in five fucking minutes that I had to know you, that I needed you in my life. I’ve never felt that way about anyone, ever. Whatever happens will be up to you, but I’ll be a different man if I can’t have you. I will never breathe as deeply as I did when I was with you. I’ll never see the range of color on a perfectly cloudless sky. I will never smell anything as sweet as you or hear a voice that fills my heart up as much as yours does. That night in my truck, when I had the low, I knew without a doubt, even though I had never been in love before . . . I knew that I was in love with you.”
― Renee Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“I knew in five fucking minutes that I had to know you, that I needed you in my life. I’ve never felt that way about anyone, ever. Whatever happens will be up to you, but I’ll be a different man if I can’t have you. I will never breathe as deeply as I did when I was with you. I’ll never see the range of color on a perfectly cloudless sky. I will never smell anything as sweet as you or hear a voice that fills my heart up as much as yours does. That night in my truck, when I had the low, I knew without a doubt, even though I had never been in love before . . . I knew that I was in love with you.”
― Renee Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“There are moments when clear images finally begin to emerge within the abstract painting of your life.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“The characters from the story and the memories of my time with Jamie brought me back into the light. They showed me that love was real and burning inside of me, and that no matter how hard I tried, I wouldn’t be able to stifle it.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“What was the hope?” “That you were feeling the same thing I was, and that the love couldn’t be torn out of you the same way it couldn’t be torn out of me.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“Yes, but in a weird way it gave me hope that there’s a bigger plan for us. I think it gave me faith in love. I can’t imagine that what I’m feeling for you isn’t because of some kind of infinite power over our souls. You were the light coming toward me as I stood in the darkness. I only got through losing my father because I thought I was coming home to you. When I found out you were gone, I was crushed. I was fucking crushed, but not ruined, because I still had hope. Just the thought of you gave me enough light to see things clearly.”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“It's a love story, so one might consider it science fiction.”
― Renee Carlino, Nowhere but Here

“What I wrote was dark and unsettling at times, but that’s how my life had been. The only brightness and warmth I could remember was being in Napa. My memories of the beautiful connection Jamie and I had shared started coming back to me, coursing through my veins like a rushing river. I would daydream about his lips on my neck, so tender and warm, and his strong hands on my waist, making me feel safe. The story was about the pain we sometimes have to endure before the universe rewards us with real love. Through”
― Renée Carlino, Nowhere but Here