What Lasts Quotes

“What we’d lived through would have broken many other marriages. It had stripped us raw and left us jagged. But Scott and I had walked it together, every brutal step, and he hadn’t just loved me through it, he’d lived it beside me, through the fear, the waiting, and all the things you don’t say out loud.
That we were still standing proved we were solid.”
― J. Bengtsson, What Lasts

“We’re in this together, aren’t we?”
“Michelle.” His fingers found mine and he squeezed. “After what we’ve been through, no one else will want us.”
― J. Bengtsson, What Lasts

“I opened my arms. “Group hug.”
The kids crowded in, and for a moment I remembered every version of them I’d ever held. The sun on the patio felt good, but it had nothing on this.
The kitchen door opened.
Scott stepped inside wearing a pleasant expression, still wet from the ocean waves. He froze mid-step, his smile fading as he took in the sight of his entire family…getting along.
“Sorry,” he said, slowly backing out the way he came. “Wrong house.”
The door clapped shut behind him.”
― J. Bengtsson, What Lasts

“I didn’t lose anything by choosing you, Scott. I gained everything”
― J. Bengtsson, What Lasts

“Michelle, I know you’re the one. You and me, we’re going to do great things together. I can feel it.”
― J. Bengtsson, What Lasts

“Stay.” He cut me off and grabbed my arms. “Stand up to her. Live your own life…her…with me.”
― J. Bengtsson, What Lasts

“You know nothing about me.”
“Oh, but I do. You’re just a girl who doesn’t know she’s mine yet,” I said. Certain. “But you will.”
― J. Bengtsson, What Lasts

“I like you,” she said. “More than I should.”
“I like you.” I shot back. “Exactly the right amount.”
― J. Bengtsson, What Lasts

“I think you’re tired of safe. You want the kind of night you have to lie about later.”
― J. Bengtsson, What Lasts