You Were Always There Quotes

“She had spent too much of her life being weighed down by other people’s decisions.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“You taught me how to live. How to trust people. How to feel like I belonged somewhere. You taught me how to have fun. But now, after everything, I feel like all you’ve ever really taught me was how to lose.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“We both had no one else and you gave us yourself. But I guess you never thought about what would happen to us when you were gone. Do we become broken again since we obviously can’t be together? Do we get lost without you?”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“It’s okay to have hope,” he said gently. “But it’s also okay to have hope from a distance.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“My dad left as soon as those two little pink lines showed up on the test. My stepfather is an abusive addict who literally couldn’t care less if I died. And my mom? Well, maybe she’s the worst of them all because she’s the one who showed me what love is. She’s the one who made me believe but she is the one who took it all away.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“She felt a little lighter for saying what she had said. It didn’t change anything, but the burden of carrying around those thoughts alone was gone.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“But I stopped showing them my emotions—I stopped feeling when I was around them—because having emotions meant you had weaknesses. Having weaknesses meant that people could find ways to hurt you. So, when I start to feel too much, I shut down. It’s the only thing I know.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“Keep your eyes on the light and remember that even if I battled with the darkness, you always helped me to win.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“They made me feel less than human, but you made me feel like I belonged somewhere.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“I know the woman I grew up with is still in there. She’s just waiting until she finally feels safe enough to reappear.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“Don’t discount another person’s trauma just because you think yours might be greater. The grief and sorrow are still there for both of you.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“The memories hurt, but the ones before Richard—the good ones—hurt even more because they gave her the hope of what had been.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“What were people supposed to say to her? There was nothing. Always nothing.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“Maybe I’m scared. Maybe I can’t lose anyone else so I’m shutting them out. Maybe I feel like I’m just not good enough for them.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“Because when you were little, you didn’t care if someone else wore the same outfit two or three days in a row. You didn’t care if someone else looked poor or homeless or stunk.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“I always believed that when I found the person I loved that would be it. She would always be the one. So, if that’s the case, then that means I’m—”
“Alone,” Jessie finished. “It feels the same way for me.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“Do you think it gets easier?” Jessie asked. It felt like she wasn’t really asking Andrew that question. More like she was asking the darkness—the emptiness around her—hoping for an answer that it just couldn’t give.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“How can you love someone when there are so many different ways that they can break your trust?”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“He shook his head, looking at the computer screen sadly. "I love her." then he closed his laptop. "Loved her."
"Me too," she said a little softer.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There

“That's the thing, though: Addy was the beginning of spring and Jessie was the dead of winter.”
― Heidi Dischler, You Were Always There