Blue Midnight Quotes

“Love is the opposite of fear. Because giving oneself to another human being without fear of loss, betrayal, or even death, was the ultimate vulnerability.”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“I was familiar with the feeling of regret, as are most of us who’ve reached middle age.”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“I believe it was Buddha who said, “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” Pray that I may learn to live this way.”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“Sometimes the thing we think we’re looking for is really something else entirely.”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“I waved back, feeling ridiculous, before leaning closer to Kevan and whispering near his ear, “Of course his name’s Homer.” Kevan smelled even better at this proximity. I moved away, adjusting my legs under the seat. What was I doing? One night out and two martinis later, I’d started smelling men in a strange bar in a town no one had ever heard of”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“I’m so excited,” said Lola, bouncing. Then, seeming momentarily ashamed, knowing her father’s new marriage would be hard for me,”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“I’d tossed it years before, hadn’t I? Surely I had, in one of my moments that first year of marriage when my loyalty was resolute. Hadn’t I disposed of it when I embraced my”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“it was the nebulous feeling of faith, not something I could see or touch or hear. It was instinct and I was not a woman who believed in such things. Or was I?”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“a sliver of moon shone silver.”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“and spot one of the thick white hairs sticking up like they were magnets attracted to a metal ceiling.”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“Lola in her flip-flops. I shoved the slip of paper in the pocket of my shorts. I couldn’t know then why I didn’t just toss it in the garbage like I had so many memories and possessions in the weeks preceding.”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“in blue ink seemed benign enough. Finn Lanigan 208-555-2004. And yet, the pulse at my neck quickened. Heat traveled from my center to every limb. I sank on molten legs to the stripped mattress. I held this scrap of paper, torn from a bar receipt, between damp fingers and stared at it like the ghost it was. I’d tossed it years before, hadn’t I? Surely I had, in one of my moments that first year of marriage when my loyalty was resolute. Hadn’t”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“Where does love come from, I wondered? How is it suddenly here when there was nothing but emptiness a moment before? Does love come from somewhere unseen, hovering about until we’re ready for it to come live inside us?”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“Wandering’s a state of mind. People prone to thinking of where they should be instead of where they are.”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“I just want you to be happy. Is that too much to ask?” “I am happy.” “You’re existing. There’s a difference. But it will do for now.”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight

“Were all the women of the earth meant to mother all our daughters? Didn’t they belong to all of us, really? Whichever of us was closest, we must step forward and hold out our arms and love them, affirm them, protect them. I’m here. I’ll take care of you.”
― Tess Thompson, Blue Midnight