Elude Quotes

“Forgiveness is never given in order to make peace with the offender. It’s given to make peace with yourself.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“I don't to save the world- I just want to save you.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“I thought I was okay with dying. Until I met her.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“And that’s how life is measured — not by the length, but by the strength of those moments spent together.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“You give me moments, moments where I don’t remember I’m sick, moments where only we exist. They’re like tiny presents sprinkled throughout my life.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“Never ask a ninja if she can jump — it’s degrading.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“I tasted blood in my mouth. Maybe I’d bitten my tongue. Maybe my heart had broken, and that was what happened when hearts broke inside the body. They bled from the inside out.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“I was your punishment.” She sniffled. “Wrong.” I tilted her chin up. “You were my gift.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“I tried to cheer her up. We watched movies in bed. I sang to her even — though I sang like shit. And when she was too tired to read… I read to her. Her stupid historical romance books. About dukes and London and far away kingdoms that no longer existed in society. She loved it. So I loved it.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“People like that pissed me off - ones who couldn't see past their own misery to actually see that they were gifted with another day.
Luca taught me that.
He'd taught me that each sunrise was a new promise, a new beginning, a new chance at extraordinary.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“You didn’t marry the prince.” “Okay…” I said slowly. “Or the villain.” “Thank God.” “You married the unhappy ending.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“Denial happens when you realize it shouldn’t be you, that even if your brain connected the dots, it isn’t yet your time. The lovely little memories of your life start to play on repeat in your head — the moments you should have done something but didn’t, the things you’ll never say, the things you’ll never do.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“Yeah, you can cook better than your wife, read historical romance, and, oh wait, I'm sorry. Do you even remember where you left your balls? Or did you even have them in the first place.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“Everyone is afraid of dying. The hardest part is never admitting we’re mortal, but coming to terms with the fact that we have no control over how long we’re given.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“I ignored the dark circles under her eyes, just like I ignored the clenching in my stomach that she was starting to bruise more around her hands.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“It’s stupid, not to take a chance, regardless of how slim that chance, at life.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“Sometimes pain, especially that of a broken heart, is best forgotten.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“It was no longer cancer. But the clock.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“He'd taught me that each sunrise was a new promise, a new beginning, a new chance at extraordinary.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude

“The watch," I pointed. "Put it in the watch,"

"Shhhh." Chase winked at me. "The men are talking now.”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Elude