Kaleidoscope Hearts Quotes

“The hearts I make are shattered, but whole. They’re kaleidoscopes that beam under the sun. They signify hope in love when you’ve lost it because, like love, you can look at a kaleidoscope a thousand different ways and find something new every time. Shattered or not, if you look carefully enough, you’ll find something beautiful in them, and all beautiful things are a little broken.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“Shattering hearts … it’s fitting.”
“They’re not shattering hearts, they’re kaleidoscope hearts,” I correct him.”
“What’s the different? You make them with broken pieces.”
… “The difference is that it’s already broken, but I use the pieces to rebuilt it. The difference is that the heart has a second chance, and maybe it’ll get broken again, but it’s already shattered, so maybe the fall won’t be as bad.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“I always thought you were mine.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“You can try to steer your life in a certain direction all you want, but ultimately, the wind is in charge of your sail.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“Sometimes we let the first ones get away, but it teaches us to cherish the second ones that much more.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“Tomorrow I’ll be okay, but today I let myself bleed, and that’s okay too.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“THE THING ABOUT life is that you never know when it will show you something that touches you so deeply that you can’t help but be grateful for everything . . . even the bad.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“Life is short, and brutal, and painful, and it takes loved ones away from us as quickly as it brings them into our lives, but it’s also beautiful.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“Every second counts. Live in this moment. This is life. This is what matters.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“And how do you know she’s the one?” I whisper, wiping the tears spilling down my face. He brings a hand up to my cheek and caresses over it with his thumb. “I know because, when she’s not with me, I feel like I lack oxygen, and even when I am with her, I feel like I can’t breathe enough.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“It's a heart. They always break at some point. Sooner or later someone will come along and shatter it...might as well be you.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“All jokes aside, if you hurt her again, I will fucking murder you, and I’m not talking about a nice quiet murder, I’m talking dick cut off, internal organs everywhere kind of murder. So please, be mindful of that.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“I don’t want to say that I feel complete when I’m with him— because I’m complete without him— but when I’m with him I feel like a better version of myself.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“THEY SAY THE best way to move on is to let go. As if letting go is the easy part. As if trying to dim or erase three years of memories, good and bad, is something you can do in one day.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“Love is beautiful, shattering, moving, haunting. Love is everything.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“This is life. This is what happens when you stop living in the moment. People grow up. They change, they move on, and you find yourself wishing you had looked up in time to walk with them.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“You asked me if I want kids, and the answer is, that I want anything — everything — you want to give me. I want your mornings and your nights. I want your bickering and your eye rolls. I want your nudges when I’m hugging you too tight at night. I want your groans when I tell you a joke, and your moans when I’m making you feel good.” “And what do I get?” I ask, my voice a hoarse whisper. “You get everything,” he says.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“The heart wants what it wants, and mine is clearly a sucker for pain.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“The difference is that it’s already broken, but I use the pieces to rebuild it. The difference is that the heart has a second chance, and maybe it’ll get broken again, but it’s already shattered, so maybe the fall won’t be as bad.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“She made me smile on days that laughter seemed impossible. She made me see hope in things I didn't know existed. That was when she truly became my Estelle. She just didn't know it. Hell, neither did I.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“sometimes in order to move forward you have to let go of the past, even if it hurts. Especially if it hurts,”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“The longer you mourn, the less you live, and you know how short our time here can be.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“It’s a heart. They always break at some point. Sooner or later someone will come along and shatter it anyway—might as well be you.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“Sometimes I need to learn to rein in some of my anxiety and just breathe.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“What we have isn’t aligned with that part of my life. We live in a galaxy of our own,” I whisper, kissing his earlobe. I smile when his breath quickens. “Where the storms pass, and the light fades, and everything ceases to exist except for us.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“I USED TO be that girl who was optimistic about everything, but then life slapped me in the face and forced me to become a realist.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“Sometimes we give up a lot of ourselves for the people we love,”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“THE FIRST BOY I fell in love with used to regale me with stories about kings and queens and war and peace, and how he hoped to one day be somebody’s knight in shining armor. I lived vicariously through his late night adventures, watching the way he swung his hands animatedly as he told his stories, and loving the way his green eyes twinkled when I laughed at his jokes. He taught me what it feels like to be touched and thoroughly kissed. Later, he taught me the pain one feels at the loss of someone that you’ve grown attached to. The one thing he forgot to teach me was how to deal with the way my chest squeezed after he broke the ghost of what heart I had left. I’d always wondered if it had been a missed lesson. Now I wonder if maybe he’d been trying to figure it out for himself, or if he just never felt anything at all.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“It’s my turn … I’ve let you go a million times before, and I don’t want to miss this chance with you.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts

“Because I don’t want you to. Because it’s my turn. Because I’ve let you go a million times before, and I don’t want to miss this chance with you. Let me take you out. Let me show you how good I can be, and I’m not talking about fucking, I mean me. One date, Elle.”
― Claire Contreras, Kaleidoscope Hearts