Winter Oranges Quotes

“I’d rather die knowing you loved me than go on for an eternity knowing I killed you.”
― Marie Sexton, Winter Oranges

“Those things you said earlier? You’re wrong. I don’t know why you think you don’t deserve happiness, but you do, more than anybody I’ve ever known. And I’ve known a lot of people in a hundred and seventy years.”
― Marie Sexton, Winter Oranges

“It was only a kiss, and yet it was momentous. The way Ben hung on to him like he was afraid of drowning. The way his lips, wet and salty with tears, parted beneath Jason’s.”
― Marie Sexton, Winter Oranges

“A path full of mystery. Full of laughter and light. Full of . . . Full of Ben. Jason missed him already.”
― Marie Sexton, Winter Oranges

“I’ve learned through all of this that sanity isn’t something you have, and then you lose it and it’s gone forever. It’s something you can pass in and out of, you know? It’s there and gone, there and gone again. It’s like walking through shadows on a sunny day.”
― Marie Sexton, Winter Oranges

“My sister put me in the globe after the Battle of Fort Sumter to stop me from joining the Confederate Army.”
― Marie Sexton, Winter Oranges

“And then there was only Jason, and the solitude he’d longed for so desperately. Funny how solitude and loneliness felt so much alike.”
― Marie Sexton, Winter Oranges

“They’d been friends for more than ten years. They’d shared a bed more times than Jason could count. Dylan may have suspected Jason’s true feelings, but Jason did his best to never confirm them, especially since Dylan avoided genuine emotions and commitment the way Jason avoided anybody with a press badge hanging around their neck.”
― Marie Sexton, Winter Oranges

“Least I can do for my baby sister’s former future husband.”
― Marie Sexton, Winter Oranges