Restless Waters Quotes

“Is this the sexy escort I ordered?" Sabin asks immediately. "I don't want to hear any bitching about the tree-house situation, okay? It's very trendy right now. And you better be bringing the mermaid outfit I requested, or this whole thing is off. Also, I'll be paying you from my jar of pennies.”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters

“There is life after hell. There is breathing and life and profound love after hell.”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters

“We refuse to let the past wreck our today. That’s why we’re the team that we are.”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters

“Whatever you like, my fairest princess of duchesses of the queendom.” “That doesn’t make any sense.” He raises an eyebrow. “Have we met?” I”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters

“Breathe. Just breathe.”
“There’s no air, Blythe.”
“Reach for me. I won’t let you drown. I’m right here.”
He rubs my back some more and then laughs lightly. “You’re already taken.”
“I have two hands, Sabin. Grab one.”
He thinks for a while, and I feel him take hold of his own hands to fully encircle me in his embrace. “I’m trying, love. I’m trying.”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters

“You didn’t have time to prepare the rhyming good-bye poem done in the style of Dr. Seuss? I do not like to basket weave. / I do not like when Sabin leaves. / I do not like—”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters

“I think about that stupid fucking saying, Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and I want to barf. I’m already beyond fond of everyone, so I’m all set.”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters

“I am still trying to glue together the broken pieces of this person I love. He manages his tortured side with remarkable skill, but even Chris, with his endless supply of strength and clarity, could not survive all that he did without scars.”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters

“«Casa», prosegue Chris, «era un posto terrificante una volta, ma ora non lo è più. Ed è merito tuo, Blythe. Sei stata tu a cambiare ogni cosa per me, per tutti noi. Non me lo dimentico mai, neanche per un attimo.»”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters

“«È questo il problema! Non ci arrivi? Lui ha già fatto tutto!» È sempre più agitato. «Cazzo, Christopher Shepherd ha protetto tutti noi e a me non ha lasciato niente da fare! Si è sottoposto alle torture peggiori che ci infliggeva mio padre e non mi ha mai permesso di ripagarlo.»”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters

“It doesn’t matter that we live together, that I’m with him every single day. I have the same strong reaction, the same unyielding surge of love that rips through me, every time I see him.”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters

“This summer has been idyllic … more than that, it’s the unification of this group of formerly lost souls. It’s been a syrupy lovefest for the past three months, and I wish it could last forever.
I think about that stupid fucking saying, Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and I want to barf. I’m already beyond fond of everyone, so I’m all set.”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters

“You can’t drown when you know how to float.”
Chris says nothing for a few minutes. “Maybe. But the water is pretty calm today. There could always be a storm.” He rubs my shoulders. He breathes against me. He waits. “It’s hard to float in a storm.”
― Jessica Park, Restless Waters