Steadfast Quotes

“But it takes courage to want things, and to pursue them. Staying numb means you can never be disappointed.”
― Sarina Bowen, Steadfast

“Enough worrying about what we deserve. Let's appreciate what we have”
― Sarina Bowen, Steadfast

“Whatever you call it, there was an ache inside me that I longed to soothe. And I moved through each day a little lost, trying to fill an empty spot in my soul. But it never went away. Five months out of rehab, I still felt it all the time. It showed up when I was stressed or bored. It showed up when I was tired or underfed. Sometimes it showed up even when everything was going well. It was never, ever going to stop. There was no cure. You just lived with it. The end.”
― Sarina Bowen, Steadfast

“So many things I thought I knew about my life were wrong. But that happened sometimes. All we can do is listen harder, hug harder and hope for the best.”
― Sarina Bowen, Steadfast

“I will do everything in my power to be good for you,”
― Sarina Bowen, Steadfast

“You own me. You always have.”
“Even when you're not perfect, you're still mine.”
― Sarina Bowen, Steadfast

“When I was seventeen, I thought Jude was sent to me from heaven. When I was eighteen, I let him take me there. When I was nineteen, he broke both my heart and my family”
― Sarina Bowen, Steadfast

“But it takes courage to want things, and to pursue them. Staying numb means you can never be disappointed.” Unfortunately I”
― Sarina Bowen, Steadfast

“At rehab they always said: “Move a muscle, change a thought.” So that’s what I did. I”
― Sarina Bowen, Steadfast

“As he twisted his body to set it down, I got a glimpse of his sixpack beneath the hemline of hit T-shirt. There was a flash of golden skin, and a peek at the trim strip of light brown hair descending into his jeans. This was probably why I slid onto the passenger's seat. My ex-con ex-boyfriend - a drug addict and convicted man-slaughterer - flashed me his happy trail and I got into his car. One wondered why my father didn't trust me.”
― Sarina Bowen, Steadfast

“But I knew if I slid into his arms he’d feel so achingly familiar—broad and warm and strong and so very mine.”
― Sarina Bowen, Steadfast