All the Breaking Waves Quotes

“up in Pacific Grove, a coastal town on the Monterey Peninsula in California, I had spent many Sunday mornings combing beaches, hunting for sea glass. I once believed the surf-tumbled glass had come from mermaids when the mythical creatures wept for sailors lost at sea, their tears hardened and washed ashore by the latest storm front. Mermaid tears were treasure, meant to be guarded close to one’s heart. They brought wishes of true love and kept you safe”
― Kerry Lonsdale, All the Breaking Waves

“The people who didn’t want help needed it the most. She”
― Kerry Lonsdale, All the Breaking Waves

“I could only imagine how Owen had felt when he’d seen me. The same way I’d probably react had I seen him with a wife and child. Livid, and envious that we hadn’t had that together. Starting a family had been one of our dreams, and I’d taken that from him. “I”
― Kerry Lonsdale, All the Breaking Waves

“Mermaid tears were treasure, meant to be guarded close to one’s heart. They brought wishes of true love and kept you safe from those who meant harm. But”
― Kerry Lonsdale, All the Breaking Waves

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― Kerry Lonsdale, All the Breaking Waves

“wept”
― Kerry Lonsdale, All the Breaking Waves

“Folklore tells of sea maidens who tamed the raging ocean to allow their sailors safe passage. But for those sailors they had loved and then lost at sea, never to be seen again, they eternally wept. When their tears hit the seawater, they turned to glass. And to this day, their tears washed ashore as gleaming, colorful treasures. Remnants of true love.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, All the Breaking Waves

“The ocean was my addiction, the place I loved most.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, All the Breaking Waves

“The only way I know how to outwit Cassie’s premonition is avoidance.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, All the Breaking Waves

“Owen knew about me, and the abilities the women in my family possessed. But he wasn’t a father and wouldn’t understand”
― Kerry Lonsdale, All the Breaking Waves

“The effects of Cassie’s visions were apparent from her behavior at school. Slipping grades, deteriorating friendships, and countless hours of lost sleep. Her face had a pallid cast and was punctuated by sunken eyes and concave cheeks. Her appetite had diminished, and I couldn’t imagine the psychological damage the nightmares were doing to her young mind. What”
― Kerry Lonsdale, All the Breaking Waves

“Cassie loved cats, had even asked for a kitten from a litter up for adoption outside the corner grocery mart. One day, I had told her. Caring for an animal was too much when it seemed lately I could barely care for my own daughter. I”
― Kerry Lonsdale, All the Breaking Waves