We All Fall Down Quotes

“I want you to go home now, but take this with you.” He pressed something cool, hard, and flat into her palm, then closed her fingers around it. She opened her hand to find a piece of pink sea glass nearly two inches wide, roughly tumbled into the shape of a heart. “It’s beautiful. Where did you get this?” “In Maine. I found it at Nuns’ Beach in Saco.” He smiled and cupped his hand under hers. “It is beautiful, isn’t it? It’s really just a piece of garbage, but it’s been battered by the waves and the sand. It’s withstood a lot and come back better than before. It’s all in the way you look at it.” The heart felt solid in her palm. “Consider it a little miracle from me to you.”
― Karen Cimms, We All Fall Down

“His hair brushed his shoulders, multiple shades of gold and not a single strand of silver. His face was clean-shaven and smooth. Tiny lines had taken up residence at the corners of his eyes, but other than looking more tired than usual, he looked like the same heartbreakingly beautiful man she’d fallen in love with. Just a little older, if not any wiser.”
― Karen Cimms, We All Fall Down

“Why did you agree to help me?” He leaned closer. “Now this may sound crazy,” he whispered, “but I was with Joey when he found that sea glass heart.”
― Karen Cimms, We All Fall Down

“No buts. My husband raped me while he was strung out on crystal meth the same night I buried my best friend. And that’s not even the worst thing that’s happened to me this year.”
― Karen Cimms, We All Fall Down

“How do you do that?” she whispered back. He arched an eyebrow. “After all we’ve been through, and all that has happened, how do you still make me weak in the knees?” He tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “Because. You love me. And I love you. Can’t you see that?” She did. But was it enough?”
― Karen Cimms, We All Fall Down

“Six people were dead. Three were in critical condition. Several others, wounded.”
― Karen Cimms, We All Fall Down

“My dearest Katie, I’m sorry. There are no words to explain or justify what I’ve done. I just need you to know that after all these years, you still own my heart. There has never been anyone else. You are still my passion and my madness, and even if I never see your beautiful face again, I’ll love you long after I take my last breath and well beyond the end of time. Always and forever, Billy”
― Karen Cimms, We All Fall Down

“I know she loves you. You don’t stop loving someone overnight, no matter how stupid they are or how badly they behave.”
― Karen Cimms, We All Fall Down

“The way I see it, you have two choices. You can get help and get sober—quit drinking, the drugs, everything. Or you can keep doing what you’re doing and destroy everything you’ve worked for—your career, your family—and in the process, kill yourself and very likely Kate as well. Losing you will kill her.”
― Karen Cimms, We All Fall Down

“A lone tear rolled down her cheek. “Being raped by a stranger in an alley would have been easier to live through than what you did to me.” Each word was a dagger, plunged into his heart. “And it would have been over quicker. And maybe I would have been dead instead of just wishing I were.”
― Karen Cimms, We All Fall Down

“There’re plenty of woman I wouldn’t have to force to do what you’re doing right now. There’s a regular parade of pussy at my fingertips.” He pulled her so close she could feel his words on her face. “Fuck. I could’ve had Christa on her knees again today if I wanted.” He glared down at her. “All these years I felt guilty, while you’re carrying on under my nose like I’m some kinda fucking moron.”
― Karen Cimms, We All Fall Down

“She didn’t even know where Billy kept the checkbook. His refusal to relinquish the financial reins had been a sore spot in their marriage for years, but no matter how much she had argued, he wouldn’t budge. He was doing her a favor, he’d said—one less thing for her to worry about. Unfortunately, that wasn’t always the case, and even though he gave her an allowance like some 1960s housewife, she’d been caught short more times than she cared to remember. It was insulting and embarrassing, and it was the exact reason she’d taken a job. Another marital bone of contention.”
― Karen Cimms, We All Fall Down