All I Ever Wanted Quotes

“It smells like you now.” Even in the dim light, she could see the flash of his smile. “Sweet and orangey.” Warmth crept up her neck and into her cheeks. Her goddamn husband of twenty-four years was making her blush. Unbelievable.”
― Karen Cimms, All I Ever Wanted

“Good morning! What are you doing?’ The young man paused, looked up, and replied, ‘Throwing starfish back into the ocean.’ “‘Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?’ “‘The sun is up, and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them in, they’ll die.’ “‘But young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach with starfish all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!’ “The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it into the sea past the breaking waves and said, ‘It made a difference for that one.”
― Karen Cimms, All I Ever Wanted

“There’s also a legend that says starfish are the reflections of stars in the sky that inhabit the ocean floor,” Harold said. “And it’s the symbol of rebirth. Did you know a starfish can drop one of its arms to escape and trick a predator and then grow back the lost appendage? It’s even possible for the discarded arm to grow into another starfish.”
― Karen Cimms, All I Ever Wanted

“I guess when I looked in the mirror, I no longer saw me. It was my body and my face, but it wasn’t. Inside, I felt ugly and dead, and I thought . . . I think I thought that the outside should match the inside.”
― Karen Cimms, All I Ever Wanted

“She fought on Because fighting meant She hadn’t yet lost. — n.a. denmon”
― Karen Cimms, All I Ever Wanted