Forever Right Now Quotes

“The universe is listening. You get back what you put in. Negative shit gets you negative shit. Positive energy begets positive energy. Whatever you put out there in the universe, it listens. And then it answers. So when I talk,I try to give it something it wants to hear and hope it answers with something I want to hear.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“I will always be an addict even if you put the word ‘recovering’ in front of it. I will always have to work ten times as hard to be trusted, to be trustworthy but that’s the price I have to pay for my mistakes.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“Acceptance is a kind of love too.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“Do you ever wish you could take a moment and keep it forever? Like right now…how you taste on my mouth, and your hands on me, and your eyes…God, Sawyer, the way you’re looking at me… If I could have just one moment, one feeling, and live in it forever, I would choose this one.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“Forgetting is pretending it never happened. You need to remember and remember and remember, until it has no power over you anymore.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“I couldn't speak; I only nodded, and it sent a tear sliding down my cheek, to her hand. "See?" she said with a quavering smile. "You feel so much, Sawyer. So much." She wiped the tear into her palm. "I'm going to keep this," she said, then turned and walked away.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“You deserve to be loved as you are, Darlene. Not in bits and pieces.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“and keep it forever? Like right now…how you taste on my mouth, and your hands on me, and your eyes…God, Sawyer, the way you’re looking at me… If I could have just one moment, one feeling, and live in it forever, I would choose this one.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“Sawyer nodded, his eyes sweeping over my face. Then he abruptly took my face in his hands and kissed me. Hard. A kiss I felt in every part of me, like a sudden rush of electricity, surging through me and leaving me breathless. He kept his forehead to mine after he broke apart, his own breath coming hard. “A tornado, Darlene,” he whispered. “I’m swept up.” Then he pulled away, shouldered his bag, and got on the bus.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“I couldn't speak; I only nodded,and it sent a tear sliding down my cheek, to her hand. "See?" she said with a quavering smile. "You feel so much, Sawyer. So much. "She wiped the tear into her palm. "I'm going to keep this," she said, then turned and walked away.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“Everything good in my life is because of you. How do I thank you for that?”
“You don’t, silly. Just love me, Sawyer.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“Henrietta once told me that it was hard for a person to imagine a better life than the one he had; to really know and feel that it was possible. It was the reason, she said, so many people worked so hard just to stay where they were. They never reached out for what they really wanted because they believed what they wanted was out of reach. But it wasn’t. Like words written on a mirror: Objects may be closer than they appear.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“She can take all your rough times. She’s been through rough times of her own, I’ve heard. She’s not expecting you to get it all right the first time because she won’t either. But reach out, baby. Reach out and hold on to those you need, because they need you too more than you think. And that’s how you get through the rough stuff. You hold on and don’t let go. Okay?”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“But I did need them, and I realized—too late—that being with the people who love you isn’t weak. It’s how you stay strong.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“I used to think I was needy or clingy, the way I stuck like glue to the men in my life. But I just want to love someone. It’s so simple and yet feels so impossible at the same time. And yes, I know, I’m supposed to be focusing on me, but isn’t that the whole point of working on myself? To become worthy of love?” “Everyone is worthy of love,” Max said. “But it starts with loving yourself first. That sounds like cheesy, clichéd shit, but it’s true. You have to know you can be good for someone else. Not just to fill up that hole in yourself, but to give.” “I”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“Yes. I meant, you’re like this whirling ball of energy that sweeps people up so they…can’t help getting caught up in you.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“I’ve seen your type before. Full of piss and vinegar, as my father would’ve said. More concerned with being right than with being fair. You are not a coldhearted man. I can see that in you. But feelings, Mr. Haas, are what make us human. And humanity should be the beating heart of justice.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“But when things get rough, that’s when you draw people to you. You don’t push them away.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“wiped a tear away. I should’ve called Zelda and Becks, but I was too scared of coming off as weak and needy. Again. But I did need them, and I realized—too late—that being with the people who love you isn’t weak. It’s how you stay strong.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“Everyone is worthy of love,” Max said. “But it starts with loving yourself first. That sounds like cheesy, clichéd shit, but it’s true. You have to know you can be good for someone else. Not just to fill up that hole in yourself, but to give.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“Addicts lie, Dar,” Max said gently. “That’s one of our defining characteristics. You’ll always be an addict. You’ll always fight that battle. But fight it with your best, most honest self, if you want a chance to win.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“You get back what you put in. Negative shit gets you negative shit. Positive energy begets positive energy. Whatever you put out there in the universe…it listens. And then it answers. So when I talk, I try to give it something it wants to hear and hope it answers with something I want to hear.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“The music is the language and your body speaks the words.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“memories will still be there, but they’ll be a part of who I am. Instead of having a shitty day, I’ll smile and think of how it was a piece of my past, but not the sum of it.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“It just happens sometimes, doesn’t it? Like the weight of your personal pain is hiding in your psyche, and something will trigger it to jump with claws out.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“Do you ever wish you could take a moment and keep it forever? Like right now… how you taste on my mouth, and your hands on me, and your eyes… God, Sawyer, the way you’re looking at me… If I could have just one moment, one feeling, and live in it forever, I would choose this one.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“Not this time.” I said, gruffly. “Hold on to me.” She raised her eyes to mine, uncertain. “Sawyer…” “And I’ll hold on to you, okay?” I said. “Just as tightly.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“What you have here is a unicorn eating four-leaf clovers while shitting rainbow turds in the shape of winning lottery numbers.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“She gave a little gasp and her lips parted for me. I deepened the kiss, while wondering how I’d lived twenty-four years without having kissed her before.
Kissing Darlene was kissing all of her. I tasted the sweetness of her, the energy she put into her art. Her breath suffused my mouth and I inhaled her.
This is life.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now

“I’m scared shitless…and yet when I’m with you, I see something real. For the first time in my life, I want whatever we have to be real.”
― Emma Scott, Forever Right Now