Absinthe Quotes

“As much as I'm at odds with the idea of love, I can't help but find myself in love with the idea of you.”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“It was never about the student-teacher dynamic,” he says. “It was only ever about you. All I ever wanted was the smart-mouthed girl who quoted Great Gatsby in a world where everyone else quoted Nickelback.”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“Good words never expire.”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“... If you want to win at life, you have to play the game.”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“But it doesn’t change the way I feel. He’s the only one I want. The only one I’ll ever want.”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“Losing myself for hours in worlds that only existed in the confines of a paper jacket was my only escape from a life I wouldn’t wish upon my worst enemy.”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“In case you ever foolishly forget, I am never not thinking of you.”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“People catch wind of all the shit I’ve been through and they start treating me like I’m made of tissue paper.”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“Growing up, things like love and trust and healthy, functional relationships were foreign concepts to me. My parents never once told me they loved me. I didn’t have friends because, let’s face it, no kids wanted to hang out with the girl with greasy hair and smelly clothes that fit funny. We weren’t close with extended family. So I mostly kept to myself. Being alone was all I knew. I was all I had, really. That and books. Losing myself for hours in worlds that only existed in the confines of a paper jacket was my only escape from a life I wouldn’t wish upon my worst enemy. Shunning contemporary stories in favor of classics, I always felt like I was the only one, but I wasn’t interested in reading books that felt like a present-day reality when I wanted nothing to do with my own. Anyway, my point is, I never knew what true happiness and fulfillment felt like until you. We had a connection that I know in my heart I’m never going to have with anyone else. You made me laugh. You made me smile. You made me cry (much as I hate to admit). You showed me I was still capable of giving love despite the fact that I’d never learned what it meant to accept it.Our time together may have been brief and tragically fleeting, but it left a lasting mark on my heart. I’m the woman I am today because of you, Kerouac. And for that reason alone, I’ll always hold you dear, and I’ll forever regret that it never worked out for us. Thank you for everything. I wish you all good things. Love, Absinthe PS – I think you should know that I never stopped loving you, not once. For whatever it’s worth, I just wanted you to know that you were loved”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“My heart just isn’t ready to accept it.”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“I’ve learned never to expect anything from anyone”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“I’ve learned never to expect anything from anyone,” I”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“He may have closed the door a few weeks ago, but I’m the one who locked it.”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“He’s not real, at least not in my life.”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“But the rest of me wants to move on, pretend like he never happened”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“I’d only hurt you.” Kerouac exhales. “I hurt everyone. That’s just how it is.”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“Some people are born with silver spoons. I was born with a rusted paring knife”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“I might be in love with the idea of you, but trust me, you could never break me”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“if you want to win at life, you have to play the game”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“A nother Year Later …”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe

“I like your voice,” she says after a silent lull. “It’s sexy. You should read to me sometime .”
― Winter Renshaw, Absinthe