Hero Quotes

“Love. That’s what I feel. Love. It’s what I always feel these days. It fills me so completely, it seeps out my pores and drips down my flesh. Love.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“It’s coursing through my blood. Love. It fills my lungs. My thoughts. My belly. It’s fused to the very tissue of my heart. Love, love, love.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“Because love doesn’t come tied up in a nice little box with a ribbon around it. Love is messy and scary and full of risk. Love is risk. It’s walking on a tightrope between skyscrapers. It’s being shot out of a cannon and jumping out an airplane at thirty thousand feet and you trusting your parachute will open. And, sometimes, love is watching the one you love walk out the door and knowing he might never come home again because it’s who he is—but you’re willing to love him anyway.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“I love you, Lydia.” “I love you, too,” my beautiful wife replies. She’s my life. My savior. My patron saint. “More than all the words invented could possibly describe.” We share a smile.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“Beatrice presses her finger into the cleft in my chin, flash-melting every molecule in my body. She whispers softly, “I love you, Daddy.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“You’re still supposed to be using a crutch, Mr. Morgan!” I call after him. “Thanks, Physical Therapist Lydia! How’s my cum taste?” I giggle. “Great!”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“Bonin’ Time!” she shouts. “Woohoo!”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“But this word he’s written... and the way he’s looking at me right now... This moment feels real. Completely stripped down and raw. Like we’re staring into each other’s souls and connecting in a way I’ve only felt once before in my life.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“He’s gone. I’m alone. The heart monitor is now quiet. I’m twenty-nine years old. A mother of two with another on the way. My husband, the only man I’ve ever loved—the only man I’ve ever kissed—the great love of my life and the father of my children... is dead.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“I’ve always wanted to go to the Daddy-Daughter Dance. I thought if you married the firefighter, I might finally get to go.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“I just officially completed my physical therapy!” Colby shouts gleefully, and everyone applauds and cheers. He gestures to me. “Thanks to the professionalism and expertise of my wonderful physical therapist, I’m as good as new!” He flexes his muscular arms. More cheers and applause. “And now that Lydia’s no longer my physical therapist, guess what?” Colby’s smile lights up his entire face. “I can finally engage in romantic relations with Lydia Decker!” I throw my palms over my cheeks, flabbergasted, as everyone in the clinic cheers and laughs.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“Lydia Decker, I love you and I’m one hundred percent sure I’m going to love you ’til the day I die.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“Go get her, Tiger.” And everyone chuckles.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“Yeah, I am. You’re looking even more beautiful than the last time I saw you, if that’s possible.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“Colby winks at me like a cartoon rabbit and I chuckle at the surprising gesture. “That good, huh?” Colby winks again, this time with even more panache. “Wow,” I say. “Even drugged up and breathing through a machine, you’re quite the charmer, Mr. Morgan.” His left arm is immobilized in a sling, so he releases my hand in order to brush some imaginary dirt off his left shoulder—a gesture I’m interpreting as his silly way of telling me, “I’ve got charm for days, babe.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero

“love doesn’t come tied up in a nice little box with a ribbon around it. Love is messy and scary and full of risk. Love is risk. It’s walking on a tightrope between skyscrapers. It’s being shot out of a cannon and jumping out an airplane at thirty thousand feet and you trusting your parachute will open. And, sometimes, love is watching the one you love walk out the door and knowing he might never come home again because it’s who he is—but you’re willing to love him anyway.”
― Lauren Rowe, Hero