Bring Down the Stars Quotes

“Own this love, Wes. It’s not just hers. It’s yours too.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“Beauty and pain,” she said, almost to herself. “I don’t think you can separate the two.” “Maybe pain exists to make us appreciate the beauty,” I said.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“Or maybe pain is just pain, and we romanticize the hell out of it to make it survivable.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“Sometimes the heart hides itself behind the mind.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“Feelings,” I said, “are like tonsils. Mostly useless, and occasionally a source of pain and discomfort.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“Live every life but the one you want.” I scrubbed my face with my hands. “I don’t know.” “I do. A writer who chooses an economics major. A runner who ignores his gift. A poet’s heart now encased in a warrior’s armor.” Professor”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“Einstein says, I have no special talents. I’m just passionately curious.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“Beauty and pain,” she said, almost to herself. “I don’t think you can separate the two.”

“Maybe pain exists to make us appreciate the beauty,”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“I hated single. I hated empty beds and silent mornings. I loved long talks, longer kisses and the feeling of having a partner as I navigated the world; one who would fill many chapters in the story of my life.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“I wouldn’t touch you so quickly, I thought. I’d wait. Draw it out. Build up the moment so that when it happens—when each of us feels the other’s skin for the first time—it’ll be something sublime. Something earned.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“The air around Weston was always electric. A crackling force field that kept people away, fueled by his barbed tongue and acid wit. If I reached through it to touch him, no doubt I’d be shocked. It would hurt like hell.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“I always get attached,” I said. “I can’t help myself. I don’t want casual, I want electricity. I want someone I can talk to for ages, someone who sets my blood on fire. And not just physically, you know?”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“I worried I would grow up to be trash too, and would hurt any woman I might someday love, so I vowed not to love anyone.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“What happened that made you feel you don’t deserve anything good for yourself?” A car screeching away, my mother’s curses turning to wailing cries. And me, running down the street. My legs pumping hard and fast, even though I knew I’d never catch him. Even though he was long gone. “Good feels out of reach,” I murmured. “I’ve had good before and I lost it.” “So now you only reach for that which doesn’t hurt to lose.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“I loved her…My soul sang the words I could never say to her out loud.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“I have loved you with both
Hands tied behind my back
Bound with pen and ink
Paper and words
Sealed with someone else’s name
until this moment
in which I am nothing
but a man
who loves a woman.
There is nothing left to say
Except to give
all of my heart
For you”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“I love her,” I said. “I don’t know how it happened, or why, but I do. Something in me connects to something in her. I’ve felt it since the day we met.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“For you, I would
bring down the stars,
wreath their fire
around your neck
like diamonds,
and watch them
pulse
to the beat of your heart

For you, I would
capture the candlelight
in the palm of my hand
Give my breath
to give it life
A whisper,
'My love'
So that it may grow
Bright and hot
And burn me

For you, I would
drink the salted oceans
Until their depths
Were swallowed
into the depth of me
How deep it is, this life
This love, for you
I cannot touch bottom
I never will

For you, I would
mine the stony earth
Until it relinquished
The secrets of time
Cracks in the stone
wrinkles of the Earth
As she turns her face
to another new day
And so I wish to live
Every one of mine
With you

For you, I would
be myself
At long last
I would live in my skin
And breathe my words
in my own voice
Tinged with the accent
Of a child calling to a car
that will never stop
And in the fading echo
Nothing remains but the truth
of me
that is the love
of you

I have loved you with both
Hands tied behind my back
Bound with pen and ink
Paper and words
Sealed with someone else's name
until this moment
in which I am nothing
but a man
who loves a woman.
There is nothing left to say
Except to give
all of my heart
For you”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“I love how a few words, carefully chosen, can elicit deep reactions. Or evoke a certain mood, or make you feel something real.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“For you, I would
bring down the stars,
wreath their fire
around your neck
like diamonds,
and watch them
pulse
to the beat of your heart”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“That feeling, I thought. That’s what I love. The first connection. A little uncertain moment that builds it into something strong and real.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“You have a thousand hearts’ worth of love to give. A thousand tears may fall when one heart breaks. But never cry for shame.” He cupped my chin in his thick hand. “Even love lost was well-spent.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars

“The way he looked at me…I’d never in my life felt so cherished.
“There’s so much I want to tell you,” he said.
“Then tell me,” I whispered.”
― Emma Scott, Bring Down the Stars