Confess Quotes

“Some things are not meant to be known until they happen. You can’t change fate, you can only survive it.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“I will be with you when you pass through the waters, and when you pass through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. You will not be scorched when you walk through the fire, and the flame will not burn you.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“But in the freezer portion, a tray of ice cubes beckoned me.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“I missed him more than I breathed every day, but somehow, he was right. He was still here with me.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“I wish I’d paid attention to everything he had to say when he was here with me. I wish that I’d taken even a second more to notice and appreciate all the good he did. But life doesn’t always work that way. Sometimes, we don’t even realize how important the memories we’re making are until it’s too late.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“I didn’t know who I had become. I couldn’t recognize my face anymore or even feel my own body. I was numb. Heartbroken. And it didn’t matter if I was still alive because inside, I was dead.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“my promise that for as long as I live, and even in death, you will be a part of me.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“There will come a day when you will want to leave me,” he said solemnly. “I’m prepared for it, and I won’t blame you for it. It’s important to me that you know you have nothing to regret. When you do walk away, I want you to carry no shame or guilt.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“Isaiah 43:2.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“It’s just a GED,” I murmured. “It’s nothing compared to what you do.” “It’s not just a GED,” he argued. “It’s the first step to whatever you want to do with your life. You’ve proven to yourself that you can conquer your fears, and I hope now you understand there isn’t anything that can hold you back from your goals.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“rode the gondolas in Venice, eaten cannoli for breakfast, and gotten lost in the maze of canals as we tried to find Saint Mark’s Basilica. In Paris, we strolled hand in hand down the Champs-Élysées, eating croissants and watching the sun set over the Eiffel Tower. I saw the Mona Lisa, walked beneath the Arc de Triomphe, and kissed Lucian at the top of the Ferris wheel.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“Revelations 21:4?”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“I never needed her pain, only her surrender. The power games were over, but the result would be the same.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“it. “Is the sin of my flesh worse than the others?”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“Pain is intimate,” he said. “Exposing yourself, trusting someone so completely to push your limits but stop when you ask… there’s nothing else like that. Some people, that’s what they need.” “And what do you get out of it?” His eyes darkened, and his voice was deeper when he responded. “Power. Catharsis.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“The brew was poured, and when I sniffed it, it smelled foul. “It’s made from a vine,” Luna said. “There is a cleansing ritual involved in the preparation, but even still, it’s not the most appealing taste.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“Ayahuasca. It’s a medicinal tea from South America,” she explained. “Some believe that it has healing powers.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“If you let hate continue to rule your life and poison anything good, your past still wins.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“My point is that you want to be an adult, yet you have none of the basic skills required to survive in this world.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“I decided everything because I was the captain of my own ship. I lived a hedonistic lifestyle, and I didn’t regret it.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“You’ll never let a man hurt you again,” I supplied for her. There was a quiver in her voice when she answered. “That’s right.” “There’s just one problem with that,” I told her. “What?” she asked. “It means you’ll never let one love you, either.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“She trembled, and it triggered an image of me baptizing her naked form in this holy water, only to desecrate her afterward like the true heathen I was.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“You’re old enough to be my father.” I smiled. “Does that mean you’re going to call me daddy?”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“For years, every hour had been gray. I’d lived under a cloud of perpetual rain until she came along, and now my life was filled with color. A storm of passionate red. She was changing the landscape of my life, and I didn’t like it.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“Perhaps love is the alternative you are afraid to face,” he continued. “But the one you need the most.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“A love you never even knew existed until it hit you in the face like a hammer.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“Memories that I didn’t even know we were making at the time. Now they haunted me. They made me smile, and they made me cry. It hurt so much, but I knew I could never let this house, or anything inside of it go.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“Confronting our demons isn’t easy,” Lucian said tenderly. “But it is necessary.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“For years, every hour had been grey. I’d lived under a cloud of perpetual rain until she came along, and now my life was filled with color. A storm of passionate red. She was changing the landscape of my life, and I didn’t like it.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess

“Unlike the men I targeted, he was a closed book. A locked diary, to be more accurate. And that lock had a trip wire on it that would explode if you dared poke at it.”
― A. Zavarelli, Confess