Last Summer Quotes

“Damien,” she says in a thin whisper as hot tears flood her eyes. She waits for him to look her way, and when he does, her face crumples. “I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry.” He frowns. “For what?” “I killed our baby.” Tears fall.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“Motherhood broadens one’s perspective, making room to consider alternative ideas and deciding not to give energy to others.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“Arguing’s one thing. You can always kiss and make up. Own up to mistakes and forgive. But once you stop loving the person you’ve pledged your life to? How do you come back from that? I don’t think you can.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“Clyde”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“Exorcising grief takes that much more of an effort the longer it’s contained.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“Hell, after everything. I want us to always come back here and find each other.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“My mother always preached that the more bite marks on your tongue, the happier your marriage.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“Heads turned. Eyes trailed him to the bar. Tall and athletic with dark-walnut hair and stormy eyes, Damien was apotheotic.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“It's what I do, El. I protect what's mine." "Then why are you leaving me?" He swings the garment bag over his shoulder. "I'm not leaving you. I'm letting you go.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“The way she sees it, Nathan doesn't need Stephanie's forgiveness. He needs to forgive himself. But self-forgiveness can't be forced. She knows that firsthand.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“What kind of marriage do they have if they can't talk? Reality check. The kind where she cheated on him. Self-loathing is a rusty weight in her stomach, making her queasy.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“Marital success isn’t measured by what you share with your spouse. It’s what you don’t. Are you married, Ella?”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer

“She has always prided herself on having a sharp memory. Disconcerting doesn’t begin to describe what she’s experiencing inside her mind. To know the memories are there, just elusive, unattainable, floating downstream like a discarded flip-flop. It’s horribly unsettling.”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Last Summer