Perfect Wreckage Quotes

“If you really want to live your life to the fullest, you have to let go of who you think you should be and let yourself become who you truly are.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“One day, this woman would see herself as I did. Strong because she’d been broken. Loving because she’d been hurt. Perfect in all her imperfections.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“Life is messy and terrifying, but it is also crazy beautiful. You taught me that. You showed me that my wreckage could be perfect in its own way, that all those little cracks in my soul just made me stronger, more beautiful. Truly and authentically me. You taught me what it means to truly live.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“Life is messy and terrifying, but it is also crazy beautiful. You taught me that. You showed me that my wreckage could be perfect”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“She knew. She was a part of the club that no one joined voluntarily. The one that meant you’d lost someone who was a part of your soul.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“I’m so sorry.” I was really starting to hate that word. I swallowed back my sobs, locking down my muscles so that none could escape. It was the only way my friends would release me. And if they didn’t, I was going to scream.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“I carried my daughter with me every day. She was imprinted into every cell of my body. I didn’t need a stone to remember her or to feel the loss. And if I looked at a physical reminder, that carefully constructed wall, the one that kept the most dangerous emotions at bay, it would be in danger of crumbling.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“You have to face things, sweet girl. Looking away doesn’t make things disappear.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“You, me, a little bikini, and margaritas on the beach.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“I know this might not be a comfort, but the depth of the pain is a measure of how deeply you loved each other. How much you impacted each other’s lives.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“I love you with everything I have and everything I am. Please let me love you.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“Having all of him meant that it would hurt that much more when it was over. But I couldn’t seem to force myself to walk away.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“I’m in this for as long as it lasts. I might not be able to give you forever, but I’ll give you all of me while we’re here.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“I’d been left in wreckage, broken pieces that would never fit together perfectly again.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“It was as if his arms might be able to hold me together. Keep me from breaking when the world was falling down around me.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage

“It was as if he had radar for all my bruises and scars. He wouldn’t stop until he tended to each one.”
― Catherine Cowles, Perfect Wreckage