Credence Quotes

“Pain always reminds us that we’re alive. And the fear along with it that we want to stay that way.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Avoiding the bad means you risk avoiding the good, too, and I’d rather be hurt than never not feel this.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“My mother said the first boy—or man—is a crush.
You think you love them, but what you really love is how they make you feel. It’s not love. It’s lust. Lust for attention. Lust for danger. Lust to feel special. (...) The second is to learn about yourself. Your first crush has been crushed. You’re sad, but most of all, you’re angry. Angry enough to not let it happen again. (...) Love. When the lessons of your weakness with number one and your selfishness with number two sink in, and you find a medium. When you know who you are and you’re ready to welcome everything he is, and you’re not afraid anymore.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Everyone contemplates suicide at some point, even if it’s just for a minute. And one thing is usually the root cause. Loneliness.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“People may live different realities, but the truth is always the same.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Because life is only happy when it’s shared.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Rain is passion. It’s a scream. It’s my hair sticking to my face as I wrap my arms around him. It’s spontaneous, and it’s loud.

Snowfall is like a secret. It’s whispers and firelight and searching for his warmth between the sheets at two a.m. when the rest of the house is asleep.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Because you’re still you, no matter where you go,” I retort.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Sometimes people have to make their own mistakes and feel the pain.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“We all acclimate. We learn, we resolve, we come around—it’s not that anything really gets easier or harder. We just get better at rolling with it.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“When you’re cared for, you care for others.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Because I’m only worth anything if someone wants to love me.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Making a mistake takes seconds. Living with them takes a lifetime.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Such a strange feeling, something so big, reminding you that you’re small, but also reminding you that you’re part of a world full of magnificent things. What a great thing to be able to see—and relearn—every day.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“I might wish this change could’ve happened differently, but some of us don’t learn from the heat. We need the fire.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Lust, learn, and love,” she says, placing the condiments and touching her finger to the ketchup. “My mother said the first boy—or man—is a crush. You think you love them, but what you really love is how they make you feel. It’s not love. It’s lust. Lust for attention. Lust for danger. Lust to feel special.” She looks between us. “You’re needy with number one. Needy for someone to love you.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“And number three?” I ask, picking up the A.1. “Love.” She snatches the bottle away. “When the lessons of your weakness with number one and your selfishness with number two sink in, and you find a medium. When you know who you are and you’re ready to welcome everything he is, and you’re not afraid anymore.” She puts the bottle back in its place. “You still might not have a happy ending, but you’ll engage in a healthy relationship and handle yourself in a way you’re proud of.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Because they were fuckers, baby,” he says, his voice thick. “They were fucking fuckers.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Sometimes, we all need to hide.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Cowards always live to regret, because it’s only too late that they realize the journey is filled with people who are afraid. They didn’t have to walk alone.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Let’s fight and laugh and make babies someday and go insane, because I’m fucking in love with you.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“I want to be outside. I want to be in a tree. I want to be wet. I want to be on the forest floor as the rain hits the leaves above. I like that sound. I want to be warm. I want to hold something. I want to talk to my dad. I want to be tired, so I can sleep more, and I want to walk. I want to be in love. I want to be safe. I want to be over. I want things in my head to be gone.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Unfortunately, the world moves on, and then it just becomes punishing yourself.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“Credence. I’m close enough to read it now. It means ‘belief as to the truth of something’.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“The notches go all the way to the buckle,” I point out. “I’m flattered, but my waist isn’t that small.” Noah leans in, whispering, “But your wrists are.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“She needs a lot, and all of them are things you can’t buy. She needs to laugh and get drunk. She needs to be tickled and cuddled and carried and teased. I don’t want to see her cry, but if she does, I want her to know there’s comfort. She has a home.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” -Frederick Douglass”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“I want to be everything she sees.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“She’s describing us, I take it. “Number two is where you finally learn what you’re capable of,” she continues, tucking a loose strand from her ponytail behind her ear. “You start getting demanding. You grow bold, not afraid to start calling some shots. You’re also not afraid to be greedier in the bedroom, because it’s about what you want and not what he wants. Number two is to be used. In a way.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence

“She needs a lot, and all of them are things you can’t buy.”
― Penelope Douglas, Credence