From the Embers Quotes

“I have loved you since before I knew I loved you. I have loved you since before I was supposed to love you. And I will continue to love you ever single day for the rest of eternity.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“mastering the perception of perfect isn’t the same as finding genuine happiness.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“Our bond might have been forged through tragedy, but our love flourished through patience, genuine respect, and understanding.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“I’m terrified that, if we keep screaming into the past, the future is going to become nothing but an echo.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“I don’t want to grow this thing between us in their shadows.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“I want you, Bree, and I’m not waiting one fucking second longer to make my move.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“They didn’t understand that our love had been slow like the seasons, built on a foundation of honesty and trust.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“But mastering the perception of perfect isn’t the same as finding genuine happiness.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“There were so many nights when everything hurt and I wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to breathe again. But there you were. With me every step of the way.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“there is no true timeline for grief. It was always one step forward, two weeks wallowing and cussing the universe back. But, with time, the good days had begun to outweigh the bad.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“That brain of yours knows more than you think it does. But none of it matters until your heart gets the memo too. Until then, all you can do is sit back and enjoy the ride.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“I understood the whole it takes a village concept, and when someone was in need, I was the first one to offer a helping hand. But being on the receiving end of that help was a slightly harder pill for me to swallow.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“In the wake of tragedy, it’s easy to withdraw into yourself. After all, you can’t fathom how anyone else could adequately understand the misery you’re going through.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“being trapped in a spiral of grief didn’t afford me many opportunities to focus on the silver lining.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“In the middle of tragedy, it’s strange the things that become engrained into your memories.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“I closed my eyes and focused on the sounds of her heaving breaths—broken and rasping just like our marriage.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“This. Man.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“I have loved you since before I knew I loved you. I have loved you since before I was supposed to love you. And I will continue to love you every single day for the rest of eternity.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“Being in love with Eason Maxwell was the easiest thing I’d ever done.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“And that was the exact moment I fell all-the-way, head-over-heels, unapologetically in love with Eason Maxwell.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“For now though,” Eason continued, “she’s my girlfriend. This means we’re getting to know each other and spending time together. But, Ash, if and when your mom and I ever do decide to get married, and even if we don’t, I’m here for you in every way you could possibly need me. But I’m never going to replace your dad, okay? You already have a pretty amazing dad. Him being in heaven doesn’t change that.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“There were so many nights when everything hurt and I wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to breathe again. But there you were. With me every step of the way.” I tapped the screen again when it started to dim. “This picture, Bree. It’s not what we have to lose. It’s what I’ve already gained.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“You’re all I have left, Bree. And dammit, you were his too.” As he straightened, I fisted a hand in the front of his shirt. “No, I wasn’t. You know it as well as I do. I was a fucking puppet in his show, and I’m done wearing the strings.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“But carved into my soul for all my days to come was the life-altering moment when a naked photo of my wife appeared on the screen.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“That man—always a hugger. He rocked us from side to side, more like he was trying to calm a crying baby than slow dance. “We got this, Bree. Me and you. We got this.” And for the first time since our world had exploded, I felt like maybe he was right.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“we’ve learned anything recently, it’s that life is short and its impact isn’t measured in years. Buy a piano, Eason. Write the songs. Be the star. Flip the entire music industry on its head.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“Life was never easy, and ours had been harder than most. However ugly it might have been at times, there was beauty to be found when looking back at all the pain and heartache and devastation, knowing we’d come out the other end better off and more in love than I had ever known possible.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“Having company in hell didn’t change the fact that you were still actually in hell.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“pirate dessert. This was just three bowls of water filled with fruit, and I gave them little plastic drink swords to use as skewers. It was a smaller, not slobber-infested version of bobbing for apples and they adored it.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers

“I knew down to the marrow of my bones that Bree had been born to be mine. Our bond might have been forged through tragedy, but our love flourished through patience, genuine respect, and understanding.
Life was never easy, and ours had been harder that most. However ugly it might have been at times, there was beauty to be found when looking back at all the pain and heartache and devastation, knowing we’d come out the other end better off and more in love than I had ever known possible.”
― Aly Martinez, From the Embers