When we were sea and stars Quotes

“But sometimes I wonder if blaming it all on fate isn’t only an excuse. Maybe we say, ‘it was destiny,’ because we’re afraid to admit that we gave up.”
― Elen Chase, When we were sea and stars

“I loved him. I loved him in a clumsy, ridiculous way, but that was unmistakably love; a feeling I had craved for so long, I’d almost lost hope. It made perfect sense that it was James who gifted it to me.”
― Elen Chase, When we were sea and stars

“One day you look at the world with eyes full of wonder, then suddenly you lose yourself in your thoughts, and I… I find myself wishing you would find your way back through me.”
― Elen Chase, When we were sea and stars

“For once, the rumors made me into the “victim,” when they could have easily made me into the “whore.” I wondered what makes people decide whether you’re one or the other. Either way, nobody really wants to know the truth.”
― Elen Chase, When we were sea and stars

“I never understood jealousy, and I have no idea how some people find it attractive; denying freedom to the person you are supposed to love doesn’t really make sense, does it?”
― Elen Chase, When we were sea and stars

“James looked at me with glossy eyes and parted lips, and I just knew I’d die if I didn’t kiss him now. I tried to fight it, I tried to think, analyze and rationalize, but I concluded that all the facts and words and promises in the world didn’t mean shit and all that ever mattered was sharing this, right now, with him.”
― Elen Chase, When we were sea and stars

“Roberto didn’t say a word, but our fingers intertwined. He held my hand tightly and I almost cried as I realized that was the most intimate gesture I had ever shared with another person in my whole life.”
― Elen Chase, When we were sea and stars

“She’s just another cousin. Prepare yourself because you’re going to hear this a lot. Everybody here is somebody’s cousin.”
― Elen Chase, When we were sea and stars

“It’s not a matter of liking or disliking, it’s a matter of manners.”
― Elen Chase, When we were sea and stars

“I chased him like a madman, without knowing what I was doing, because I just needed to be with him... I needed him so desperately to see beyond my bullshit; to see what I truly was. And he saw me. He saw through my lies, the unspoken truths and my doubts. Despite everything, he chose me, too, and he showed me his wounds, and they hurt as if they were my own.”
― Elen Chase, When we were sea and stars