Beneath the Hood Quotes

“You learn a lot about a person from paying attention to what they don’t say.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“You don’t have to know something to mourn its absence.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“The way you don’t even realize what you’ve been shown is a mask until they decide to take it off.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“The torn muscle in my chest rattles against my ribs, reminding me that some pieces of a heart don’t ever heal. They just exist, broken and bleeding, reminding you to appreciate what you have when you have it. Because you never know when it will disappear.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“You have a heart that gives until it bleeds, Jackson, and that’s a quality to be proud of. But it’s not your job to pick up everyone else’s pieces.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“Here’s to goodbyes, so we appreciate the hellos.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“After my father’s death, there was this well of hopelessness that opened up in the center of my chest, allowing me to sink into its darkness without knowing its depth. By the time I realized how far I had fallen, it was too late, my feet slipping off the grimy walls of grief whenever I’d try to climb my way out.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“know what it’s like to spiral so fast and so deep you fear you’ll never see straight again. I know the pain of hiding your grief and doing it so well, so convincingly, that no one realizes they should be looking to see if it’s there.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“He’s my anchor. The only thing keeping me from being lost in tumultuous seas. And even though it makes me weak, I let him keep me steady until I’m able to stand on my own.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“Lee always told me when I fell in love she’d be front row, cheering me on the hardest.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“I roll to my side and see a note left on my nightstand”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“I won’t stop looking, even when she tries to hide her truths behind her lies.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“staring out at the ocean with a tortured look in his eyes.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“I don’t even drive myself on normal days, you expect me to drive a race car?”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“The lighthouse to her darkness, guiding her through the shallow waters.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“He’s my anchor.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“The idea of someone being upset with me makes my insides clench up so tight I forget how to breathe.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“Your worth has nothing to do with how you look, Blake. It has to do with who you are. That’s what makes you beautiful.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“love your heart,” he whispers. “I would spend the rest of my life worshiping at your feet, so long as I got to experience every beat.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood

“to feel so alone while you’re spinning at its mercy. I know what it’s like to spiral so fast and so deep you fear you’ll never see straight again. I know the pain of hiding your grief, and doing it so well, so convincingly, that no one realizes they should be looking to see if it’s there.”
― Emily McIntire, Beneath the Hood