The Finish Line Quotes

“Dream with me again, Cecelia. Dream a thousand more dreams with me, and I will make them all come true. I can give you promises. Promises I couldn’t before.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“I’m glad that you loved him, and I’m glad he knew what it felt like to be loved by you before he died, and it’s because of the way you love, Cecelia.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“No matter how we came to be, we were and still are. You stole my heart, and you let me love you with it, and you made damn sure I knew where its home was.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“Sean looks over to me, his hazel eyes shining with pride. “You did good, Pup.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“No man on earth has ever loved a woman more than I love you.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“Why can’t we just hate each other?” “Simple,” he murmurs, “We love each other too fucking much.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“And so, I would very much appreciate it if you would stop fucking looking at my future as if she may be yours. The answer is no, Greg, she won’t be dining with you.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“We loved with a love that was more than love.”—Edgar Allen Poe”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“There’s no better storyteller, no better reflection of my worth than in the eyes of the woman who shared in my journey and helped me navigate my way through the worst of it.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“I love her beyond limits because she loved me through what I forced her to endure. She loved me, though I made us impossible.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“He’s back, my broken king. Though forever scarred, he’s whole again, and he’s completely mine.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“Greed doesn’t understand the concept of enough.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“I was never alone, not once, and it’s so evident now. When one of us falters, when our wings fail us and we lose direction, there’s always another to coast us in.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“My strongest temptation and undoing. The only woman capable of satiating me. My nemesis and equal, my torment and love.
Unraveling with her has never felt so fucking good.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“Har, har. And you think you’re so easy to deal with?” “Non. I’m the devil you chose.” “And who am I?” “You’re the angel who constantly stabs me in the ass with my own pitchfork.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“It’s the surrender that changed my life, changed me as a man, eased my mind, and filled my soul.
Loving her has ruined me, wounded me beyond comprehension.
Loving her has also changed my perception of what matters, of gravity, of my own personal truth, and for better or worse, aided in creating the man I’ve become.
End of.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“I fucking miss you. Every single day. Every goddamn day. And if I’m destined to live a long life without you, I guess the least I can do is thank you. Thank you, Dominic. Thank you. Fuck,” opening my eyes, I gaze out to the rapidly darkening sky. “I g-guess…I guess if you can hear me, save me a place in the passenger seat.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“But the truth is now…” Sean admits hoarsely, his teary eyes lifting to mine, “I just want my fucking brother back.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“That’s what makes us special,” she continues. “This isn’t just a courtship of boy meets girl. They fall in love, yadda, yadda. This is a lifelong commitment to men who aren’t satisfied living ordinary lives. It sometimes seems more of an obsession than a mission. One that can test a woman to her absolute limits.” She grins over at me, “But for him, for that man, I’ll do it. I’ll be there when he fucks up so badly he can’t celebrate how good he is or what he’s done. I’ll be there whenever he doubts himself and our relationship suffers because of those doubts. I’ll be there with my hair done, and my lipstick on, in my best heels, with my head held high on his darkest days, because that’s what he needs. And I don’t want him changing. I don’t want him to stop being who he is, not ever, not for me, and not for any baby we make.” She turns her gaze to me. “But I will use the tips of these heels to pierce and pin his brass balls down if he ever stops giving me what I need.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“Don’t disrespect women, period. They’re twice as evolved as most men will ever be. Don’t take your shit out on them, either. It’s a sign of weakness, and they aren’t punching bags. They’re a sanctuary, and you need to figure that out quick.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“Let’s finish this, for us, for Dom.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“The first time I saw her, she was eleven.” They both turn to me, but I continue typing, not sparing a glance at either one of them. “She was nothing but a little girl, but she was mine to protect from this fucked-up world. Mine to look out for. Mine to care for.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“This isn’t fucking or making love. It’s the reunification of two souls ripped apart at the peak of discovery. And I know that’s what he feels now as awareness flows between us and we again become”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“With us, looking is love, fighting is love, fucking is love, and even now, while we muddle through our collective but distinctly different fears, it’s love.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“Trying to reason with love is fucking pointless. It doesn’t care about your reasons, right or wrong. Love has no regard for circumstance, nor does it give a fuck what state it puts you in. It’s a relentless and unforgiving emotion that will never let you lie to yourself.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“I’ll give you whatever you want. Dream with me again, Cecelia. Dream a thousand more dreams with me, and I will make them all come true. I can give you promises. Promises I couldn’t before.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“I don’t like waking up without you. I would much rather wake up inside you.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“This one woman has made it impossible to ignore that inside me lurks a heart in need of what only she can give it.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“The worst day of our lives was the day we broke your heart.” The words strike deep and take away my ability to speak as we face-off, eye to eye, for the first time since the night that tore us apart. “If you thought we left willingly, that we would leave her willingly for the cause, you were fucking wrong. Of course, we cared, and we didn’t want to lose it, but we left,” he exhales another drag as my chest tightens unbearably, “we left willingly and gave her up temporarily because of the sacrifices you made for us, Tobias. For the years you spent doing everything for us, risking your life, for us, because that’s the type of man you taught us to be.” His voice shakes as he speaks, his eyes darting down at the gravel between us. “And we started missing your love and loyalty the minute we lost it.” He exhales a plume of smoke and lifts watery eyes back to mine. “The second worst day of our lives was the day you broke our hearts,”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“I guess what I’m really asking is, can you keep a secret?”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line