Hidden Waters Quotes

“Life isn’t black and white. It’s not just shades of gray, either. It’s an endless array of colors. Some dark, some light, and everything in between. We have to hold space for all of it.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“It was as if I didn’t have a choice. She’d taken my life and my heart by storm. Now, I wouldn’t want it any other way.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“Life is full of pain. We’ll hurt each other. But I trust us both to make it right when that happens. I trust that we’ll learn and grow and do better next time.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“skin were too tight for my body,”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“But I trust us both to make it right when that happens. I trust that we’ll learn and grow and do better next time.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“Beauty that you never let yourself become cruel like him. Addie, there isn’t a thing about you that isn’t beautiful.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“you have to give yourself some grace to stumble. Perfection doesn’t exist.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“I stepped to the side of the door and pressed my back to the siding of the house. I held my breath as I waited. Dad’s footsteps pounded against the floor. I watched the back step tremble with the force of them as though we were having our own little earthquake. One that only reached our house.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“You can go anywhere in the pages of a book, Little Mouse.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“It’s life, Beckett. We don’t have control over what happens to us, only how we react to it.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“That’s the thing about art,” she said softly. “It can make us feel seen. Understood. At least, that’s my favorite thing about it.” “I can’t think of anything better than that.” “Me, neither.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“I knew without a shadow of a doubt the most amazing man I’d ever known loved me. It was the most precious gift I’d ever received. He’d taught me how worthy I was – simply for being my authentic self. He loved me in every incarnation as I found my way, and I knew he would love me in every one that followed from this day forward.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“Addie, you made it through hell and came out the other side. You’re fighting for everything you want, even when it can feel impossibly hard. There’s no doubt in my mind that you can do whatever you set your mind to. I’m just glad you’re letting me come along for the ride.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters

“I pressed my lips to the top of her head. “You belong to yourself and no one else.”
Addie’s head tipped back so she could meet my eyes. Hers were filled with unshed tears. “I want that more than anything.”
“It’s already happening.”
― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters