Lotus Quotes

“There is beauty to be found everywhere… even in the things that scare us.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“The Lotus will bloom into the most magnificent flower, even when its roots are in the murkiest of waters.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“I’m right here, with you, and I’m still holding onto your heart. Please don’t ask me to give it back.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“And I love her, so entirely, so painfully… I always have. I tell her in the way I hold her, in the way I look at her, in the way I say her name. She is my favorite part of me.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“But not all love is meant to stay. Sometimes it only serves a temporary purpose.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“One person’s suffering shouldn’t take the joy out of something others may find pleasure”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Pressing our foreheads together, gazes still locked, I whisper with ardency: “I love you, Syd. I loved you then, I love you now, and I’ll love you until my dying day.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“We’ll be best friends forever, right?” “Yes. Until I die.” “Even then, I’ll find a way to bring you back.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Sydney Neville + Oliver Lynch It’s always been us.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“We’ll rise from the ashes with smoke in our lungs and scars on our skin, but we will persevere. We will thrive.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Like every star in the galaxy tumbled to Earth and crawled beneath my skin.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“I want to experience raw emotion, inspired by other humans. Love, passion, companionship”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“One person’s suffering shouldn’t take the joy out of something others may find pleasure in,” I tell her. “It would be a very sad world if that were the case.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“You're going to lose me by trying too hard not to lose me....”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Facebook, Oliver. You’d know what I’m talking about if you logged in more than once. All you’ve posted is an off-centered picture of a blurry raccoon.” “I’m still getting acclimated to the camera feature.” “You also only have two friends, and they’re both fake accounts.” “They told me I had funds available in a deceased relative’s account that they would help me retrieve. It sounded promising.” A sharp laugh hits me. “You didn’t even accept my friend request.” “You weren’t offering me two-million dollars.” Another laugh that prompts my own.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Okay, I’m done being fancy. Time for booze and vulgarity.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“God, who hurt you, Sydney?”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“There’s a hurricane in her eyes, and it’s either going to swallow me whole or leave me crippled, on my knees, lost and alone among the wreckage.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Look, I know you didn’t want to see me, but—” “I wanted to see you.” I’m startled by the sound of my own voice as I turn to look at her through a jagged swallow. “I just didn’t want to be seen.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Of course, I love her. I love her more than I love fresh air.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Sydney loves me. And I love her, so entirely, so painfully… I always have. I tell her in the way I hold her, in the way I look at her, in the way I say her name. She is my favorite part of me.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Love is a paradox.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Casual sex is one thing, but my relationship with Oliver is anything but casual. It’s everything. The risk of permanent damage is too great, and I refuse to cross that line.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Maybe I’m desensitized to real men. Maybe my expectations live between the pages of books involving heroes with ten-inch schlongs and magical tongues, performing grandeur gestures to sweep their heroines off their feet.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Collywobbles!”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“Do you have any coworkers that would go for a thirtysomething single mom with trust issues”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“She is my favorite part of me.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“I love you, Oliver Lynch.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“I’m not gone anymore, Syd.” His palms find my face, clasping my cheeks, tears slipping through his fingers. “I’m right here, with you, and I’m still holding on to your heart. Please don’t ask me to give it back.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus

“When I was five years old, I gave you my heart on your front porch, and you gave me an oatmeal cookie, and I’ve thought about that moment every single day for over two decades. Even when you were gone, you still held my heart.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus