Travis Quotes

“It turns out, your heart is made of gold, even if it’s a bit tarnished.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“But she made me want to become the man she deserved. She made me braver, and stronger. Because of her, I wanted to be the best version of myself. And that, I think, is what love does, if it’s really love.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“All the things that have brought us pain, carve a distinct hole in our heart, and there’s someone else out there with the perfect something that will fill the void. And in turn, we get to do the same for them. And suddenly, it all makes sense. It all fits. Because we haven’t been forsaken. We’ve been prepared.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“I’m in love with Haven Torres. Deeply, miserably, completely in love with her.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“We’ve all made mistakes, Travis,” she said. “We get to reinvent ourselves. And if the new version is even better, it means we’ve learned and we’ve grown.”
“That easy?”
“No.” She laughed softly. “No, not easy. But . . . but I think it might be worth it.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“Oh, I’ll date you, Haven from California. I’m going to date the hell out of you. No one will have been dated harder…”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“I deserved to have dreams.
And how would they ever come true if I wasn’t willing to stop, face my past, and then move on, unencumbered, into my future?”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“I wanted this woman to know me. But with the realization came fear, because if she truly knew me, if she knew all the things I’d said and done, not as a child, not as a teenager, but as an adult who should have known and done better, she’d turn away in disgust. And why shouldn’t she?”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“She made me braver and stronger. Because of her, I wanted to be the best version of myself. And that, I think, is what love does, if it’s really love.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“Second best. Second best. You’re nothing but second best.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“Weren't all of us a compilation of the versions of ourselves we'd once been? Maybe if we were lucky—and insightful—we learned how to extract the good, and leave the bad behind, the parts that hadn’t worked for us, and instead brought nothing but pain. Maybe.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“You didn’t mean to involve your heart I know. But you did. We both did. And one of us has to be brave and say it. One of us has to be the first to lay their heart on the line,” he finished, gaze beseeching.
… “Give us a chance, Haven.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“She gave me a searching look. “Are you sure you’re okay?”
Well, I’d live. Apparently. I nodded. Yes. No. I don’t know.
What I did know—suddenly and unmistakably—was that she was capable of shattering my heart. And if she was going to, all I could do was let her.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“How do you know what to change, and what to hold on to?” I asked. Were there parts of me that were good and valuable, or did I scrap it all and start completely from scratch? And if that was the case, how in the hell did one go about doing that? Especially in a small town where stories became legend, and every buried secret eventually rose to the surface?”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“It’s meant to work that way, isn’t it?” Burt asked. “All the things that have brought us pain carve a distinct hole in our heart, and there’s someone else out there with the perfect something that will fill the void. And in turn, we get to do the same for them. And suddenly, it all makes sense. It all fits. Because we haven’t been forsaken. We’ve been prepared.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“Oh, I’ll date you, Haven from California. I’m going to date the hell out of you. No one will have been dated harder in the history—”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“away, I could tune out his voice and what he was saying too. “You didn’t mean to involve your heart, I know. But you did. We both did. And one of us has to be brave and say it. One of us has to be the first to lay their heart on the line,”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“At the time, I didn’t completely trust myself. I knew how I felt, but I questioned whether I had anything to offer her. He paused, his eyes returning to me. But she made me want to become the man she deserved. She made me braver and stronger. Because of her, I wanted to be the best version of myself. And that, I think, is what love does, if it’s really love.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“What I did know—suddenly and unmistakably—was that she was capable of shattering my heart. And if she was going to, all I could do was let her.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“I’d always felt self-conscious about my hair. I’d always tried to control it but rarely managed the impossible task. As a little girl, I’d wished on stars to make it straight and fine, like the Barbie dolls my mom sometimes let me pick out of the toy bin at the thrift store. But the way Travis Hale was looking at it in that moment made me whisper a prayer of deep gratitude that those stars had ignored my plea.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“She was no prom queen, true. She was more timeless than that. Botticelli. Aphrodite. Helen of Troy, sprang to mind.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“In some ways I was still flying by the seat of my pants when it came to being a person others might be proud to know.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“We get to reinvent ourselves. And if the new version is even better, it means we’ve learned and we’ve grown.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“All the things that have brought us pain, carve a distinct hole in our heart, and there’s someone else out there with the perfect something that will fill the void. And in turn, we get to do the same for them. And suddenly, it all makes sense. It all fits. Because we haven’t been forsaken. We’ve been prepared.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“Weren’t all of us a compilation of the versions of ourselves we’d once been? Maybe if we were lucky—and insightful—we learned how to extract the good and leave the bad behind, the parts that hadn’t worked for us and instead brought nothing but pain.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“Stay with me, guys,” I told the plants.
I picked up my cell phone and called Haven’s number.
“Chief Hale,” she said sweetly.
“Are you home?”
“Uh, yes. Why?”
“Meet me out front,” I demanded. “And bring…” My mind searched for the right apparatus or product or tool that might help these sorry suckers. “Bring the hose!” I shouted.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“We’ve all made mistakes, Travis,” she said. “We get to reinvent ourselves. And if the new version is even better, it means we’ve learned and we’ve grown.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“All the things that have brought us pain carve a distinct hole in our heart, and there’s someone else out there with the perfect something that will fill the void. And in turn, we get to do the same for them. And suddenly, it all makes sense. It all fits. Because we haven’t been forsaken. We’ve been prepared.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“Because I’m second best, Travis. We both are. We always have been.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis

“It’s meant to work that way, isn’t it?” Burt asked. “All the things that have brought us pain, carve a distinct hole in our heart, and there’s someone else out there with the perfect something that will fill the void. And in turn, we get to do the same for them. And suddenly, it all makes sense. It all fits. Because we haven’t been forsaken. We’ve been prepared.”
― Mia Sheridan, Travis