Give Me a Reason Quotes

“He deserves someone who will see him for who he really is, Eden. Not for what he’s done.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“I lost it because of what I feel for you. Because I can’t fucking lose you. Because I love you. You said I brought your heart back to life, but Eden, you made mine beat for the first time.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“I see a treasure. I see a vision. I see light and goodness and grace. I see Heaven. I see everything I shouldn’t want. Everything I don’t deserve.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“Think what you want, Kitten…but I would claw my way through Hell to get to my kid.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“Heaven. It’d be Heaven, gettin’ you for one minute while on my way to Hell.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“What if I wanted it, Eden? What if I wanted it to work? What if I wanted it all? What if I don’t want to let you go?”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“And here I am, the greedy bastard standing with you in my arms because I don’t have the first clue how to stay away from you.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“Sometimes trauma reveals what we need the most, doesn’t it? It rips away all the questions to expose the raw truth underneath.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“Yup, Uncle Logan said my dad finally got some so he doesn't have to be such a d-i-c-k, anymore. What'd he get, anyway, Uncle?" The question twisted Gage's brow into a knot as he tipped his head back to look up as his uncle who'd moved to stand behind him. Trent's brother was suppressing laughter as he pressed his lips to Gage's forehead.

"Seems he got something really special.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“Then hold onto me, Trent. Hold onto me, and don’t let me go.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“My father had always said respect wasn’t earned, it was taken.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“Karma wasn't a bitch.
She was just.
Only she wasn't always swift.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“My father had always said respect wasn’t earned, it was taken. You had to own it. Possess it.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“What happened tonight…” He trailed off, his tongue swiping his lips. “I lost it because of what I feel for you. Because I can’t fucking lose you. Because I love you. You said I brought your heart back to life, but Eden, you made mine beat for the first time.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“Silent understanding.” “in the connection, every atrocity they witnessed, every fear they’d shared, every hope that had been shattered, passed between them.” “The trauma. The tragedy. A crater in the middle where the ones we loved would echo their presence forever.” “But I believed we had the ability to rise above it. The suffering and the regrets. The questions and what-ifs.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“We all deserve forgiveness.” “To be loved in spite of what we’ve done, to move beyond it when we’ve made the choice to live our lives the best that we can.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“hate made you forget what you were supposed to be fighting for in the first place, and the shame reminded you that you’d already condemned yourself. Until you woke up one day realizing you weren’t any better than the man who’d taken her life.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“You’re perfect in your flaws. Perfect in your strengths. Maybe you believe you’re all wrong, that you don’t have anything to offer, but I can’t help but believe you’re perfect”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“You deserve love just as much as anyone else. You just have to be brave enough to let it free. To give it. To receive it. You have to trust that you deserve it even if you think you’ve failed.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“You have the choice. You have the choice of how you live your life, no matter how you’ve lived it in the past. You have the power to decide who you are now. The kind of security you give.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“He deserves someone who will see him for who he really is,” “Not for what he’s done.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“He’s the ace. Your wild card.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“The one you didn’t expect. The one you couldn’t have anticipated. The one you could love so much, you’re afraid to try. The ace. The winning number.” She leaned forward, and her tone slipped back into a tease. “Eden, he’s the cake.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“It’s torment getting a peek at Heaven from the vantage of Hell. Maybe that’s the real meaning of eternal punishment.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“Sometimes when we’re scared, we say things we don’t mean as a way to protect ourselves,” I answered.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“we’re all brought to the altar of temptation. We either kneel at it or turn our backs on it, but we can never, ever straddle it.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“Then he tossed a set of keys to a Mercedes onto the table. “Got you a replacement car while I was out.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason

“When a bad idea presented itself? I usually found myself standing in front of it like I was on the goddamn welcome committee.”
― A.L. Jackson, Give Me a Reason