Knotted Quotes

“Our days were full of tiny moments like these, when she loved me even when I was not looking. When she saw me even when I felt like I was hiding.”
― Adrian Page, Knotted

“I kissed her on the top of her head and hoped that she knew that that meant I love you. She slid her arm around me, underneath my shirt, skin pressed to skin, and I knew that she meant I love you, too.”
― Adrian Page, Knotted

“I ached and ached, but I didn’t know what aching was, so I thought it was love. I wrote her I loved her. I wrote her to love me back. I wrote her I’m sorry. I didn’t know what I was sorry for. But I felt it in the swell of my belly, full of apples and regret. Deep and primal. The first feeling I ever learned to name.”
― Adrian Page, Knotted

“Lia had mentioned staleness, and I wondered if this was it. Growing old in this town, with these women you’ve known your entire life, eating cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches, and rehashing the same gossip week after week. As comfortable as I was in my routine, in my sameness, I could see how that might seem terrifying.”
― Adrian Page, Knotted