The Confidence of Wildflowers Quotes

“Wildflowers are strong. Resilient. They can grow under most conditions. I want to be like that.” I let my hair down, his eyes watching my movements. “I want to have the confidence of wildflowers—to never give up, to flourish, and thrive.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“Love is like wildflowers; It’s often found in the most unlikely places.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“I’m not bright like you, but I promise, when your days are dark, I’ll be your light.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“I don’t know if anyone’s ever told you this,” I whisper up at him, “but you have one of the most beautiful souls.” He laughs. “I thought you were going to say cock.” I grin. “That too.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“I’m raising a son,” he says firmly, “and if I ever heard him say that shit about a woman, I would know I failed him. Just being a guy. Boys will be boys, it’s a bullshit excuse, Salem. Don’t ever let some loser make you think otherwise.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“Everyone deserves to have someone who’s there for them. I want to be your someone.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“The house is quiet as I bake, but I don’t mind it. I like being alone, crave it. When I’m alone I don’t have to fake anything, paste a smile on my face if I don’t feel like it or participate in conversation when I’d rather be silent.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“But that’s life. It’s fluid, always moving, always changing. You either flow with it or you drown.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“I like being alone, crave it. When I’m alone I don’t have to fake anything, paste a smile on my face if I don’t feel like it or participate in conversation when I’d rather be silent.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“That’s the beauty of childhood. You have the ability to dream up anything and have the belief that you can do it. And then you grow up and the world around you likes to crush those dreams and bring you back to reality.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“You’re my girl,” he says it so surely, like it’s a fact already known, “and no one talks about my girl like that.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“It’s because,” I gather everything I have inside me so I can say this last bit, “society never wants to accept that monsters are real—just weak women.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“You like me,” I say slowly with a smile. He shakes his head, fingers over his mouth to hide a growing smile. “I put a gym in my house for you and it takes stocking Diet Coke for you to realize I like you?” I press my lips together. “But do you like me? Like really like me, Thayer?” I reach over, rubbing his scruffy chin between my fingers. The light changes and he turns left. “Yeah, Sunshine, I like really like you.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“I never realized how important that is, to find comfort in silence with someone else's presence.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“What’s this for?” “Because, you’re my sunshine.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“Abusers don’t deserve tears. When the last flower was placed on the casket, and it was all over, I didn’t cry. I smiled.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“God, he has nice hands. SALEM! You just orgasmed on the man’s leg, now is not the time to be thinking about his hands! Get a grip!”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“No point in wasting my time on a dude that doesn’t know where the clit is or what to do with any of his other appendages.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“Does that mean I’m your someone?” His brown eyes are warm, a swirl of so many things neither of us will say yet.
“No, Salem.” He shakes his head slowly. Before I can feel the sting of pain, he says, “You’re my everything.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“Because I wanted to.” His eyes flicker over me. “I don’t do things I don’t want to, Salem. I’m a selfish man.” Man. He lays that word between us like a grenade, reminding me gently that while we might be lying in the same bed, he’s thirty-one and I’m eighteen.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“You’re allowed to be upset, Salem.” His voice is soft, more gentle than usual. “You’re allowed to feel. Don’t let anyone ever let you think otherwise.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“Who we used to be doesn’t matter, it’s who we are now, what’s in our hearts that matters most. You’re sunshine, Salem, but even the sun doesn’t always shine.” His hand moves to cup my cheek. A sigh passes through my lips as I lean into his touch. “I’m not bright like you, but I promise, when your days are dark, I’ll be your light.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“We are chaos. Unrestrained passion igniting with a single spark.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“You feel like mine.” I press my hand to his stubbled cheek. I don’t say it, not with words, but it’s felt between the movement of our bodies. Because I am. We’ve never said that one special word to each other. Love. But that’s what he does. He doesn’t fuck me like I asked. Thayer makes love to me.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“Thayer Holmes might not realize how special he is, but I know.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“I’m finding it’s easy to be there for the right people.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“For everyone who’s had to fight for something they love. Whatever that might be.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“It can be hard to see someone you love, love someone who you know isn’t good for them. But after a while you can only say so much before you have to sit back and let whatever happens happen.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“Sometimes, you have to hold another person and seek comfort and that’s okay. It doesn’t make you weak to need human touch.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers

“Does that mean I’m your someone?” His brown eyes are warm, a swirl of so many things neither of us will say yet. “No, Salem.” He shakes his head slowly. Before I can feel the sting of pain, he says, “You’re my everything.”
― Micalea Smeltzer, The Confidence of Wildflowers