Between Hello and Goodbye Quotes

“Four days,” she said, “and then I’ll reevaluate my prospects. And I’m not going to sleep with you, firefighter.” “I don’t expect you to,” I said and couldn’t help but grin, “but let’s leave that door open.” “Closed,” she corrected with a sly smile. “But I’ll leave it unlocked.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“I felt untethered to anything real or permanent when I was a kid. Maybe this is me making up for it. But I’m grateful, and I think it’s the gratitude that makes me feel connected. I’m grateful to the ocean just for being here.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“No, I have no online presence. The internet is a hoax.” “A hoax.” I arched a brow. “Tell me more.” “It isn’t real. At best, it’s a bunch of people showing off filtered photos of their lives and pretending they’re happier than they actually are. At worst, it’s a virtual townhall to bitch and moan and treat opinions like facts instead of the polished turds that they are.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“How did you make it all work?” Cynthia thought for a moment, then spoke deliberately. “It wasn’t easy. Sacrifices had to be made, from both my husband and me. But the way through it is to choose your North star—the one thing that means the most. For us, that was our children. Doing right by them was the most important thing and any career opportunities or disappointments arranged themselves around what they needed. And if that meant I couldn’t take a promotion when it was in front of me, then I didn’t take it. Or he didn’t. But when the time was right, I made new opportunities for myself.”  She leaned forward. “But only when the time was right.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“We can’t pretend we’re something we’re not.”
“What are we?” I breathed.
“Don’t know. But it scares me too.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“I don’t see how this can go anywhere, but the last fucking thing I want to think about is saying goodbye.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“We’re not even sleeping together. What are you getting out of this deal?”
“You.”
I sat back in my chair. “Me.”
“Yeah, Faith.” His gaze grazed over me, then met my eyes with an intensity that was full of depth and heat. “I get you.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“Part of my misguided attempt at personal growth is that I’ve sworn off men for the foreseeable future, and here you are, kicking in the door to my life.” He tongue touched the top of her parted lips and her eyes darkened as they grazed over every inch of me. “The universe Is testing me. Hard.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“You don’t want any messy complications with a hapless yet irresistibly charming tourist, so you’ve put up this gruff firefighter-who’s-seen-it-all act to keep your distance … But I’m also in the same boat, except I hide my allergy to emotions with bad jokes and meaningless sex.”
I smirked. “Where do I sign up?”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“It’s not going to be super fun if you’re scared the whole time.”
“Scared?”
“Of getting emotionally attached to me.”
I leaned back on the chair and crossed my arms. “I think you’re overestimating how much fun you are to be around.”
“Impossible. I’m loads of fun,” she said with a wink.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“the gold light emanating through gray storm clouds and that pearly beauty that you can’t have unless there’s been a storm. I weathered the storm and know there might/will be others. But there is great beauty in loss. Profound. The experience has been transformative”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“wracked by grief and love at the same time. Because in the end, they were the same thing.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“Trapped somewhere between hello and goodbye.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“Aloha means to hear what is not said, to see what cannot be seen, to know the unknowable.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“Ho’oponopono.” “The Ho’popo…what?” “It’s a Polynesian tradition of forgiveness and healing. Very old, very profound, but very simple. One only need focus on the object of discord and say: I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“I’m grateful, and I think it’s the gratitude that makes me feel connected.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“I feel connected to something bigger when I sit with the ocean. Like I’m a part of something old and deep.”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. —Rumi”
― Emma Scott, Between Hello and Goodbye