You & Me Quotes

“You are the gradations of undiscovered colors in my soul. You are the inhale before my blank canvas, the moment before my pencil touches the page. You are the manifestation of my dreams. You are my intensity.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“A child can unlove you. A child can look at you and find you wanting, realize you’re not great, not wonderful. Parents don’t get a free pass on a lifetime of love. Blood loyalty doesn’t run upstream. If you’re a terrible parent, there’s no obligation for your child to love you after the nightmares you’ve put them through. A child’s love is hard-fought, hard-won. You have to earn it.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“Failure lived inside me like an organ. I could feel it pumping alongside my heart. Keeping me alive, even when I didn’t want it to.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“But if I could cut my failure out, would there be anything left of me?”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“None of us do. Being a parent is like driving a car without brakes. You grip the wheel and hold on tight, pray you don’t crash too hard.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“Coming out isn’t a one time thing. It’s every person for the rest of your life. It’s thinking twice about who you should let close and who you shouldn’t.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“But if I could cut my failure out, would there be anything left of me? I was a man born to be lonely. Maybe my first mistake had been trying to live my life. Maybe it would have been better if I was nothing but a memory, a chewed-off curse and a no-good man who’d run out on his woman and his child. What did that say about someone, that their life might be better if they’d never been a part of it at all?”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“You’re classically handsome. You have the face that all men want… But there’s so much more to you. Your looks would be empty on anyone else. It’s who you are that fills everything in… I can see your dedication in the lines of your face. Your work ethic in the cut of your jaw. I know you love life when I see you smile, and even when you’re not smiling, the laugh lines show you’d rather be. I know you’re a father when I look into your eyes, and I know you’re a good one when I see those eyes are kind. When you’re you, you light up, and all these different parts of you combine, and everything that you are bursts free. You’re like color exploding in a black-and-white world.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“I can see your dedication in the lines of your face. Your work ethic in the cut of your jaw. I know you love life when I see you smile, and even when you’re not smiling, the laugh lines show you’d rather be. I know you’re a father when I look into your eyes, and I know you’re a good one when I see those eyes are kind. When you’re you, you light up, and all these different parts of you combine, and everything that you are bursts free. You’re like color exploding in a black-and-white world.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“Where did you come from?” His words were whisper soft. “How did you find me?”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“One moment, one act of kindness. One conversation. One decision. One season, one fraction of a life.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“Not every town followed the tradition, but according to Texas legend, Last Waters was supposed to be the only town with those big Friday night lights still burning. State champions. Our sons.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“Monday to make sure I got the package first and that Emmet wouldn’t mistakenly think it was his protein or fiber refills and bust open the box in the kitchen and then keel over.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“Football, wine, a new and robust appreciation for cock and muscled bodies, as long as both belonged to Landon.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“I would have taken him to art classes and made his brothers go to his shows. Anything my boys loved, I would have loved.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“No One Cares About You, Luke. If I vanished from the face of the Earth that moment, the only evidence of my loss would be my son eventually texting me days from now demanding to know why I hadn’t bought more milk.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“touches the page. You are the manifestation of my dreams. You are my intensity.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“You are the gradations of undiscovered colors in my soul. You are the inhale before my blank canvas, the moment before my pencil”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“He was the easiest person to be around that I’d ever met. He’d burrowed into my life and set himself up like he had always been a part of my world. We were a puzzle made of two pieces, and when we fit together, all the sharp edges of life seemed squared off, blunted.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“That was all I had in the living room. I didn’t even have a coffee table. Occasionally, I had some still life: Emmet’s duffel, or his sandals.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“Carménère is strong enough to bring Christ back a day early.” He winked.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“You kicked ass tonight. I’m glad I got to see it. It’s totally different being able to watch the game in person.” He frowned. “Huh?” “I could never get a ticket to your home games. I used to hang out in the parking lot and listen to the announcer, but the game makes a lot more sense when you can see the plays.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“Luke. If I vanished from the face of the Earth that moment, the only evidence of my loss would be my son eventually texting me days from now demanding to know why I hadn’t bought more milk.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“I was head over heels for Landon Larsen. I craved everything about him. And I was absolutely free-falling for him. What the fuck? How had this happened? We were friends, best friends. How had I jumped tracks from friends to…”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“He sagged. “I wasn’t the man she thought she married.” I leaned into his shoulder. “So what would have happened if you guys had stayed married? She’d be miserable. You’d feel like you were dying inside. Trust me, I lived that life—”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“But I was too petrified of his silence. Of an unblinking stare coming back to me. Emmet never, not once, saying I love you, too, Dad again. I didn’t know how to get closer to my son, but I was pretty sure I knew how to push him away forever. It’s the little things that add up.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“Two Lemon Limes and a red something. I handed them to Emmet. He took the bottles like he’d be poisoned if our skin touched. “Thanks,” he mumbled. “Enjoy your dinner.” I love you.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“If there was a way to summarize my life, maybe that would be it: No One Cares About You, Luke. If I vanished from the face of the Earth that moment, the only evidence of my loss would be my son eventually texting me days from now demanding to know why I hadn’t bought more milk.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“failure slithered, coiling around my lungs and squeezing everything tight. I’d wake up clawing at my chest, desperate to find this thing that lived and writhed inside me. Was it wrapped around my heart or had it settled in my belly? Was it slipping down my leg? Spiraling up my arm? If I could find it, maybe I could cut this pulsing mass out of me that kept fucking everything up.”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me

“Hey, Google, I thought. How do you break your own heart first so someone else can’t?”
― Tal Bauer, You & Me