Midnight Kisses Quotes

“You’re the moon and I’m the tides, and no matter your phases, I’m tethered by your gravity and moved by your existence. And that’s all I want.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“But that's how it always is, isn't it? Someone becoming important doesn't happen all at once. They seep in. It's nature. It always takes a small seed to grow something profound.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“Like, while I was with them, I was so sure it was love. But my pawpaw used to say that it's not love if it doesn't hurt when it ends”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“If it's your best, then it's enough. It's everything, and no matter what others might think, it matters. It's everything.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“Give yourself time to grow and heal, and never let the mistakes of your past impact your vision of the future.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“I wasn´t kidding when I said I´m yours.Even if you move on and forget me, you´ll always have a part of me. You´ve filled me with something that I - I can´t - it´s more than just love or sex or whatever. You´ve changed the fabric of my chemistry. My DNA.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“If it’s your best, then it’s enough. It’s everything, and no matter what others might think, it matters. It’s everything.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“But that’s how it always is, isn’t it? Someone becoming important doesn’t happen all at once. They seep in. It’s nature. It always takes a small seed to grow something profound.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“Of all the roles I undertake—daughter, friend, and bitch—the latter is allegedly my most natural form.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“You've changed the fabric of my chemistry. My DNA.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“To speak about it is to will it into existence. And to will it into existence is to let it occupy your thoughts more. And to let it occupy your thoughts more is to enhance your anxiety.” That’s why on Sundays, right after church, she’d have us all sit down on the kitchen table and scrawl all our worries from the week on a sheet of paper. Then we’d stuff them in a jar, and once a year, in the summer, we’d make a fire and burn all those thoughts and feelings. It was liberating. The metaphysical weight of our troubles was lifted off us as the scraps burned to ashes. We’d always walk away from that fire taller, more comfortable.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“Otis's smile was the seed. His laughter was water, his touch my sunlight. And just like that, I've blossomed into someone I wasn't before”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“My mom always had a saying about worries and troubled thoughts (...): To speak about it is to will it into existence. And to will it into existence is to let it occupy your thoughts more. And to let it occupy your thoughts more is to enhance your anxiety”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“Fuck me like I’m your slut.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“The number-one thing to do in a relationship is to be there for a partner, through the good, the bad, and the ugly.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“People reply in a lot of ways when they learn a loved one has died. “I’m sorry for your loss” is the most prevalent, followed by, “You must miss them.”

But the truth is that they’re not sorry. And the hurt doesn’t lessen just because they apologize or even acknowledge the pain. And when they try to give advice—like the fact that time heals all, and you’ll feel better, just give it a while—they’re wrong. It will always hurt so fucking much, it just won’t hurt as often.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“Will I be able to tolerate his imperfections and accept his past mistakes? Will he accept mine? I'm not perfect. I'm so aware of that. But I hope he'll want me all the same.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“The fiction is the way I react in my mind, versus how I have reacted in real life.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“I miss that, the rush of endorphins that would strike me when I liked someone and the frantic patter of my heart when I would hear my phone ding with a text notification. More than anything, I miss having someone I can talk to about anything and everything, engaging in dumb, meaningless conversations that provide nothing but the comfort of having someone there.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses

“I love a man who follows instructions on command.”
― Jeanine Bennedict, Midnight Kisses