Almost Beautiful Quotes

“Neither one of us knew before the day we’d met that we were both waiting for the other to come along,”
― Jamie McGuire, Almost Beautiful

“Well, I don’t love you because of the way you look, that’s infatuation. I don’t love you because of our sexual chemistry, that’s lust. I don’t love you because you love me, that’s empathy. I don’t love you because of what you can give me or what you can do for me, that’s transactional. I don’t love you because of the way you treat me, that’s gratitude. I don’t love you because you keep me safe, that’s security. I don’t know why I love you, babe. That’s how I know it’s real.”
― Jamie McGuire, Almost Beautiful

“You give your heart to someone, hoping to Christ they take care of it, but you have no control. It doesn’t matter how much you love them, how much reassurance you give them, or how many promises they make you. Six months from now or an hour from now, they can leave. They can betray you, stomp all over that fragile thing you handed over to them, as many times as you let them, and convince you to forgive them just to hurt you again. They can look you straight in the eyes and tell you they love you, knowing damn well what they’re doing when you’re not around is anything but love. “Or, like Travis, they can walk away because they think it’s best, and there’s not a thing you can do about it … except cry. You just cry until it doesn’t hurt anymore. That’s love. You give your heart away over and over to be bruised and shattered until one day you find someone who finally—finally—protects it.”
― Jamie McGuire, Almost Beautiful

“Being apart is hard! Not being in control is hard! Worrying about someone is hard! Watching someone you love move on with someone new is hard! Having to explain to everyone why we’ve made the mistakes and choices we have is hard! Facing your fears is hard! Choose your fucking hard!” She wept, her body shaking with each of her next words. “And you better choose me, Travis Carter. You better fucking choose me.”
― Jamie McGuire, Almost Beautiful

“Being apart is hard! Not being in control is hard! Worrying about someone is hard! Watching someone you love move on with someone new is hard! Having to explain to everyone why we’ve made the mistakes and choices we have is hard! Facing your fears is hard! Choose your fucking hard!”
― Jamie McGuire, Almost Beautiful

“You’re the only family I’ve got. Do you hear me? If I lose you, I lose everything.”
― Jamie McGuire, Almost Beautiful

“You see these socks? They’re a pair. Even when one gets lost, the other has to wait for it to come back, because they’ll always be a match. Even when apart, we’re still a we. It’s just geography. It doesn’t change anything”
― Jamie McGuire, Almost Beautiful

“What might’ve been his last moments on this earth, he was only thinking of me, and even then, if he hadn’t stayed behind, if he hadn’t risked a horrible death to find me and break the window so we could get out, I wouldn’t be here. He saved my life! So, I’m sure what you’re asking is if the fire made me realize I will never love anyone else the way I love him, that he loves me more than his own life, and I don’t want to spend another second without him. Because the answer is yes!”
― Jamie McGuire, Almost Beautiful

“Well, I don't love you because of the way you look, that's infatuation. I don't love you because of our sexual chemistry, that's lust. I don't love you because you love me, that's empathy. I don't love you because of what you can give me or what you can do for me, that's transactional. I don't love you because of the way you treat me, that's gratitude. I don't love you because you keep me safe, that's security. I don't know why I love you, babe. That's how I know it's real.”
― Jamie McGuire, Almost Beautiful

“wouldn’t be here. I wouldn’t be married to the love of my life. I wouldn’t know the things I know or be able to read people the way I do. I wouldn’t be so resilient.”
― Jamie McGuire, Almost Beautiful

“The words passing my lips were the truth, but I felt the need to protect them as if they were lies.”
― Jamie McGuire, Almost Beautiful