“They don’t get to stop you from finding your peace.”“What peace?” I waved my hand around the waiting room, now teeming with officers. “There is none.”He gripped my face more firmly, making me meet his gaze. “You have to fight for it.I let my head tip forward to rest on his. “I’m too tired to fight.”“Then you rest for a little while and pick up the sword again when you’re ready. There are other people who can hold it for you in the meantime.”
―
Catherine Cowles,
Tattered Stars
“You run, I’ll chase you.” ― Catherine Cowles, Tattered Stars
“Thanks for coming back for me.”“I’ll come back for you anytime you ask, Ev. Or even if you don’t.” ― Catherine Cowles, Tattered Stars
“For the first time, I had a place to truly rest – in him. It was the greatest gift I’d ever been given.” ― Catherine Cowles, Tattered Stars
“I know you. Down to your soul. If you’ve forgotten who you are, ask me, and I’ll remind you.” ― Catherine Cowles, Echoes of You
“The pain that would always fill your life if you loved fully and deeply. That pain was proportional to love and joy and all the other wonderful things you might be lucky enough to fill your existence with.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“I’d already concluded a long time ago that I would never love someone the way I’d loved Wren—the way I still loved her. Because it didn’t matter if it had been ten days or ten years. A love like that ruined you for all others.” ― Catherine Cowles, Whispers of You
“Be there when the breakdown happens so you can help turn it into a breakthrough.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“She was one of your ones. God would never be so cruel as to only give us one shot at happiness.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“You’re not alone, Jensen. Families can take any shape, and sometimes, the unique ones are the most beautiful.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Spirit
“I’m sorry.”“For what?”“Hurting you. You’re the last person I’d ever want to hurt.” He was quiet for a moment, his eyes falling closed. “You were my air.” ― Catherine Cowles, Falling Embers
“I knew deep down that things were changing. That hope that I could burn out this fire between us, so all that was left was easy affection and friendship was a distant memory.I wanted more. I wanted everything.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Spirit
“You came in like a flash flood with no warning, and now I can’t imagine my life without you.” ― Catherine Cowles, Tattered Stars
“You know I love you, right?” She froze. “I know.” The words sounded so unbelievably tortured. “To the depths of my soul. I’ll give you time, but don’t think I’m letting you walk out of my life so easily.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“I hadn’t realized how empty my life had been. Not until they had filled it.” ― Catherine Cowles, Wrecked Palace
“She needed someone who would never leave her. I could be that. I would be her friend, her constant shadow, her shoulder to cry on for as long as she wanted me. I would be more if she let me.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“I love you. You snuck in and stole my goddamned heart, but I hope you never give it back. Please give me a chance to love you.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“Life isn’t black and white. It’s not just shades of gray, either. It’s an endless array of colors. Some dark, some light, and everything in between. We have to hold space for all of it.” ― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters
“Her face was done up to the nines, including her lips with that red stuff I hated because I always came away from kissing her looking like the Joker.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“You run, I’ll chase you.” ― Catherine Cowles, Tattered Stars
“Thanks for coming back for me.”“I’ll come back for you anytime you ask, Ev. Or even if you don’t.” ― Catherine Cowles, Tattered Stars
“For the first time, I had a place to truly rest – in him. It was the greatest gift I’d ever been given.” ― Catherine Cowles, Tattered Stars
“I know you. Down to your soul. If you’ve forgotten who you are, ask me, and I’ll remind you.” ― Catherine Cowles, Echoes of You
“The pain that would always fill your life if you loved fully and deeply. That pain was proportional to love and joy and all the other wonderful things you might be lucky enough to fill your existence with.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“I’d already concluded a long time ago that I would never love someone the way I’d loved Wren—the way I still loved her. Because it didn’t matter if it had been ten days or ten years. A love like that ruined you for all others.” ― Catherine Cowles, Whispers of You
“Be there when the breakdown happens so you can help turn it into a breakthrough.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“She was one of your ones. God would never be so cruel as to only give us one shot at happiness.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“You’re not alone, Jensen. Families can take any shape, and sometimes, the unique ones are the most beautiful.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Spirit
“I’m sorry.”“For what?”“Hurting you. You’re the last person I’d ever want to hurt.” He was quiet for a moment, his eyes falling closed. “You were my air.” ― Catherine Cowles, Falling Embers
“I knew deep down that things were changing. That hope that I could burn out this fire between us, so all that was left was easy affection and friendship was a distant memory.I wanted more. I wanted everything.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Spirit
“You came in like a flash flood with no warning, and now I can’t imagine my life without you.” ― Catherine Cowles, Tattered Stars
“You know I love you, right?” She froze. “I know.” The words sounded so unbelievably tortured. “To the depths of my soul. I’ll give you time, but don’t think I’m letting you walk out of my life so easily.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“I hadn’t realized how empty my life had been. Not until they had filled it.” ― Catherine Cowles, Wrecked Palace
“She needed someone who would never leave her. I could be that. I would be her friend, her constant shadow, her shoulder to cry on for as long as she wanted me. I would be more if she let me.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“I love you. You snuck in and stole my goddamned heart, but I hope you never give it back. Please give me a chance to love you.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
“Life isn’t black and white. It’s not just shades of gray, either. It’s an endless array of colors. Some dark, some light, and everything in between. We have to hold space for all of it.” ― Catherine Cowles, Hidden Waters
“Her face was done up to the nines, including her lips with that red stuff I hated because I always came away from kissing her looking like the Joker.” ― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Pieces
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