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21 " The loudest love is wordless. "
― Jennifer Hartmann , The Wrong Heart
22 " I want to experience raw emotion, inspired by other humans. Love, passion, companionship "
― Jennifer Hartmann , Lotus
23 " But what I've learned about broken things is that they can always be put back together. It's just a matter of how much time you're willing to put into making the pieces fit. How much patience. How much diligence. "
24 " Facebook, Oliver. You’d know what I’m talking about if you logged in more than once. All you’ve posted is an off-centered picture of a blurry raccoon.” “I’m still getting acclimated to the camera feature.” “You also only have two friends, and they’re both fake accounts.” “They told me I had funds available in a deceased relative’s account that they would help me retrieve. It sounded promising.” A sharp laugh hits me. “You didn’t even accept my friend request.” “You weren’t offering me two-million dollars.” Another laugh that prompts my own. "
25 " I thought you could fix me. But you’re killing me, Dean. "
― Jennifer Hartmann , Still Beating
26 " Casual sex is one thing, but my relationship with Oliver is anything but casual. It’s everything. The risk of permanent damage is too great, and I refuse to cross that line. "
27 " This is unfixable. "
28 " The same neck I peppered with sorrowful kisses and soaked with my tears of shame. "
29 " We escaped from a serial killer, Cora. We can do anything. "
30 " It was only three weeks, but it’s burned into every cell, every vein, every tainted pocket of my soul. Forever. And so is she. "
31 " I remember every goddamn inch of you, Melody, and you sure as hell didn’t feel like his girl. "
32 " Fleeting beauty is the most precious kind. You appreciate it more. "
33 " Someone is laughing while my husband lies dead in a hospital bed. "
34 " People smile too much. I never understood it. Smiles should be saved for things that bring us real joy, and we give them away so easily, so carelessly. To strangers on the street—to people we don't even like. "
35 " We are not responsible for the choices that others make. It's human condition to latch onto the whys and what ifs because that gives us power when we feel like we have none. But we're looking for power in the wrong place... The power is not in the past—it's in the present. It's in how we choose to move forward, and how we can mold our grief into something useful. Something beautiful. "
36 " Mistakes make us human. Mistakes have the potential to mold us into better, stronger people. "
37 " No relationship comes without a fight, but it has to be worth fighting for. It has to be worth all the sacrifices you'll inevitably have to make. "
― Jennifer Hartmann , June First
38 " You're not responsible for the way others react to what you need to do to get better. "
39 " You can’t choose what life throws at you, but you can choose how you react to it. The truth is, we deserve nothing. We need to fight for what we want. We need to fight for the things that make us want to go skinny dipping at midnight, and dance in the rain, and wish on falling stars. We pave our own way. We create our own destiny. We choose the life we fucking want. "
― Jennifer Hartmann , The Thorns Remain
40 " Roses grow in spite of the thorns. There’s beauty at the end of that painful stem. But only if it’s allowed to bloom. "