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21 " Last words. They can kill you with their lack of meaning, slay you with the absence of thoughtfulness, shackle you to a career of writing lyrics for the rest of your life just to hopefully one day get them right. Last words cut. Last words haunt. Especially if they're careless. Especially if you have no hope of ever having another chance to make them better. "
― Amy Matayo , The Whys Have It
22 " There comes a time in life when you have two choices: either take a step back and let go a bit, or move forward into the unknown and see where things take you. Stepping back is easy, it's safe, a cocoon of warm and routine. Hurt can't overtake you when you raise a white flag of surrender. Conversely, moving forward is scary, everything is a question, you might face rejection. You might lose everything. "
23 " You can ask why all day long if you want to. You can ask God why and your friends why and yourself why until you're buried in nothing but that single question, but you'll never get an answer. This side of heaven, time is the only thing that helps a little bit. So don't give in. Don't let the whys have it. Don't let them take advantage of you. They'll crush your heart and steal your peace and mess with your mind and wrap around you so tight you won't be able to breathe. Don't let the whys ruin your life, child. Every time they try to sneak up, push them aside and move forward. Trust me, it's the only way you can get on with living. "
24 " Sticks and stones is the worst nursery rhyme ever written. Words do hurt. "
― Amy Matayo , Lies We Tell Ourselves
25 " When you hit your lowest point, you have two choices: stay down and let the circumstances drown you, or find your footing and kick until you eventually break the surface. I decide to kick. "
26 " It changes you in ways you never saw coming and certainly don’t appreciate. People aren’t supposed to love you and then leave. It’s cruel really, whether they meant to do it or not. Sometimes you can’t control what happens, but sometimes you can. "
― Amy Matayo , The Waves (Love In Chaos #1)
27 " When you hit your lowest point, you have two choices: stay down and let the circumstances down you, or find your footing and kick until you eventually break the surface. I decide to kick. "
28 " If guilt had a shape, it would have two arms and legs and a head undoubtedly hanging in undeserved shame. "
― Amy Matayo , The Last Shot (Love In Chaos Book 3)
29 " There comes a time in life when the human heart will test its limits. When the beat is so forceful, the speed so swift, and the pain is so sharp, that one finally relinquishes the false belief that survival is inevitable. The body can shatter quickly. The spirit can shatter even faster. "
30 " The only thing for certain is that the heart will release an ache that is both beautiful and crushing, soothing and terrifying, hopeful and final. The ache will grow before it lessens, but one thing is certain--once the heart has been pushed to the limits, the ache never completely goes away. "
31 " God doesn't make colorless promises, he doesn't want us to live muted lives, he doesn't want us to blend in with the clouds. He didn't breathe air inside our lungs just to leave us winded and weak. "
32 " It's hard to see someone you care about melt down in front of you, but I stayed. I had to. When you really care about someone, you endure the good times and the ugly; you don't leave them when they need you most. "
33 " God didn't put us on this earth to live in fear of the next what if, but it seems like that's what people are doing more and more these days. "
34 " I blink at the skyline visible through the window, knowing the only thing waiting out there for me is a funeral home. "
35 " If only.Isn’t that what we all ask ourselves at one time or another?If I had to guess, the question of if only has never left my mind. Ten years is a long time to live without answers.Hurt can’t overtake you when you raise a white flag of surrender. "
36 " It's funny how a body can go from cold to overheated in two sputtering heartbeats. "
― Amy Matayo , The Thirteenth Chance
37 " There are some things in life you just never get over. Embarrassment. The feeling of being unprepared for life's biggest moments. The dismissal of a coworker, even one you can't stand. And being abandoned by a man you were actually beginning to like. I won't forget this. And when I'm done, neither will my stupid, ball-playing neighbor. "
38 " He's back to studying the carpet like the secret to a long life might be hidden beneath the padding. It isn't. I've looked for it there too. "
― Amy Matayo , The End of the World
39 " Someone has to protect her, and that someone will always be me. End of story. "