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1 " Life isn’t about the big win. It’s about the person you call first to tell that you’ve won. "
― Vi Keeland , Sex, Not Love
2 " When you spend too much time looking back and trying to figure out what went wrong, you're missing out on moving forward. "
3 " Sometimes confidence is worn like a mask to shield people from seeing insecurities. "
4 " I prefer to live my life looking forward, not backward. You look in the rearview mirror too often, sometimes you miss what’s right in front of you. "
5 " Because while the truth hurts, it’s like a Band-Aid when you rip it off. The pain goes away. It’s the lies and questioning that keep you aching for a long time. "
6 " I think you stole a piece of my heart the first night we met. "
7 " Trust was like glass. When it broke, it shattered, and even if you managed to glue it all back together again, there were always fissures. It was never as strong as when it was whole. "
8 " I'd learned the hard way that a beautiful face is nothing when you have an ugly heart. "
9 " I'm glad you're back to your normal, perverted self. That half hour you practiced self control was awful. "
10 " You look beautiful tonight. I like your hair up.”“Thank you.”“I can’t wait to yank it down later. "
11 " You’re so full of yourself.”“Maybe. But soon you’ll be full of me, too. "
12 " None of that would have changed anything. Because it was never about me. It was about him—his own inadequacies that made him need to prove something to himself. "
13 " Sometimes when you love someone, you have to let them go for their own good. "
14 " My mom always said good parenting was spending half the amount of money you think you should and double the amount of free time you have with your kids. "
15 " She’s fifteen. She sees what she wants to see in order to justify brooding. I’m not saying what happened to her is easy, but teenage girls will find a reason to brood even when there isn’t one. "
16 " Kids shouldn’t have to hurt because of the actions of adults who were supposed to protect them. Yet it happened every day. "
17 " Sometimes you’re planning on driving straight and life takes a left turn, which turns out to be right. "
18 " while the truth hurts, it’s like a Band-Aid when you rip it off. The pain goes away. It’s the lies and questioning that keep you aching for a long time. "
19 " Huntington’s had affected his mind—the way he thought, the things he thought of. Manic ups and downs had developed in his personality. I’d read enough to know everything he was going through was the norm, but something in his voicemail told me his message was more than just a random thought during a downswing. I hadn’t spoken to Summer in years. Even though I’d come clean to Jayce about my relationship with her, I’d ended things not long after he got out of the hospital. Why was he thinking about it now? It felt like he wanted to make sure I didn’t carry that weight with me after he was gone. I prayed I was wrong "
20 " I thought I couldn’t get you out of my mind, but it was my heart that wouldn’t let go. "