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Recovered QUOTES

Recovered QUOTES

1 " If you think about it, love and hate really aren’t that much different when you got right down to it. Both make you crazy. Both make you do things you never thought you would ever do, and both were so, so easy to get lost in. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

2 " There’s the kind of broken everyone can see. The kind that leaves a mess no one wants to get stuck cleaning up because it’s obviously going to be a lot of work. And, even if you try to get it all, you’re going to miss some of those sharp, jagged pieces. Then there’s the kind of broken no one can see. The kind that’s made up of hairline fractures and narrow little fissures that cover the entire surface. It’s the kind of broken that’s held together by some kind of miracle and pure strength of will. All it takes is one little bump, one wrong move, and that kind of broken shatters. There is no cleaning up that mess. There are too many pieces, and they scatter everywhere "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

3 " I KNEW I was a mess. Unhinged and hanging on the precipice of becoming someone who was beyond any kind of redemption. I teetered on the brink of making bad choices every moment I was awake, but somehow, some way, I always managed to keep myself from going completely over. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

4 " She offered me her free hand, and for a second all I could picture was grabbing it and pulling her under with me, letting the water cover us both and take us somewhere we would both rather be. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

5 " leaving me alone so I could discreetly sniff under my arm. I made a face and dropped my arm when I caught a whiff of the less-than-pleasant odor. I smelled like a drunk. I smelled like a bum. I smelled like bad choices and regret. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

6 " What if all of this is self-medicating gone horribly wrong? What if he got in too deep because the hole he was digging for himself never bottomed out . . . until he bottomed out? "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

7 " You should take the time to find something real that interests you, Cable. You should find the thing that keeps your mind occupied and soothes you when all those cravings and demons rise to the surface. If you have something that matters to focus on, then it won’t be as easy for your bad habits to clamor for your free time. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

8 " Talking about it, going over all the details, it’s not going to change anything. Someone is still going to be dead, someone is still going to be paralyzed, and I’m always going to be the bastard who’s responsible. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

9 " Addiction didn’t care about the square footage of your house or the kind of car you drove. It didn’t care about your pedigree or your GPA. Addiction was an equal opportunity life-ruiner, "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

10 " Addiction takes and takes and keeps on taking. It’s the most greedy and selfish thing in the entire world. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

11 " It’s not about saving them after they’re lost. It’s about getting to them before they lose their way in the first place. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

12 " I never wanted to be anyone’s first or their last. I just wanted to be a moment they would think about with fondness and a smile. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

13 " Well . . . I’m going to ruin you, and you . . . you’re going to do your best to save me. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

14 " I was always waiting for the day he would finally try his luck, test the waters, even though he knew I was a shark that could tell he was bleeding out from a mile away. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

15 " arm around my waist, empty bottle pressed into my side, a chilly reminder that I’d already fucked this up and it was only the first day. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

16 " I had no idea how either one of us was going to survive the summer, and if we did, I had no idea how I was supposed to survive beyond that when I was once again left to my own devious and duplicitous devices. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

17 " Rich people are so complicated. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

18 " I couldn’t hold back a cringe at the idea of having to shake down strangers just because Cable couldn’t make good choices. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

19 " Those dark orbs were perfect for hiding secrets, but if you looked hard enough, you could see the storm raging inside of Cable McCaffrey. There were shadows in those dark eyes, and they were at war with him. They were winning. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered

20 " Some souls were never meant to be saved. They might end up on the right path, but without fail, they will veer off. It’s all they know how to do. No matter how badly they might be hurting other people, they still lose their way. Honestly, the hurt they cause will never compare to how much hurt they inflict upon themselves. "

― Jay Crownover , Recovered