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Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2) QUOTES

Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2) QUOTES

1 " His expression was somehow both cruel and dripping with affection. Devastating. And I thought perhaps I’d lost a piece of my mind, a part of my soul, because my mouth watered and my body hummed with need that bordered on unhealthy. Vivid. Violent. Dangerous. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

2 " This girl who was so gorgeous and broken and scared. The woman who’d become my responsibility. My future. Because I’d be damned if I remained a prisoner to my past. One I’d never walk away from again. I loved Shea Bentley and she loved me. It’s where it started and where it ended. Nothing before or after or in between mattered. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

3 " Live life to the fullest even when it might feel empty. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

4 " You know when you think things are finally coming together…that you know you’ve finally touched on something good? Hurts that much worse when it’s ripped from your fingers. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

5 " You take what you’re given and make the very best of it. Live life to the fullest even when it might feel empty. Live like there are no barriers when there are walls towering in front of you. Be prepared to fight, even in times of peace. And be willing to live in peace when there are wars raging all around you. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

6 " So Shea sang her praise, thanking God she got to be right there, because Shea’s favorite places were the ones where she got to be with her grandma. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

7 " You take what you’re given and make the very best of it. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

8 " Live like there are no barriers when there are walls towering in front of you. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

9 " Be prepared to fight, even in times of peace. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

10 " And be willing to live in peace when there are wars raging all around you. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

11 " His expression was somehow both cruel and dripping with affection. Devastating. And I thought perhaps I’d lost a piece of my mind, a part of my soul, because my mouth watered and my body hummed with need that bordered on unhealthy. Vivid. Violent. Dangerous. I didn’t even "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

12 " I never knew there was happiness like this. And then there was you.”“I never knew there was happiness like this. And then there was you. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

13 " You see me, Shea"? "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

14 " might feel empty. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

15 " When I look at you, I see a future I never thought existed, Shea.” Everything went serious. My mind and my heart and my words. “I see my wife. I see the mother of my kids. I see all the shit I never wanted until I met you. I see everything I thought impossible. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

16 " That’s what I wanted. To be her breath. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

17 " I loved Shea Bentley and she loved me. It’s where it started and where it ended. Nothing before or after or in between mattered. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

18 " Do know want to know what I see when I look at you, Sebastian? I see someone who takes the burden of the entire world and places it on his shoulders because he somehow thinks he deserves that weight. The one who'd bear it all if it meant those he loves would suffer a little less. I see someone who's made mistakes just like the rest of us. Just like me....I see a man who's loyal. Devoted...I see the one I love. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

19 " When I look at you, I see a future I never thought existed, Shea. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

20 " Do you see me, Shea?”
Never had I seen anyone so clearly. “I will never look away. "

― A.L. Jackson , Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)