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1 " I want to be able to love you, more than I fear losing you, and I don’t know how. "
― Mia Sheridan , Archer's Voice
2 " We had each reacted differently in a moment of terror, and yet we both still hurt. Maybe there was no right or wrong, no black or white, only a thousand shades of grey when it came to pain and what we each held ourselves responsible for. "
3 " No matter who we are, we have to take the hand we're dealt, crappy though it may be, and try our very best to move forward anyway, to love anyway, to have hope anyway... to have faith that there's a purpose to the journey we're on... And try to believe that maybe more light shines out of those who have the most cracks. "
4 " . “You are going to be okay,Bree. You are strong, and you are going to be happy again. Do you hearme? There’s something good about this place. Do you feel it?” I tilted myhead and stared at myself in the mirror for a minute longer. Lots of peoplegave their own reflection pep talks in the bathroom, right? Totally normal. Isnorted softly and shook my head slightly again. "
5 " I wanted to sigh and swoon at his easy charm and beautiful smile, and I could see that the waitress who served us felt the same way as she glanced at his scar and fawned all over him all night. I didn't mind though, I liked it. I loved it. How could I blame her? "
6 " I thought about how Bree and I were so different... and yet so similar. She carried the guilt of not fighting when she thought she should have, and I carried the scar of what happened when you did. We had each reacted differently in a moment of terror, and yet we both still hurt. Maybe there was no right or wrong, no black or white, only a thousand shades of gray when it came to pain and what we each held ourselves responsible for. "
7 " Only You, only ever you. And her love slips quietly around me, holding me, anchoring me, reminding me that the loudest words are the ones we live". "
8 " Sometimes an understanding silence was better than a bunch of meaningless words. "
9 " I'm afraid to love you. I'm afraid that you'll leave and that I'll go back to being alone again. Only it will be a hundred times worse because I'll know what I'm missing. I can't…” He sucked in a shaky breath. “I want to be able to love you more than I fear losing you, and I don't know how. Teach me, Bree. Please teach me. Don't let me destroy this. "
10 " I lost my heart to you. And, Bree, in case you're wondering, I don't ever want it back. "
11 " Someday … when we're old and gray, I'm going to look at you lying in bed beside me, just like this, and I'm going to look into your eyes and know that it's only ever been you. And that is going to be the great joy of my life. "
12 " Try to believe that maybe more light shines out of those who have the most cracks. "
13 " Each night before I fall asleep, I make it a point to turn to my wife and silently say "Only you, only ever you". And her love slips quietly around me, holding me, anchoring me, reminding me that the loudest words are the ones we live. "
14 " I didn’t know enough to dream you, Bree, but somehow you came true anyway. How did that happen?” He rubbed his nose along mine, pausing and then pulling back again. “Who read my mind and knew exactly what I wanted, even when I didn’t? "
15 " I stand by my logic though. I think love is a concept, and each person has an individual word for what sums it up for them. My word for love is Bree. "
16 " ..the loudest words are the ones we live. "
17 " I CAN SPEAK. I JUST LIKE TO SHOW OFF MY NICE PENMANSHIP. "
18 " I knew I loved her – fiercely and with every part of my heart, even the broken parts, even the parts that felt unworthy and without value. And maybe those parts most of all. "
19 " You brought the silence,The most beautiful sound I’d ever heard. "
20 " I know I'm probably the last person you want to see right now, but I thought if I sat on your porch, you wouldn't be scared. You wouldn't be alone. "
