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Juniper Unraveling QUOTES

Juniper Unraveling QUOTES

1 " When the world is at its darkest, somehow love still carries the light. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

2 " His shoulders sag in defeat, as if he’s about to hand over his soul to me. “Do you not have any idea what you mean to me, Wren?” “I thought I did. I was certain I could pull you from that dark place inside your head. But I’m not strong enough. You and I seem to be of the same thread. Infected with the same evil that damaged us.” “I knew exactly what I was doing last night. I didn’t do it for pleasure, or some morbid form of entertainment. I did it for you. Because he hurt you. And your pain is my pain. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

3 " When the world is at its darkest, somehow love still carries the light. Love is strength and weakness. A crutch and a sword. It can leave a person hollow and heal their wounds. It’s a friend to the stars, with pain as its shadow. A dichotomy whose time is uncertain. But above all things, love is necessary. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

4 " I’m sick. And so is he. We’re the perfect twisted match, destined for pain like a sad tragedy.
The moth who fell in love with the flame.
He’s the reaper, and I’m his disciple. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

5 " To the rest of the world, you were just a girl. A lonely girl from the other side of that wall. But to me, you’ve always been more than that. The air when I couldn’t breathe. My voice when I couldn’t speak. When I couldn’t feel anything anymore, I felt you. Goddamn, Wren, you were my heart, pumping life into a body that was mostly dead. You were everything to me. You are everything. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

6 " I also believed that love was nothing more than a precursor for pain.
After all, this world has no room for love. It’s harsh and violent and thrives from taking, but still we seek it out, because the will to live and love is the only universal thing that binds us as a species and ensures our viability—an ever-constant pulse that drives us, in spite of the pain and hate that seeks to destroy us along the way. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

7 " I already lost you once, and come war, or the fires of hell, I’m not losing you twice. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

8 " I’m convinced the heart is a masochist. Some call it an organ of fire, but I have to believe mine has turned to ash, as many times as it’s been burned and broken throughout the years. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

9 " Humans would pretty much be wiped out, leaving the world in the hands of the straggling flesh-eaters and some really confused scorpions. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

10 " After all, darkness is when the monsters come out. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

11 " I brought you something.” From his pocket, Papa pulls a string of multicolored beads, with four white in the center that spell ‘love.’ Slipping it over my wrist, he tugs his mouth into the slightest smile. “Found it in some rubble. Thought you might like it. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

12 " I collect keys. House keys. Car keys. Doesn’t matter what kind. I like knowing they unlock something, somewhere in the world. I pretend they’re the keys to someone’s story—their hopes and dreams—and I’m now the keeper of it. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

13 " Six is like a lightning storm in the desert, as mesmerizing as he is dark and violent, with the potential to destroy in one merciless strike. And yet, for some reason, I’m drawn to him by an inexplicable magnetism that electrifies me and sets me aflame.
Two damaged souls trying to figure each other out. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

14 " Papa told me Mrs. Sanders passed away. The older woman was ill for many years, a regular patient of Papa’s who often stopped in for some of his herbal teas. Yet, I felt nothing and silently chided my coldness. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

15 " Safety is an illusion … survival is a reality "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

16 " Falling in love means you have to be brave enough to accept the pain when it comes to stake its claim. Whether it’s the love of a father, or the love of your life, pain is inevitable.
And the heart is forever drawn to it. Or maybe that’s just mine. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

17 " Through a fog of pleasure, I stare up at his face, framed by the endless sky and the silhouette of the Joshua, and its right then I realize, there is still beauty left in this world. There are still amazing things to behold. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

18 " There was a time I looked forward to his teachings, but my daily explorations have tugged my curiosity elsewhere. Okay, a boy has tugged my curiosity. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

19 " Because you’re not like the other girls. You’re wild. And hard. Unbreakable. "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling

20 " cooked it on an open flame "

― Keri Lake , Juniper Unraveling