Favorite Book Quotes

It's raining, so the Maine Mall in Portland is extremly crowded. I don't let go of her hand as we stroll through it, partly because I'm embracing my role as emotionalsupport human, and partly because holding hands in a mall is the most fantastically ordinary thing we've ever done.

One fucking day at a time. Okay, one day at a time I took another piece out of my life, causing it to teeter precariously a little bit more each day. One day at a time. Until it all fell down and I was left with nothing.

This beautiful woman. She is funny and smart and weird. All at the same time, and I want my days to start and end with her.

"The only reason I was able to rule while you were running was because I imagined the queen you were supposed to be," she said. "I wanted you to come home to a place that was taken care of, to people who missed you. Every day I thought of what you would look like atop that throne and how it would feel to keel in front of you once more, my people doing the same behind me. You gave me strength.

"Huh," she said. "Not bad."

Abi looped her arm around Tess's neck and kissed her soundly on the lips. Tess blushed yet again, peering up at Abi under hooded eyes. "What's that for?"

She cracked her heavy eyes open, turning her head to the side to look at Maddie's tear-streaked face slowly, she lifted her blood-soaked hand to cup the side of Maddie's face. Then she leaned into her, placing a soft kiss against her cheek. And as she did it, she knew then that she could've done it every single day for the rest of time, and lived a happy life. Because that's what she'd had in those few weeks with Maddie. And maybe this was her happy ending.

"You just said it. I'm perfect. Well, if that's true, how come I've fallen in love with two women who have both left me?" she challenged, the backs of her eyes burning at this raw truth. "How come every time I'm in love, I get blindsided by a breakup? And how come, in those breakups, I get told I've done nothing wrong?"

Amazing how quickly couple-y habits develop between two people who are right for each other.

"Do you ever think that we were never meant to be? That all the signs are telling us to stop."

I try to read a book, but words keep slipping like they're falling off the page. It's impossible.

How could a person be full of emptiness?

"Even after you forgot about the people here, they never once forgot about you."

"But... What? You can't -"

"By this time, we'd be married. Or at least engaged, and you'd have repeated the 'L' word for the thousandth time and meant them all."

"If you want to leave, then I won't try to stop you," Maddie whispered. "But I don't want you to go."

She hadn't realized until the moment she'd handed Sutton the necklace everything it said. That Charlotte had held on to Sutton for thirteen years. That while Sutton had moved on and found a different life with a different woman - as she deserved to - Charlotte never had. That there was a part of her that, clearly, hoped they would find one another.