02UndatedYou ever had a hickey? I want to give you a hickey.""Karl, we're not fourteen!""Don't bloody care. I was in love with you when I was fourteen -- your neck owes me a hickey."(Karl & Elena)Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
03UndatedAt the sound of my name, those two worlds on either side of me collide, and my lips meet his. Time ceases to exist, and so, apparently does any logic that my mind is hanging on to. Logic would say that this is insane; every other fibre of my being says it's right.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
04UndatedHe took the pen and book from her and faltered.“Just write anything – anything trivial that won't matter if it comes to pass.”“Erm...” God, he was useless at this.Elena's hair turned blue.“Hey!”“What?”“I don't want blue hair! What the hell did you write that for?”“It seemed trivial.”“Blue hair – blue? That's trivial? What if I can't undo it?”Karl stared at her blankly. His throat went dry. He felt like a total dickhead, but writing really wasn't his strong point, so he went for humour instead and flashed her a grin.“I was going to write that all your clothes fall off, but figured you may have a problem with that. This was the second thing that came to mind.”(Karl and Elena)Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
05UndatedMaybe I should be still; accept my fate. But I have tasted freedom, known love – I have had choice and learnt what it is to have a human heart, not just a compliant one.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
06UndatedDo you remember what we just did? Please tell me you remember what we just did."She briefly toyed with the idea of lying and saying no, just to see the look on his face, but she'd had enough of having her brain played with – it wouldn't be too sporting to do the same to him. "Yes, I remember, and don't you think for one minute that just because you had me on my back screaming I was 'yours'," she waved four fingers in quotation marks in front of his face, "that it gives you any kind of ownership over me, because it doesn't."He looked annoyed, then relieved, then he laughed. "Yeah, whatever, baby.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
07UndatedThe thought of talking about it made Pueblo's gut ache, but then he thought of everything that Amy had been through – not that she'd told him her version yet. She had balls of steel, he thought with a smile. And what did he have? Three pairs of loin cloths going crisp on the radiator.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
08UndatedIt took Pueblo a few seconds to take in his surroundings. The first thing he realised was that he felt bruised all over; the second was that his clothes were waterlogged, even more than before, from the quicksand; and the third, was that he had landed on his front and was lying on a large, uncomfortable stone.No, wait… In his disoriented state, he shifted his weight. The stone didn't move. He was lying on his own fucking erection.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
09UndatedTil death do us part....The words wrap around my mind like soft, silk binds, and I cherish the imagery. Eternity can only be with this man – there will never be another who knows me so well.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
10Undated...we're not eighteen anymore. We've lived. We've created things that last – things of joy, and things of burden.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
12UndatedOne of the greatest lies ever told is that there’s no power in vulnerability.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
13UndatedOne thing I’ve learnt about humans: you can’t judge their strength by the size of their actions, but by the devotion of an act, no matter how small.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
14UndatedElena glanced up at him, taking in his words. “If you get rid of your fear? You know, I never look at you as someone who’s afraid.”“That’s because every time you look at me, I’m looking right back, and the only time I’m not afraid, is when I see you. And I do see you, Elena. I see everything you’ve been through, from so young – how you struggled through it; how you never let it destroy your hope and faith – and I’m afraid of nothing."(Karl and Elena)Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
15UndatedReal choices – the ones that changed you and shaped you – were never made with the head, but on the beat of a heart that saw a future it couldn't live without.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
16Undated...today, I’m writing about the extraordinary; those ‘moments’ in life that reach us, and change us. Those moments take place all the time, really – it’s just that we’re taught not to notice. We’re taught that whims are for the foolish; that instinct and passion are more akin to fairy tales than reality; that they won’t get us very far, and everyone would laugh at us if they knew what we really held close to our hearts.It’s a lie we allow ourselves, and it’s understandable.But it’s simply not true.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
18UndatedHe thought he’d lived through everything. Only now did he realise he’d merely existed.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
19UndatedEvery sacred mission, every hunt for hidden relics, every pilgrimage from one end of the earth to the other … I was looking for you.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
20UndatedWe must be careful with our words – we’re like superheroes and words are like our super powers. Super powers should always be used to help others…Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
22UndatedWe were immortal, did you know that? Did you feel it like me? We had the world at our feet and we were going to live forever. Then came life – growing inside you – and I became mortal.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
24UndatedHope – or perhaps delusion – was a flame that had stayed lit, even though its scorching light would hurt. It had refused to go out.Dianna Hardy / quote ↗
