01UndatedIt's my job as best friend to make sure he's not a serial killer. Or an English major, not sure which one's worse.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
02UndatedThe fact that you can't see how much you're worth makes you worth so much more." She opened her mouth once, her brow bunched, but nothing came out. She didn't know the words to ask. I continued. "A diamond doesn't know how much it's worth; it's just beautiful because it exists.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
04UndatedSometimes I just needed to talk about it, even though it singed like touching the end of a match. I just needed to feel that pain for a moment, to know that it was real. It was my pain. I had earned it by living through it.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
05UndatedHe searched for my gaze and the second he found it, I cracked a smile. “There it is.” He palmed his chest again and sighed. “All is right in the world again.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
07UndatedHis smile was small and immediate, crooked, like I’d put his whole world off its axis, but he was somehow okay with that.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
09UndatedYou know when you’re on a course that you know is the right one. You can’t explain it, you can’t define it, you don’t know how you got there or what all the obstacles will be, you just know the end result will be amazing and it will be worth it. That was the road I was on. Full speed ahead, no blinkers or turn signals, just cruise control.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
10UndatedWhen you will you learn that we all have our place, our parts to play?”I scoffed, wincing as the slices on my back pulled. “When will you learn that it’s up to you if you play those parts or not?Shelly Crane / quote ↗
11UndatedFly away home to a better place where everything is better, boys are never lost, and mothers don’t ever leave.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
12UndatedJealousy is when you want something that you can’t have, something that doesn't belong to you. Being protective is defending what’s yours.” He leaned in, his hand closing around my jaw as his nose skimmed up to mine. “And you better believe that I’ll be protecting what’s mine.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
13UndatedEvery day is its own infinity, every hour, its own eternity, every minute, its own forever.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
14UndatedI wrapped my arms around his neck and held on as he showed me what love felt like. As he showed me that a kiss could change your entire world.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
16UndatedYou don't appreciate the things that come easy. The things we fight for are the things we keep with us forever.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
17UndatedHer chest began to quake softly. "Why?" "Why what, sweetheart?" I said gently. "Why do you want me?" I didn't even have to think. "Because anyone who's been through what you have and can still come out in one piece on the other side is a beautiful creature that I want to know.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
18UndatedHe leaned in close and spoke low. "Wow, I don't know what the hell I did to put that look on your face, but you need to write it down so I can commit it to memory.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
20UndatedWhat do you want to trust me with tonight?" A sigh escaped forcefully, waving the white flag that I was a melted, scorched woman at those words. "Anything," I whispered back.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
21UndatedIt doesn't matter who you were or what you've done in the past. The only thing that matters is who you are right now.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
22UndatedBecause your soul, on this soulless planet, sticks out like one star in a starless sky. And it’s beautiful.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
24UndatedTrue love should not have to lie, cheat, or steal. The best kind of love finds you when you need it most.Shelly Crane / quote ↗
