01UndatedI don't think that incident necessarily defines you as bad. I think it makes you human. And I believe you would have stopped yourself. I think that's what makes a person good. Not that you make mistakes, but that you recognize them. You feel remorse for them. You want to correct them and do better.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
02UndatedShe found it curious and frightening that she could deeply dislike someone she didn’t even know. It wasn’t her. At least, it wasn’t how she used to be.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
03UndatedBecause people are more than emotions. People have thoughts and reasons for doing things.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
04UndatedWhen you've been hurt by someone you love like he has, why would you ever seek love out? Why would you risk being hurt again?Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
06UndatedThey were like her rocks. Imperfect and surprising and maybe better in the long run than certainties. Chances, she thought, were lifeVeronica Rossi / quote ↗
07UndatedShe knew how to put one foot in front of the other even when every step hurt. And she knew there was pain in the journey, but there was also great beauty. She'd seen it standing on rooftops and in green eyes and in the smallest, ugliest rock.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
08UndatedShe absorbed the terror and beauty of him and his world. Of every moment over the past days. All of it, filling her up like the first breath she'd ever taken. And never had she loved life more.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
10UndatedWe all have the potential to do terrible things. But we also have the potential to overcome our mistakes.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
11UndatedIt was my idea. It's the safest way, but it's strange pretending to be something different. It's like there's a glass wall between us. Like I can't touch him or ... reach him. I don't like the way it feels.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
12UndatedDo you need me?” she said. She could scout as well as Roar and Brooke, who had already disappeared into the darkness. Perry looked up. His hair was tied back with a leather strip, but a piece fell forward, a blond wave coming to rest at his eyebrow. “You want the truth?” Aria braced herself for a comment about her arm. “Always.” “That’s my answer.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
13UndatedShe knew she could answer it. She knew how to put one foot in front of the other even when every step hurt. And she knew there was pain in the journey, but there was also great beauty. She’d seen it standing on rooftops and in green eyes and in the smallest, ugliest rock. She would find the answer.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
14UndatedShe felt as though she’d found a moment of forever. Like this was how they should’ve always beenVeronica Rossi / quote ↗
17UndatedCome thaw my frozen heart, my little arctic kitten.”Unable to resist, Aria jumped in and picked up the next line. “No chance, my yeti man, I’d rather be frostbitten.”“Let me be your snowman. Come live in my igloo.”“I’d rather freeze to death than hibernate with you.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
18UndatedWhat if this was a sign? Maybe I’m not supposed to be an Outsider.He surprised her by taking her hand and threading his fingers through hers. “You already are an Outsider. You fit everywhere. You just don’t see it yet.”She stared at their hands. He’d never done that before.Roar gave her a droll look. “It’s just odd having you lay your hand on my arm all the time,” he said, responding to her thoughts.Yes, but this feels intimate. Don’t you think it does? I don’t mean that I think we’re being too intimate. I guess I do. Roar, sometimes it’s really hard to get used to this.Roar flashed a grin. “Aria, this isn’t intimate. If I were being intimate with you, trust me, you’d know.”She rolled her eyes. Next time you say something like that, you should toss a red rose and then leave with a swish of your cape.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
19UndatedYou can’t be miserable when you’re running. It’s such a simple and pure way to feel alive.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
20UndatedShe could have lived every minute she'd had with him better. She should have always spoken the best words she could to him.Veronica Rossi / quote ↗
