spoiler visualizarSah 06/12/2022
Quotes
For any soul whose heart has been broken, yet still believes in happily ever afters.
This one?s for you.
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Maybe some kids just got temporary homes.
Even though I thought this one felt like forever.
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You aren?t going to have all the answers right away. That?s not how life works. Sometimes, you just have to leap and trust it will work out in the end.
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?He?s not the hero in your romantic comedy,? Damian stated. I looked over to those blue eyes of his as he continued. ?He?s the dick boyfriend in the opening credits.?
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Give yourself the same level of love and protection that you give to people you love
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?Damian??
?Yeah??
?I?m glad you?re my husband.?
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I didn?t say it, but I was a lucky bastard to have such a beautiful woman as my wife.
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She smiled and shook her head. ?It?s just funny. Jeff was so concerned about how you looked at me. He said it was as if you stared at me as if I were??
?The sun,? I finished.
Her eyes widened a bit, surprised. ?Yes, like the sun.?
?Well??I shrugged??I supposed he was just as good as reading me as I was at reading him.?
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I wasn?t certain that I believed in soul mates, but that night, I believed in us.
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And that would be enough for me.
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Yes, it?s easy to love and care within the sun, but real love shows up strongest when the clouds move in and fear is ignited. Real love shows up during the highest of tides, and still, it stays.?
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Remember what I said about love? You don?t need to be with a person to have the deepest level of love, and that?s what this is. This is love without limits.
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Take your time, sweetheart. Feel your feels. The sun will still come out in the morning.?
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With every life?s story comes an ending. We all start the same way and end with the same fade to black. But the most important part, the most meaningful times, aren?t at the beginning and end of the stories. It?s the content we create in the middle. It?s the moments that become memories and the small things that become our greatest stories. It?s the way we love and the way we are loved. Life isn?t about the beginning and end. It?s about all the good things in-between. That?s what makes it worth it. That?s why we love. For the in-between.?
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Still here, Cinderstella.
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Always here.
-Beast
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?Mama, I don?t know how to do this,? I whispered, lowering myself to a sitting position. My toes dug into the sand as I stared out into the afternoon. ?I don?t know how to feel everything without feeling insane. I became good at faking happiness. I?ve become great at putting on a mask and being sure that everyone around me felt good so they wouldn?t even have the opportunity to notice that my own happiness was a mirage. I don?t know where to start or what to do?so help me, Mama. Help me figure out how to understand my emotions?help me find peace.?
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We don?t love for tomorrow; we love for today. For this moment, right here and right now. We love because it?s the easiest, and scariest thing we could ever do.
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I love you like the ocean. Deep, and full.
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I was now learning that any feeling that encircled love was worth feeling. Even the hard emotions because it was a reminder of how real, and how deep love could be.
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Grief was hard but coming out of it was the greatest gift because you looked at the world in a different way.
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It wasn?t about the happily ever after. It was about the happily ever now. Right then and there. It was about living in the moment and celebrating the joy of each day. Real love happened in the present tense, not in the past or future. It happened in every single passing second. It happened every time I was near him.
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I got the bag!? I shouted, rushing out of the house and slamming the door behind me. I got to the car, tossed the bag into the back seat, and then hopped into the driver?s seat and drove out of the driveway.
?I can?t believe it?s time,? I said out loud. Then I reached over to hold Stella?s hand.
Oh, 🤬 #$%!& me.
I forgot Stella.
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?Welcome home, Sophie Blackstone,? I whispered, repeating the kisses against her forehead.
Home.
Not a place, but a person. People. Stella and Sophie.
Home.
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Stella and the kids were the beats that lived within my heart. They were my wishes and dreams all come true. My favorite universal blessings.
And that was more than enough.