19 Quotes by Alex George

What is it?" She hissed through clenched teeth. "What's wrong?" He bent down toward her. "I was just thinking how beautiful you looked."The punch was impressive, both accurate and strong. Jette's fist caught her husband squarely on the jaw. It was an absolute peach of a shot, and it propelled him backward into the chest of drawers.

When he left us, he stole all the words.

When it comes to dreams and fancies and castles in the air, I have the soul of a millionaire.

But love and pain are two sides of the same coin. You can't have one without the other. Sometimes that's how we know we're alive.

From across her husband's open grave I had thought she exuded a certain foxy mystique, but now, to my disappointment, she looked just like every other mother I knew.

The answer to most prayers is no.

I need to confront my loss, not run away from it. I wanted to wade in with my eyes open and all my senses alert. I wanted to register everything, from the giant waves of sorrow to the inkiest ripples of remorse. I didn't want to miss any of it.

You'll leave. And then one day you'll come back, and everything that you once loved about the place will drive you a little bit crazy.

Sometimes life-changing moments slip by unnoticed, their significance only becoming apparent in the light of subsequent events.