44 Quotes by Allyson Kennedy

Please don’t cry over me, Emery.” He runs his thumb over my knuckles. “I’m not worth that.”“Don’t ever say that again.” My voice comes out weak, desperate. “You are. God kept you alive for a reason. That’s your worth.

My face is like some sort of bashful chameleon, flashing red at any sign of social interaction. Stupid face.

My hand flies across the first blank page, chicken-scratched lines I can barely decipher wielding the dark tale of my heart. At 5:15 a.m., the pen falls from my grasp and I tuck the notebook away.I wrote my first love song, with his name in a heart to prove it. I wrote my first love song for the boy who knows no love at all.

And now the best couple I’ve ever known... they’re reunited. They’re together again, celebrating with Jesus. They’re both looking down on us, waiting for us to join them in the eternal joy Heaven offers.But right now, I’m here. I’m stuck navigating the dark and treacherous road that is life, now without the two greatest role models I’ve ever had. A sob escapes my throat, my palms failing to soak the spilling tears.

A closet musician losing her music is like a baby losing its favorite blanket; when it's lost, comfort is shattered.

Though I’m often complimented on my appearance and told I will someday break many a heart, I prefer a fictional man to the cat-calling scoundrels around town. I, for one, have no time for a boy who is interested in just anyone.

I try to shake the thought away. “I don’t know what she’s talking about. He’s not nearly handsome enough to tempt me.” No one catches my Pride and Prejudice reference, of course.

What makes you happy?”His throat constricts, barely visible in the parking lot lights. “That ship sailed a long time ago.”“Ships can always find their way back through the dark. They just need a lighthouse

I remind myself of the reason we’re doing this in the first place. We can’t stand together, stably, unless we can first stand on our own, with God as our foundation.