13 Quotes by Emily Lloyd-Jones

Can you miss something before it's gone?" … "I think so. The anticipation of the loss hurts nearly as much as the loss itself. You find yourself trying to hold onto every detail, because you'll never have them again.

She became her own knight; she collected those broken promises and whispered apologies and fashioned them into armor

Her heartbeat picks up, her pulse fluttering through her neck and wrists. She loves this part, loves the moment before she pulls off a job—the heat, the cold, the rush. It’s terrifying and delicious, like teetering out over the edge of a building, her fingers tight on the safety railing. She can see how everything could go horribly wrong, but that rational part of her is tamped down, silenced by the beauty of the fall.

Death is not to be feared, but nor can it be forsaken. One must be mindful