49 Quotes by Seth King

But for every epic love tale splashed out in lights for the world to see, there were ten million more couples that loved each other in the dark just as beautifully.

His eyes are ravenous but his body is still tense, and so I slip my bra strap off my shoulder and motion my finger at him. He takes a deep breath, slips off his silver cross necklace, and tosses it aside. Whatever is about to happen, it seems that he does not want God around to witness it.

This was just another side effect of him: he made me feel like I was being murdered by joy.

When I was little, everyone had always told me I could be whatever I wanted when I grew up, but they’d forgotten to tell me two very important things: 1. how to grow up, and 2. How to figure out what the hell I wanted once I’d done that.

We don’t get to choose how much time we get in this life, but we do get to choose how we spend it.

My life could be kinda sucky sometimes, and there was nothing that comforted me more than sinking into a good book and immersing myself in a world I knew nothing of and feeling things I would never otherwise feel.

I wanna lie next to your daughter forever.

But whatever happened, I knew I’d always have this summer, and that first night on the pier under the stars, with the waves surging around us, when we both glowed. And armed with that, I was not afraid. This summer, and this life, had been a privilege. I was sure of that.

It happened late last night, after I got home. But it was peaceful, and it was just like she fell asleep, between me and my mom’s wheelchair, down in the garage.