16 Quotes by Valerie M. Bodden

Her eyes were what had drawn him to her in the first place. So impossibly light they were almost transparent. But it was more than their color. It was their warmth. Their sincerity. The way they revealed everything she felt.Which was also what scared him about them.

He could tell himself he'd get over her someday. But it wasn't true. And he didn't really want it to be.

This was why he didn’t go out, didn’t talk to people. Eventually, people weren’t content to let you be a stranger without a history anymore. They wanted to know about your past―and they didn’t care if you didn’t want to tell about it.

A warm hand gripped her fingers and squeezed. Before he could let go, Violet squeezed back. She needed this connection, this moment to tell her she wasn’t alone, she wasn’t the only one who hurt and didn’t know what to do with it.

It turned out he'd been offering her everything she needed. And she hadn't realized it until this moment. When it was too late.

Spencer closed his eyes, all the pent-up frustration leaking from him. In its place he was left with something even harder to handle. Hope.

The past two weeks had felt so much like a dream. Maybe it was best if she kept it that way. Dreams couldn't disappoint the way real life could.

She may not know what she wanted to do with her life. But she knew who she wanted to share it with. If it wasn't too late.

Peyton could picture exactly how the bride's face would look. She'd seen that look on every bride's face at every wedding she'd ever been to. It was the look that said this was the happiest day of her life.