Quotes by J.A. Redmerski

You were the missing piece of my soul, the breath in my lungs, and the blood in my veins.

Parents have this twisted belief that anyone under the age of about twenty simply can’t know what love is, like the age to love is assessed in the same way the law assesses the legal age to drink. They think that the ‘emotional growth’ of a teenager’s mind is too underdeveloped to understand love, to know if it’s ‘real’ or not.Thats completely asinine. way.

I hate to say it, but shit really does happen. You just have to get over it. Beat the hell out of it by doing things that make you happy.

Best friends, no matter what they do or how much they hurt you, it only hurts as much as it does because they are your best friend. And none of us are perfect. Mistakes were made for best friends to forgive; it’s what makes being a best friend official.

The moment you betray your heart is the moment you lose everything.

She refuses to take the easy way out by accepting the get-out-of-jail-free card that I offered her. She refuses to be allowed mistakes and though I know she will still make them because she is human, she will learn faster from them than someone who chooses to accept the excuses.

It’s not only about sadness. In truth, sadness really has little to do with it. Depression is pain in its purest form and I would do anything to be able to feel an emotion again. Any emotion at all. Pain hurts, but pain that’s so powerful that you can’t feel anything anymore, that’s when you start to feel like you’re going crazy.

Dear Camryn, I know youre scared. Id be lying if I said I wasnt a little scared, too, but I have to believe that this time around everything will be fine. And it will be. Weve been through so much together. More than most people in such a short time. But no matter what, the one thing that has never changed is that were still together. Death couldnt take me away from you. Weakness couldnt make me look at you in a bad light. Drugs and all the shit that comes with them couldnt take you away from me. I think its more safe to say that were indestructable. Maybe all of this has been a test. Yeah, I think about that a lot and Ive convinced myself of it. A lot of people take Fate for granted. Some have everything theyve ever wanted right at their fingertips, but they abuse it. Others walk right past their only opportunity because they never open their eyes long enough to see that its there. But you and I, even before we met, took all the risks, made our own decisions without listening to everybody around us telling us, in so many ways, that what were doing is wrong. Hell no, we did it our way, no matter how reckless, or crazy or unconventional. Its like the more we pushed and the more we fought, the harder the obstacles. Because we had to prove we were the real deal. And I know weve done just that. Camryn, I want you to read this letter to yourself once a week. It doesnt matter what day or what time, just read it. Every time you open it, I want you to see that another week has passed and youre still pregnant. That Im still in good health. That were still together. I want you to think about the three of us, you, me and our son or daughter, traveling Europe and Soth America. Because were going to do it. I promise you that. Youre everything to me, and I want you to stay strong and not let your fear of the past taint the path to our future. Everything will work out this time, Camryn, everything will, I swear to you. Just trust me. Until next week... Love, Andrew

Pain is pain...Just because one persons problem is less traumatic than anothers doesnt mean theyre required to hurt less.

My beautiful swan. My savior and my undoing.

I wonder if the ocean smells different on the other side of the world.

I don’t know what I’m doing, or where I’m going, but I do know that I want to do whatever it is and get there soon.

Im not helping any of you freaks! she shouts. Im not the Witch of Wayland, you hear me? Im sick of all you mutants pounding on my door for love spells and all the like! I told you, I dont do that backwoods modern-day, wannabe Wiccafuck stuff! You hear me?

She stops chewing and brings the chains on her wrist up to her nose and sniffs. She pulls away with a mild disgusted expression. Definitely smells like a skank...

I guess sometimes the greatest memories are made in the most unlikely of places, further proof that spontaneity is more rewarding than a meticulously planned life.

Just because one persons problem is less traumatic than anothers doesnt mean theyre required to hurt less

Ultimately, its my choice and only my choice.

I think Ive been afraid most of my life to be myself.

His face spreads into a warm smile. “As a matter of fact, no, I have never slept under the stars – are you gettin’ all romantic on me, Camryn Bennett?” He looks at me with a playful sideward stare.

Just that dwelling and planning is bullshit, you dwell on the past, you can’t move forward. Spend too much time planning for the future and you just push yourself backwards, or you stay stagnant in the same place all your life. Live in the moment, where everything is just right, take your time and limit your bad memories and you’ll get wherever it is you’re going a lot faster and with less bumps in the road along the way.