Quotes by Shelly Crane

Its my job as best friend to make sure hes not a serial killer. Or an English major, not sure which ones worse.

The fact that you cant see how much youre worth makes you worth so much more. She opened her mouth once, her brow bunched, but nothing came out. She didnt know the words to ask. I continued. A diamond doesnt know how much its worth; its just beautiful because it exists.

Think with your eyes open.

Sometimes I just needed to talk about it, even though it singed like touching the end of a match. I just needed to feel that pain for a moment, to know that it was real. It was my pain. I had earned it by living through it.

He searched for my gaze and the second he found it, I cracked a smile. “There it is.” He palmed his chest again and sighed. “All is right in the world again.

Youre killing me, little human.

His smile was small and immediate, crooked, like I’d put his whole world off its axis, but he was somehow okay with that.

We have to be bigger than the things we suffer.

You know when you’re on a course that you know is the right one. You can’t explain it, you can’t define it, you don’t know how you got there or what all the obstacles will be, you just know the end result will be amazing and it will be worth it. That was the road I was on. Full speed ahead, no blinkers or turn signals, just cruise control.

When you will you learn that we all have our place, our parts to play?”I scoffed, wincing as the slices on my back pulled. “When will you learn that it’s up to you if you play those parts or not?

Fly away home to a better place where everything is better, boys are never lost, and mothers don’t ever leave.

Jealousy is when you want something that you can’t have, something that doesnt belong to you. Being protective is defending what’s yours.” He leaned in, his hand closing around my jaw as his nose skimmed up to mine. “And you better believe that I’ll be protecting what’s mine.

Every day is its own infinity, every hour, its own eternity, every minute, its own forever.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and held on as he showed me what love felt like. As he showed me that a kiss could change your entire world.

Fall, sweetheart. Ill catch you.

You dont appreciate the things that come easy. The things we fight for are the things we keep with us forever.

Her chest began to quake softly. Why? Why what, sweetheart? I said gently. Why do you want me? I didnt even have to think. Because anyone whos been through what you have and can still come out in one piece on the other side is a beautiful creature that I want to know.

He leaned in close and spoke low. Wow, I dont know what the hell I did to put that look on your face, but you need to write it down so I can commit it to memory.

I was just existing, but he made me want to live.

What do you want to trust me with tonight? A sigh escaped forcefully, waving the white flag that I was a melted, scorched woman at those words. Anything, I whispered back.