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But you'll never have your happy ending unless you're brave enough to open the book and start your story.
L.B. Simmons (Running on Empty (Mending Hearts, #1))
I think you look good, wearing my future.
L.B. Simmons (Running on Empty (Mending Hearts, #1))
I hope that one day you’ll find that source of light and let it heal you, too. Because if you do, it will illuminate your path and eventually lead you home. To me.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
Without heartache, there is no understanding of the true meaning of love. Without anger, passion cannot be comprehended. Without fear, there is nothing gained when overcome. And without sorrow, happiness can never be realized.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
You’ve always been my sunshine. Ever since we were kids.” He tightens his gaze. “I know you’re still in there, Bree. And I will find you.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
Every being in this world makes an impact on at least one person they encounter during their lifetime. You can change the course of someone’s life by just a kind word, a hateful one, or even by simply choosing not to say anything at all. Every choice you make has the potential to create a ripple effect, trickling into and affecting the lives of others.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
The simplicity of living astounds me. But it’s the terror of death that devours me.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
You go on, each day, as though you’re happy and at peace with your life. Or at least trying to convince yourself that you are. But you also go on, each day, not really living.
L.B. Simmons (Running on Empty (Mending Hearts, #1))
Beautiful people tend to be ugly, ugly people tend to be beautiful, storms tend to brew below a person’s cool, calm exterior, and tremendously happy people tend to be overcompensating for their own grief. Nothing is ever really what it seems.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
I think some people are just inexplicably bonded. Drawn by forces beyond their own comprehension, they have no choice but to gravitate toward one another. Destined by fate to keep crossing paths until they finally get it right.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
I learned a long time ago to never judge a book by its cover. It seems what people try to represent on the outside very rarely mirrors their inside.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
Face your fears and overcome them. Become the best person you can be as you grow into your impending adulthood. Find what drives you and hone those skills. Practice them and perfect them, so that you can leave this world in a better state than you found it.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
You know, if the sun and the moon were to actually collide, it would set off a cataclysmic reaction of epic proportions. Are you ready to have your world completely obliterated?
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
As long as you continue to travel through life in this darkness, you will never know how beautiful your light truly shines when you let yourself love and be loved. Trust me when I say, it’s a breathtaking sight to see. You burn as bright as the sun.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
I would rather have one night with you, than to live the rest of my life with the possibility of never being able to experience loving another person the way that I love you.
L.B. Simmons (Running in Place (Mending Hearts, #2))
I feel safe. I feel protected. I feel relief. I feel scared. I feel vulnerable. I feel desire. I feel… Everything.
L.B. Simmons (Running on Empty (Mending Hearts, #1))
I swear on your Kindle, Cass.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #1))
[T]he way I see it, we're two people, so hopelessly intertwined, that without one, the other ceases to fully exist. You call me your moon, well, I call you my soul mate.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
He reminds me every day that when you’re running on empty, you won’t ever get where you need to be. Both in Life and Love. (And sometimes Suburbans…) – Alex
L.B. Simmons (Running on Empty (Mending Hearts, #1))
So, when things don’t make sense to you, try not to waste time being upset about it. Stuff works out the way it’s supposed to. Some things just take longer than others.
L.B. Simmons (Recovery (Mending Hearts, #1.5))
It seems what people try to represent on the outside very rarely mirrors their inside. Beautiful people tend to be ugly, ugly people tend to be beautiful, storms tend to brew below a person’s cool, calm exterior, and tremendously happy people tend to be overcompensating for their own grief. Nothing is ever really what it seems.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
You call me your sun, well you’re my moon, Kaeleb. I know it’s not the most romantic thing I could say right now, but it’s true. You’re my balance. You’re the ebb to my flow. You’re the day to my night. The light to my dark. With all the bad that I’ve experienced, you are the good that balances my life.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
You see, we’re intertwined. Tethered. Bound. And even while you thought you were alone, you weren’t. I had a strong hold on that cord connecting us and there was no way in hell I was letting you go. I will always be your anchor, Bree.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
Sometimes in life there are these random moments when everything just clicks. When all the fragments of your fractured past fall together, merging in your mind to form a lucid image of your future. Each mistake made becomes a vital piece as it serves whatever purpose necessary to complete the picture as a whole and suddenly everything becomes so clear.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
Life is full of so much that you refuse to let yourself experience. The blanketing comfort of love, the fulfillment of contagious laughter, the peace of finding true joy, the butterflies of uncontainable excitement…these are all things that make up life. They should never be taken for granted. You of all people should understand that, sweetheart.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
These ties can’t be broken. Our bonds are secure.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
There was no way I was letting you go.” He pauses briefly and his eyes tighten as they peer into mine. “Our bonds were secured.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
Because the truth is, there’s nothing more frightening in my world than those who know you—who really know you.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths #2))
I have always belonged to you. I will always belong to you. Regardless of what you’ve done, what you do, or what you will do, I will forever be yours. And that’s my choice to make, whether you choose me or not.” I
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #1))
But in this rare moment, I will also concede that like a moth to a flame, I’m drawn to her. To her innocence. To her kindness. To her ability to love. To all the things I wish I was capable of but have sacrificed in order to survive.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths #2))
And so the wooing begins.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
The simplicity of living astounds me. But it’s the terror of death that devours me.
L.B. Simmons
You’d be the exception, you know. With you, it would be real, not an escape.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
Perhaps even Princess Fi-Fi, ruler of Unicorn Land, where rainbows reign and all things are pink and sparkly.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
Love is a stubborn thing, it seems, both in life and in death.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #1))
She is my reprieve. My air. Spencer Locke is the one slice of happy I have in this shit pie I call life.
L.B. Simmons
You have changed me, altered my perception of a life I loathed and given me the strength to try to change it.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths #2))
Walking down the street she asks him how they look and he says, “You look good wearing my future.
L.B. Simmons (Running on Empty (Mending Hearts, #1))
I know we will never be more than friends, but my heart is relentless. And a traitor. It abandoned me that day on the porch, leaving me to suffer in silence with my unrequited crush.
L.B. Simmons
Love isn’t an obligation. In fact, it’s when you find it so willingly offered in the most unexpected places that you should hold on to it and never let go, because that love is real, unconditional. I
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths #3))
I question what it would be like to just let someone in, to tell them all of your unforgivable truths and discover they still love you in return. I find myself utterly fascinated, awe-struck even, that there are people actually capable of truly loving someone without wondering when and how they will be betrayed.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #1))
Tears rise in my eyes as I breathe in deeply, absorbing every piece he offers. I consume his anger, his heartbreak, his revulsion, even his agony—taking each and every broken shard into my heart as I cleanse them from his soul.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #1))
I read obsessively to escape my own world. To live the dreams of others when, for so long, the reoccurrence of my nightmares has been my reality. I read to fall in love and find a happily ever after, even if it is purely imagined. With each story I read, I’m able to live and love vicariously through the characters in my books. It’s the only plausible way for me to survive.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths #3))
Sometimes it’s impossible for mere words to encompass how you really feel about someone. There’s nothing you could ever possibly say to adequately emulate the effect of that person’s presence in your life. It’s an overwhelming, indescribable feeling that consumes your heart and captivates your soul. It simply just is.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
Do you remember me?” His answer is instantaneous. “How could I ever forget you?
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
I'll help you get lost any time, Sunshine. The only deal is you have to promise to come back. I never want to lose you again.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
are no walls. There is only complete vulnerability as I cry for what I did to those I love.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
But you’ll never have your happy ending unless you’re brave enough to open the book and start your story.
L.B. Simmons (Running on Empty (Mending Hearts, #1))
No one gets to pick their circumstances, Greer. The choice lies in what you do in response to them. It’s not awarded to you, but it is yours for the taking.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))
You think I don’t want you? Goddamn it, Spencer,” he bites. “I want you so much I can’t fucking breathe when I’m without you.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))
I open myself completely and give her all that I have – all that I am – and pray that it’s enough.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))
I’m glad to be alive. Because in her…I find purpose. I want to be for her. I want to exist just so I can experience her. I want to live, to feel, to laugh, and to love with her.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))
I would give anything, sacrifice everything, for even the smallest of chances to experience the love that only Spencer can provide. I would die for it. I would die for her.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))
The constant ache in my chest dwindles as it’s replaced with the fervor of renewed hope. Of the promise of love and acceptance with absolutely no expectation other than receiving mine in return.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))
He pauses, swallowing deeply. “I know firsthand how abuse can break a person. How damaging the effects can be as they whittle away at your will to live. How they carve away your humanity as they completely hollow you out, leaving you a shell of your former self when they’re finally done. But you…” He narrows his eyes on mine. “You are far from broken. Even though you still have your struggles, you find the strength to try to help others, to guide them through their own issues as you lead the way. Your positivity radiates to everyone around you, and those who are lucky enough to be in your presence will forever be changed by your ability to heal with something as simple as a touch or a smile.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #1))
I want you, Spence, but I can’t have you. I won’t allow it. You’re too good, too pure, too innocent. And just as your presence soothes me, mine will eventually flaw you. It’s inevitable, and I care too much for you to let that happen.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))
Spencer Locke is the only bit of humanity I permit myself to indulge in. She’s the one thing, the one person whose mere presence provides some sense of relief from the constant sense of asphyxiation I feel. She is my reprieve. My air. Spencer Locke is the one slice of happy I have.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))
So here’s my advice: “Face your fears and overcome them. Become the best person you can be as you grow into your impending adulthood. Find what drives you and hone those skills. Practice them and perfect them, so that you can leave this world in a better state than you found it. “Be thankful for each day you’re granted on this earth. Form friendships. Find love. Feel passion. Embrace destiny. Your destiny. Because at the end of these four years, you will most likely not be the same person you are at this moment. It’s up to you to decide who you will be. What you will do. And how you will do it. So, choose wisely.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
A second chance is a gift that many, many people long to receive, yet sadly, few are given. Never forget that, sweetie. Be appreciative, return kindness, forgive quickly and love completely. Practice these traits that flourish inside of you because of your second chance, and you’ll always find yourself pointed in the right direction.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))
Every being in this world makes an impact on at least one person they encounter during their lifetime. You can change the course of someone's life by just a kind word, a hateful one, or even by simply choosing not to say anything at all. Every choice you make has the potential to create a ripple effect, trickling into and affecting the lives of others.
L.B. Simmons
I was broken too, Dalton. Shattered. Unsalvageable.” My gaze falls to her lips, watching as they curl upward into a timid smile. “Until the day I met you, that is. The day that every single one of my fractured pieces permanently fused with yours, rebuilding me with renewed strength so I could stand strong and fight for you.” She shakes her head. “I won’t give up on you. I will never stop believing in you. And I will continue to fight for you until the day I die because without you here” – she brings my palm to her chest – “I do not exist.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))
Teach me.” The words escape me without thought, and I lift my pleading eyes to meet her puzzled expression . “I don’t know how to do this, Spence. How to love like you do. To live like you do.” I pause briefly, trying to figure a way to explain so she will understand. “Emotions such as trust and compassion, feelings of patience and empathy – those gifts that come so naturally for you – I’ve never been able to understand, much less exercise. I need you to teach me because I want to be able to give you everything you deserve. And you deserve someone as flawless as you.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))
Chinese Pot Roast 1 chuck roast, about 4 lb. 2 garlic cloves, minced A dash of nutmeg and cinnamon 2 tbsp. brown sugar 1 tbsp. sherry or red wine ¼ cup soy sauce 1¼ cups water 3 peeled and sliced carrots 3 potatoes, peeled and cubed 1 celery stalk, sliced 2 tbsp. cornstarch   Marinate the meat in the next six ingredients for at least 3 hours. Place the meat in a roasting pan at 325 degrees for 2 hours. Add the vegetables 45 minutes before cooking time ends. Voila!   Tory Simmons’ Simmering Family Cookbook Chapter 14   Tory was putting a Chinese pot roast in the oven when she heard a car pull into the drive.
Ava Miles (Country Heaven (Dare River, #1))
Every being in this world makes an impact on at least one person they encounter during their lifetime. You can change the course of someone’s life by just a kind word, a hateful one, or even by simply choosing not to say anything at all. Every choice you make has the potential to create a ripple effect, trickling into and affecting the lives of others. Life, your existence in this world, is a very powerful thing. Truly a gift that you can give to others, but by hiding behind my fears, by isolating everyone around me, I know that my gift has been utterly wasted. There is no mark I’ve made in this world. No betterment has been achieved. I’ve allowed myself to experience nothing that I could utilize in teaching others, helping others, or bettering their lives. And as I come to this realization, the flame within me begins to burn so intensely, it illuminates the darkness, lighting the path I must take to become the person I know I want to be. That I can become. But I also know that it won’t be an easy journey. There will be heartache. There will be anger. There will be fear. There will be sorrow. But as with all life, there must be balance. Without heartache, there is no understanding of the true meaning of love. Without anger, passion cannot be comprehended. Without fear, there is nothing gained when overcome. And without sorrow, happiness can never be realized.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
Rylie, what did I say about copying your sisters?” She giggles and responds with, “Rylie, what did I say about copying your sisters?” I close my eyes and count to ten. “Rylie?” “Rylie?” “Seriously, stop it.” “Seriously, stop it.” “I stink.” “You stink.” Damn it.
L.B. Simmons (Running on Empty (Mending Hearts, #1))
girl I lost all those years ago is standing right in front of me. It’s a bit surreal.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
So let’s just x-nay the alking-stay.
L.B. Simmons (Running on Empty (Mending Hearts, #1))
Guilt overcomes me, and the piercing pain of its presence slices open my chest with the precision of a sharpened blade. Tears roll down my wrists and forearms as it penetrates, cutting and stripping away the layers of decay until only a small sliver which burns brightly with unwavering vitality remains.
L.B. Simmons (The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller)
I guess because time is so defining. It dictates every single aspect of our lives. Time to get up, time to be at school, time to go here, time to get there. It’s a limitation constantly used to define our existence. It’s stifling.
L.B. Simmons (We, the Wildflowers)
Because by my own volition, I have cast myself as a spectator of my own life.
L.B. Simmons (We, The Wildflowers)
True love is when you’re faced with truths you don’t want to hear, with words difficult to accept, but they’re spoken to better you as a person, without fear of consequence.
L.B. Simmons (We, the Wildflowers)
So, instead of focusing on the inevitable, I paint. And paint. And paint. I perform the mindless activity every chance I get, because instead of a chore, it’s become equal parts escape and obligation.
L.B. Simmons (We, the Wildflowers)
The need to protect oneself is of an importance often not realized until after the damage is done.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
Call me selfish, but I also want to learn what it takes to get you to flash that gorgeous smile at me. For me.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
For the first time in my career, I was forced to take myself off of surveillance. Because while my main objective was to keep an eye on your surroundings, all I could focus on was beautiful, irresistible you. I couldn't tear my eyes away from you, and because of that, my involvement was compromised.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
I will never let you fall.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
Things may happen that we don't understand, but we have to be brave and strong so we can get through the hard times to truly appreciate the precious moments life will also offer us.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
There is nothing more vindicating than the ability to find the strength necessary to turn the worst experience imaginable into something so beautiful, it eclipses all the ugliness. It helps to find reason, to find purpose, in something so senseless.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
And regarding fucking you, as you so eloquently phrased it, that will happen only when you can give me all of you. Not the tiny bits of yourself that you offer here and there, but every single piece. Because when I take you, I need you to be there with me.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
Lucky for you, I swore an oath to remain a gentleman on this date. Considering I've been rock-fucking-hard for the past thirty minutes, I feel the need to warn you ahead of time that the next one, all bets are off.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
But what you need to understand is that sometimes those walls have to come down, sweetheart, just so you can breath.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
Sometimes, Cass, you have to find the courage to take the leap. The fall may be scary as hell, but the landing is what really matters.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
Sometimes even the smallest bit of light can lead you through the darkness. All you need is a spark.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
Land Strong
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
And you were never really alone, Cass. I was watching, making sure you were landing safely, because I knew as soon as you hit that ground, sweetheart you were mine. You are mine. And regardless of what you said in your apartment, you are my purpose.
L.B. Simmons (Out of Focus (Chosen Paths, #3))
None of them truly know me. Because the truth is, there’s nothing more frightening in my world that those who know you – who really know you. The ones who know your deepest, darkest secrets. The ones who know what you’re going to do before you do it. The ones who know not only what buttons to push when they seek your attention but also the ones that can be used to completely incapacitate you. They can be your strength. But they can also be your weakness.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))
The day he showed up on our porch, something happened while we watched that first sunset together. I don’t know how or why or if I can even put it into words, but we became forever connected. My hidden pain cried out for his, and his fiery rage searched for mine. It was as though the most deprived parts within each of us sense the other’s, then reached out and grabbed hold, essentially melding us together and making us whole. I know it because I felt it. I felt him.
L.B. Simmons (Under the Influence (Chosen Paths, #2))