Taken By Erin Bowman Quotes

Second chances are not the same as forgiveness.

No matter how obvious something may seem, there are two sides to every story.

The human brain can only be stretched so far before it breaks.

People have all sorts of pasts, sometimes dark or dreary, but perhaps the actions they choose in the present are the ones that carry the most weight.

Maybe I felt something because I'm always looking for feelings. Without them, I don't know how to act.

I'm trying to say that I think doing what you feel can't always be easy, but at least you're being true to yourself.

Everything's simpler without constraints.

She was finally beginning to understand what her mother had meant––how opening up can make you vulnerable.

...and I need to hear that there are situations where logic and reason don't apply, that sometimes an ugly action is a necessary one.

She was suppose to be mine. I hers. We were suppose to be like the birds.

Truth is, if someone doesn't see you before sex, they definitely don't see you any more after.

Sooner or later we're all gone, so no one bothers getting attached.

We were suppose to be like the birds.

That word. I would have given anything to hear her say it over the summer, to have had the chance to say it back, but now, more than ever, I understand its true power. How it can make you ache as much as it can make you soar. How it shouldn't be said in return unless you mean it as deeply as the speaker. And that's not something you can ever know. Not truly. There's too much blind faith involved and that word is always, always a risk. You'll get hurt. Or the other person will. You'll stomp on someone's heart without meaning to. Loving is foolish and risky, like trying to raise a building in a bog. Emotions don't make strong foundations.