Jacqueline Simon Gunn Quotes

I wanted to feel less.To not be burdened by emotion, To not feel sadness, To not know loss.I envied the inanimate, The trees that stand proudly in winter, Not missing their leaves.

The rest of the short walk was silent. It was that loud sortof silence where the absence is painful, when there’s so much tosay, but nothing is said.

I may never fly—in the bird sort of way. But I do have wings.

Love makes people do crazy things. And not feeling loved can bring people to the edge of madness.

She was the kind of woman a person could die over or kill over.

She would not have another man push her aside like some appetizer, there to wet his whistle only to be left once the main dish arrived.No more. She pushed her thumb into his throat a little harder.

Sometimes, we miss the truth when it's right in front of us, she thought. Sometimes the closer we are, the harder it is to see.

We live and learn, and in betweenwe do the best we can.

We must love those close to us, all the time, every day. Moments only happen once. Make them matter.

Sometimes the closer you are to the truth, the harder it is to see.

The truth, a truth, and reality are not always the same.

I fell in love with the expression in his eyes when he looked at me.

It was a fictional story, but like any good fiction, without the need to adjust or conceal the truth, it actually might bethe greatest expression of truth.

Because of that, he didn't know how to love someone who actually loved him. He had learned a twisted, tormented kind of love filled with pain and exploitation.

The pain of running relieves the pain of living.

Nothing looked the same, and everything looked the same.

Sometimes we have to get out of our own way.

Sometimes the only way to hold on, is to let go.

Love isn't about holding on. It's about letting go.

Sometimes we don't know where we are going until we get there.

You should only fall in love with someonewhose arms are open, and strong enough to catch you.