“The door slams in response, and I laugh. I'm glad she can laugh. It means she really is coping. I know she’s… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“It’s not okay,” I tell her. This gets her attention; it’s not what she was expecting. “You don’t have to be okay.”… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
The only way past the pain is through it. Pain, grief, anger, misery...they don't go away-they just increase and compound and get… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“Hot heart-blood leaked from my face. From my eyes and my nose and my mouth. Not tears, because those would never stop.… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“When my grandpa died, I had this same fear. I love Grandpa so much. He was Mom's dad, and he was my… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“It wasn't supposed to. It was just supposed to stop you from hurting yourself.” “It helps—” “No it doesn't. It just pushes… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“You can’t hold it in forever,” Colton said, apropos of nothing. “Yes, I can.” I had to. “You’ll go crazy. It’ll come… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“Let…it…go,” he whispers, his voice a fierce, harsh sound in my hair. “No. No!” The last word is screamed. “You have to.… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“I respect the hell out of her for how hard she’s working to be okay. I just wish she’d let me show… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“She closes her eyes, and I can see the moisture. She’s deep-breathing again, and I notice her hands are clutched around the… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“I don't even know how long she sobs. Time ceases to pass, and she cries, cries, cries. Clutches me and makes these… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“The only way past the pain is through it. You can't escape it. You can't ignore it. Pain, grief, anger, misery...they don't… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“My prerogative as your father is to break the face of anyone who fucks with you. And I will, whether you like it or… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“Your brothers…do they all look like you?” I couldn’t help asking. I really couldn’t. He shot me the smirk again. “I’m the oldest,… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“I'm in battle mode. Shut down. Hard. I'm not Hunter anymore. I'm Lance Corporal Lee, USMC. Semper Fi, bitches.” — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“Empty Sex is like Pringles: You can eat million of them, but they never really fill you up. If you want to be truly… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“I will always love you. You saved me, Rania.” “No, you saved me.” “We saved each other, then,” — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“Yeah. I know why she cuts. I just don’t know the seed-reason. It’s deep inside her, and it’ll take time and patience to get… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“Nothing. It is nothing. Stop worrying about me." "I can't stop worrying about you.” — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
Compassion and pity are not the same: pity is looking down on someone, feeling sorry for them and offering nothing; compassion is seeing their… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“You’re so fucking gloriously gorgeous that I literally cannot stand it. I’m having to remind myself to keep breathing, because you take my breath… — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image
“Messy hair, uncombed, gel-free, un-styled and perfectly imperfect.” — Jasinda Wilder Copy Share Image