“Next time," I said wryly, swinging open the door, "just give me a knife and ask for a vein.” — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t heading toward a future I wanted as much as I was running away from one I didn’t.” — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“ 'When there's time for everything, there's value in nothing.' ” — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“...you've been rooked. You know,you got the dust off. Killed. Murdered. Clipped. It's a rough deal, but you've had some good times,… — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“This was not a loss that could be shared. Grief was a place every person had to go alone, a lonely country… — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“ 'Being single...is about hope. It's about the future...the person you might meet at Starbucks or online or in the next aisle… — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“That's what hiding away did, whether it was from the world or yourself, your past, or even your dreams. It took absolutely… — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“ 'It ain't ever over. You can't have no future if you don't have no past, and the past ain't never done… — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“Next time," I said wryly, swinging open the door, "just give me a knife and ask for a vein.” — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“Why the hell was she smiling like that?...Her mouth was blown so wide that the soft insides showed at the corners, like another grin… — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
So. You're a fallen angel." She folded her arms. "I'm not fallen," he said roughly. "Then what are you?" He shrugged. "Busted. — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“There's this mental illness, right? It's called 'anhedonia.' It means 'without pleasure.' You can look it up, though all you really need to do… — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
There’s something about seeing an adult you knew in childhood that makes them marginally vulnerable to you, and vice versa. There’s also something comforting… — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“Chemistry was such a strange thing. I'd be willing to bet even Micah couldn't tell me why hundreds of men could leave me cold,… — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“Because you can't unknow your life's experiences,' Grif said. This was his area of expertise.” — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“...Death," she said, as her hand dropped away, " is how you know you were alive in the first place.” — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“And that was is. Life sometimes flips on you like that. One minute you're looking at your reflection in the water, not entirely sure… — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with you..not even the darkest corner of that beautiful soul. ~ Hunter — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
“ 'You love her without willing it or wanting it, and that is the most exquisite pain of all.' ” — Vicki Pettersson Copy Share Image
