“If she were a delicate ice sculpture, this stunning man was a strong marble statue.” — J.M. Darhower Statue Copy Share Image
“I like your nail polish,” you say, your voice playful, as she picks up her yet untouched notebook.” — J.M. Darhower Nail polish Copy Share Image
“I didn’t say you weren’t fine. I said you looked lost, not that you didn’t know your way.” — J.M. Darhower Said Copy Share Image
“Everything changes eventually, not necessarily for the bad, but not always for the good, either” — J.M. Darhower Changes Copy Share Image
“He's a child with a brand new toy, and I just hope he doesn't break me as soon as I'm out of… — J.M. Darhower Brand new Copy Share Image
“Come home with me, Karissa. "My breath hitches. "That's not a question." "Doesn't matter," he says. "Come home with me, anyway.” — J.M. Darhower Come home Copy Share Image
“Todo cambia con el tiempo, no necesariamente para mal, pero no siempre para bien, tampoco.” — J.M. Darhower Amor Copy Share Image
“He makes me feel like the sun, the world revolving around me, and I'm not ready to invite any others into our… — J.M. Darhower Feel Copy Share Image
“yeah, love is when you always want to be with the person," Lisa said, " you want to go everywhere they go… — J.M. Darhower Love Copy Share Image
“I love every inch of you," I tell her. "Every part of your body that makes you nervous gives me pleasure. I… — J.M. Darhower Love Copy Share Image
“He bowed jokingly, and everyone laughed as Mrs.Anderson shook her head. "Did you even read the material?" "of course I did." "Who… — J.M. Darhower Carmine Copy Share Image
“I was desperate, baby. I wasn’t lying when I said I couldn’t live if you died. I needed to know you were… — J.M. Darhower Desperate Copy Share Image
“Second, he was made by his mommy and daddy, but I don’t know them,” Madison says. “And third, he’s one of my… — J.M. Darhower Daddy Copy Share Image
“My mom always wanted a bunch of kids, but they stopped after me. I never understood why." His voice was wistful. Haven… — j.m. darhower Love Copy Share Image
“Grief isn't something you can finish; it isn't something with a beginning and an end. Grief is something you absorb, something you… — J.M. Darhower Absorb Copy Share Image
“The whole watching me from afar thing is kind of creepy, you know. I get that you don't trust me, but stalking… — J.M. Darhower Creepy Copy Share Image
“Imagine every aspect of your life—your job, your spouse, your kids, even your friends—but don’t imagine the future you think you’re heading… — J.M. Darhower Imagine Copy Share Image
“Happiness is being fucked so rough you can hardly breathe, can hardly speak, can do nothing but squeal like a pig as… — J.M. Darhower Happiness Copy Share Image
“I’m sure you remember our first encounter, the morning in the kitchen in North Carolina, and what a disaster it turned out… — J.M. Darhower First time Copy Share Image
“Change doesn't happen overnight. There's no button that's pushed to magically alter everything. Change happens little by little. Day by day. Hour… — J.M. Darhower Change Copy Share Image
“Some things in life only happen once, the memories of them lasting forever. They're moments that alter you, turning you into a… — J.M. Darhower Life Copy Share Image
“Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare la donna mia,” he whispered, the words from Dante’s La Vita Nuova flooding from his lips.… — J.M. Darhower Dante Copy Share Image
“hand drifting up, resting at the base of my throat. He's holding me protectively, my armor against the brutal outside world, but… — J.M. Darhower Mother Copy Share Image
“Sempre. No matter what happened next, or what went on tomorrow, nothing would ever take that away. Their love existed, despite everything… — J.M. Darhower Forever Copy Share Image
“We die the day we lose the will to go on. We die the day we stop caring about life.” — J.M. Darhower Compassion Copy Share Image
“We're like questions and answers. What good is a fucking question without an answer?” — J.M. Darhower Question Copy Share Image
“The smell of chemicals clings to the kitchen, a strange mixture of bleach and noxious lemon. The floor glistens, everything within eyesight… — J.M. Darhower Smell Copy Share Image
“But you should never jump unless you know you can fly, or at least float. Nobody wants to fall. That’s how you… — J.M. Darhower Fall Copy Share Image
“What do you do when the thing you want most suddenly feels like it’s beyond your fingertips?” — J.M. Darhower Fingertips Copy Share Image
“You don't have to be afraid," he says. "I'm not going to hurt you." he whispers, "unless you want me to.” — J.M. Darhower Afraid Copy Share Image
“If what he says is true, that makes him my savior… my knight in shining armor, even if I refuse to buy… — J.M. Darhower Damsel in distress Copy Share Image
“I’m young, and maybe I’m naive, and he’s dark, and maybe he’s a bit dangerous.” — J.M. Darhower Young Copy Share Image
“Haven poured herself some orange juice, pausing. “Did you want some of this, Carmine?” “Yeah, definitely want some of that.” — J.M. Darhower Orange juice Copy Share Image
“Celia sighed. “Her life may not have been her own, but her death was. She made a decision and saw it through.… — J.M. Darhower Death Copy Share Image
“I think you're my apple," she said quietly. "I don't regret tasting you. I can't. You're not perfect by any means—there are… — J.M. Darhower Tasting Copy Share Image
“I'm graduating and she corrected my vocabulary the other day. I said I felt nauseous, and she said the word I wanted… — J.M. Darhower Language Copy Share Image
“His and hers?" "No," he says. "I don't care which, but make sure there's no difference in the plates. I'd rather the… — J.M. Darhower Food Copy Share Image
“I’m the kind of guy who will run into a burning building without thinking of the flames... especially since, you know, chances… — J.M. Darhower Fire Copy Share Image
“The notebook feels heavier than one ever should, but I know it’s not the paper weighing it down, but the memory of… — J.M. Darhower Long ago Copy Share Image
“They won'y hurt me, right?" "Right," he said. "You're probably then times more dangerous than fireflies are" Dangerous. The word made his… — J.M. Darhower Danger Copy Share Image
