Shattered Sea Quotes

“The man who saw every fractured piece of me and wanted me anyway.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“Grief changes us. We just have to make sure it doesn’t twist us into something ugly. And, sometimes, if we’re lucky, it can make us more beautiful because we recognize pain and can help ease it in others.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“I don’t want you to be anything but exactly who you are … I’m not trying to erase any of it or fix anything about you. Because nothing needs to be fixed … I’d never want to change a thing about the woman who stole my heart.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“Loss has a way of carving itself into your bones. It shouldn’t be any other way.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“Doing the things that cause us pain sometimes brings the greatest reward in the end. You know you were strong enough to make it through, and the view from where you’ve gotten to is always that much sweeter.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“How about I promise you today? And I’ll do it again tomorrow. And every day until we’re old and gray.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“We all bring baggage into relationships. But it’s nice to have someone help us carry it for a while.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“If there are whoopie pies in there, I’ll marry you. It’ll be a loveless, sexless marriage, you understand. But I’ll marry you.” I barked out a laugh. “Looks like we’re getting hitched.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“You simply had to do your best to make something beautiful out of the shattered pieces.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“reacting at all. Once the truck and trailer were out of sight, he ducked between”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“Babycakes, you know I love you more than the sun and the moon and the stars, but after a morning with you, I need to go smoke a joint and find my Zen. Maybe a shot of tequila wouldn’t hurt, either.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“But that doesn’t mean everyone else isn’t missing him, too. They just may have a different way of showing it.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“Kay. No one will ever miss Jase as much as you do. You’re his mother. He came from you. It’s a kind of pain no one can understand unless they’ve been through it.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“I wanted to chase down the woman with shadows in her eyes. Wanted to soothe them and do everything I could to protect her.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“Coward is a pretty strong word. I was thinking more that you’ve got a strong self-protective instinct.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“I knew that devil was more tempting than anything when you were hurting.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“When you lost someone you loved, it made it hard to let go of anyone else—even if they didn’t have your best interests at heart.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“You know what I think about the word fine. It really stands for fucked up, insecure, neurotic, and emotional.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“This is a forever kind of love, Laiken.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“I love you. I didn’t want to. I fought so hard against it. But you stormed into my heart anyway. And I’m so damn glad you did.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“I’m right here. You have me, Laiken. All of me.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea

“We leaned on each other, getting through the best we could. And in that moment, I knew that this was hot it could always be. A give and take. A sort of messy perfection that was the most incredible thing I’d ever experienced. And I’d do anything to protect it.”
― Catherine Cowles, Shattered Sea