I once read that you fell in love like how you fell asleep: slowly at first and then all at once.
VerliebenEmma Scott in The Butterfly ProjectWe might not have months or years, but we have moments. Thousands upon thousands of them. Let's take each moment, seize it and wring it dry.
Augenblicke & MomenteEmma Scott in Full TiltForgetting is pretending it never happened. You need to remember and remember and remember, until it has no power over you anymore.
Emma Scott in Forever Right NowFeelings are like tonsils. Mostly useless, and occasionally a source of pain and discomfort.
Emma Scott in Bring Down the StarsWasn't love a kind of chaos theory? One small look, one smile or one word could alter the course of a life forever.
LiebeEmma Scott in The Butterfly ProjectSometimes the heart hides itself behind the mind.
Emma Scott in Bring Down the StarsLove had no end. She was infinite. She was a universe, my universe, and I was hers. Love had no boundaries, no rules, no favorites. And no limits.
LiebeEmma Scott in All InMy world had been fading to gray until she burst in like a bombshell of color and light.
LiebeserklärungenEmma Scott in Full TiltLove, real love, wasn't empty, grasping hands, or lies that felt like truths. And it wasn't perfect or neat or always easy. It was a rising sun on a new day. It was endless possibility.
LiebeEmma Scott in RushMaybe. Maybe is gradations of darkness. The sweetest torture. Maybe is hope.
Emma Scott in RushThere's so much that's shitty in this world, when you find something that shines against all the dirt and darkness, you gravitate toward it.
Emma Scott in The Butterfly ProjectSterben, das hatte ich gelernt, war kein Mannschaftssport. Es war ein einsames Unterfangen. Alle, die ich liebte, standen am trockenen Ufer, während ich allein in einem Boot saß, das sich langsam von der Küste entfernte, und niemand konnte etwas tun. Sie konnten nur dabei zusehen.
Dying, I learned, is a not a team sport. It's a solitary endeavor. Everyone I loved was standing on dry land, while I was alone on a boat as it slowly pulled away from the shore, and there's nothing anyone could do about it but watch it happen.
Emma Scott in Full TiltThere are times in this life in which we must do what is best, and so often what is best is not what is easy.
Emma Scott in RushI loved her… my soul sang the words I could never say to her out loud.
Emma Scott in Bring Down the StarsWhere there is ruin, there is hope for treasure.
Emma Scott in All In"What does he need?"
He smiled sadly. "Someone who stays."
I love her. I don't know how it happened, or why, but I do. Something in me connects to something in her. I've felt it since the day we met.
Emma Scott in Bring Down the Stars"How do you do that? How do you know what to do and say so that I feel…?"
"So that you feel what?"
"Whole. You make me feel like I have a shot at something more than this misery."
I love you. It was so simple it almost went straight past me. I love you.
Emma Scott in All InWe had to go full tilt, just like the card players did. I would hit instead of stay. Always.
Emma Scott in Full TiltI'm more afraid of not being with you than I am of being with you.
Emma Scott in Full TiltOwn this love, Wes. It's not just hers. It's yours too.
Emma Scott in Bring Down the StarsI kissed Jonah Fletcher with all of my heart, and with every piece of my soul that would love him forever.
LiebeserklärungenEmma Scott in Full TiltDespite our losses, we would keep going. Never give in or give up. Because love always wins. Always.
Emma Scott in All In"Beauty and pain," she said, almost to herself. "I don't think you can separate the two."
"Maybe pain exists to make us appreciate the beauty."
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They are in each other all along.
Emma Scott in Full TiltYou are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.
Emma Scott in Full TiltThat which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquility.
Emma Scott in Full TiltA butterfly flutters its wings in Malaysia and the changes in air currents cause a hurricane in Florida. I love that idea. That even one tiny action can create an enormous effect.
SchmetterlingeEmma Scott in The Butterfly ProjectI had a sense of being dropped straight into the middle of a book without having read the early chapters.
Emma Scott in The Butterfly ProjectHe pulled me toward him, wrapping his arms around me. A sob rose to my throat but I choked it down, and held him tight. As tight as he held me, and wherever we touched became proof to one another that we were not alone.
Emma Scott in The Butterfly ProjectI knew I was treading on thin ice. Criticism of anyone's art, no matter how good the intentions, could be risky business.
Emma Scott in The Butterfly ProjectYou can find beauty everywhere, even in the things that scare you the most.
Emma Scott in Full TiltI love how a few words, carefully chosen, can elicit deep reactions. Or evoke a certain mood, or make you feel something real.
Emma Scott in Bring Down the StarsHere's a helpful hint: If you nod, I can't see it. Or head shakes. Or shrugs. Or middle fingers. Or interpretive dances. When I ask you a question, you need to actually speak.
Emma Scott in Rush"A semicolon is where a writer can choose to end the sentence," she said, tucking a lock of brown hair behind her ear. "But they don't. The story goes on. It's a symbol of hope. To keep going." She smiled tremulously. "Sometimes I need that reminder."
Emma Scott in All InFor you, I would
bring down the stars,
wreath their fire
around your neck
like diamonds,
and watch them
pulse
to the beat of your heart
Like any sugary treat, it tasted heavenly at first, but if you gorged on it, you'd be sick.
SüßigkeitenEmma Scott in All InI worried I would grow up to be trash too, and would hurt any woman I might someday love, so I vowed not to love anyone.
Emma Scott in Bring Down the StarsYou deserve to be loved as you are, Darlene. Not in bits and pieces.
Emma Scott in Forever Right NowThe universe is listening. You get back what you put in. Negative shit gets you negative shit. Positive energy begets positive energy. Whatever you put out there in the universe, it listens. And then it answers. So when I talk, I try to give it something it wants to hear and hope it answers with something I want to hear.
KarmaEmma Scott in Forever Right NowI love you, Noah. With my heart and my soul and this body. With every part of me. I love you so much you don't have to see it. You can feel it.
LiebeserklärungenEmma Scott in RushI didn't know it then - I couldn't have - but in that moment, the rest of my life, or what was left of it, began.
Emma Scott in Full TiltShe gave a little gasp and her lips parted for me. I deepened the kiss, while wondering how I'd lived twenty-four years without having kissed her before.
Emma Scott in Forever Right Now"Everything good in my life is because of you. How do I thank you for that?"
"You don't, silly. Just love me, Sawyer."
"Not this time." I said, gruffly. "Hold on to me." She raised her eyes to mine, uncertain. "Sawyer…" "And I'll hold on to you, okay?" I said. "Just as tightly."
Emma Scott in Forever Right NowI'm scared shitless… and yet when I'm with you, I see something real. For the first time in my life, I want whatever we have to be real.
Emma Scott in Forever Right Now