Roz Nay > Quotes

“Pijn is echt, maar hoop ook...”
― Roz Nay

“Honestly I've learned that everything's a competition. And that everyone has an agenda even if they don't admit it.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“But there were thoughts, not actions, and you can't get in trouble for thinking things. Because if you could, wouldn't everyone in the world be in jail?”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“What's the point of doing something twice when it's been done perfectly the first time? It's the same reason I won't fall in love now.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“Moving when you're 15 is terrifying. It's not fun, it's not an adventure, it's not a wild ride to wonderful things, baby. In 9th grade I said goodbye to my friends and watched them fade away from me even while I was still standing there. When people get older, they're supposed to cope better with separation, but I don't know whether that's true. Are we honestly meant to believe the important ones will stay with us wherever we go?”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“Because pain isn’t in houses.” He swallowed hard. “And when something like that happens, it ties you to the house. It’s like a scar you grow into. I can’t explain it.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“You play the cards you're dealt. Everyone does.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“Sometimes I think that the sky's just a dark blanket, and behind it is totally bright light. Those stars are just little pinprick holes in the cloth, letting us see what's behind.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“You know, life's not controllable. you do the best you can with the chances you get. And on you go.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“I've always loved forests - the way the light filters down, the stillness, what the trees witness and never tell.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“When people get older, they're supposed to cope better with separation, but I don't know whether that's true. Are we honestly meant to believe the important ones will stay with us wherever we go?”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“Whatever you put out into the universe is an energy that changes everything.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“All love stories are crime stories and all crime stories, love. If you say that's not true, you're not looking properly. Perhaps when two people join, it's inevitable, the things they'll damage in each other.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“I felt settled, happy, as if there'd been parts of myself I hadn't known I'd missed until he brought them back for me.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“He was a rarity, a resilient light, and with a world full of choices surrounding him, he continued to choose me.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“We've got a lifetime of this ahead of us; it's a marathon, not a sprint.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret

“I believe in soulmates, but my mom says there's no such thing. She says there are tons of people a person could be with, not just one. Believing in a soulmate is like believing in Santa. According to her it's only ever about timing - who you meet and whether you're ready. That's all it is.”
― Roz Nay, Our Little Secret