R.C. Lewis > Quotes

“Just because you don't see something doesn't mean it isn't there. The stars are always there.”
― R.C. Lewis, Spinning Starlight

“Brave is being scared and doing what needs to be done anyway”
― R.C. Lewis, Stitching Snow

“Not that complicated. I think I'm in love with you, Essie. But I also think you're not ready. I shouldn't have sprung it on you like that, so I decided to take it at your speed.”
― R.C. Lewis, Stitching Snow

“If we go ahead with it...if you say yes...how do we tell our children that we fell in love after I kidnapped you?”
― R.C. Lewis, Stitching Snow

“Life was so much easier back when I was selfish.”
― R.C. Lewis, Stitching Snow

“...My choice wasn't supposed to include you coming along and getting killed, too, and when I'm probably going to die anyway, you shouldn't waste your feelings on me.

You're brilliant, Essie, but you're still dim on a few things. Feelings can't be wasted. Knowing they're real for however long they last makes them worth having.”
― R.C. Lewis, Stitching Snow

“Dimwit Essie queen Essie, he said. Essie mother proud.”
― R.C. Lewis, Stitching Snow

“Like Durant always says, if someone knows something you don't, don't be proud—just get learning, quick.”
― R.C. Lewis, Spinning Starlight

“Some journeys can only be made once. Some partings aren't what they seem. Some endings must be so something else can begin.”
― R.C. Lewis, Spinning Starlight

“That's the point of art, Liddi. It reminds us that thinking is well and good, but feeling is what makes us alive.”
― R.C. Lewis, Spinning Starlight

“Jahmari once told me an old Crimna saying about obsession,” he says, tucking the tools away. “It's fine to feed one, as long as you starve it once in a while, too.”
― R.C. Lewis, Spinning Starlight

“Feelings can’t be wasted. Knowing they’re real for however long they last makes them worth having.” Something wrenched inside me. “You’re wrong. Feelings can be real without being worth anything at all.” “Why’s that?” “Because somewhere inside me is the little girl who loved her father, and in his twisted black heart, he does love me. After all he’s done, what’s that worth?”
― R.C. Lewis, Stitching Snow

“Just the ocean and the sky, one reflecting the other, going on and on to the edge of the world. It silences the constant “I-should-be-doing-something” in my head.”
― R.C. Lewis, Spinning Starlight

“One wrong move. One mistake. One accident. One is such a deceptively small number.”
― R.C. Lewis, Spinning Starlight

“Sweetheart, they aren’t gone. Just because you can’t see something doesn’t mean it isn’t there. The stars are always there.”
― R.C. Lewis, Spinning Starlight

“inside”
― R.C. Lewis, Stitching Snow