Too often, women are portrayed in two ways: as prizes to be won by men or as damsels in distress. Ann Aguirre More Quotes by Ann Aguirre More Quotes From Ann Aguirre I'll always want him. Until every sun goes dark in every sky, until I am nothing more than long-forgotten cosmic dust, I will want him. And even then I suspect my particles will long for his. Ann Aguirre dust dark sky Sometimes the past needed to stay buried; it was the only way you could move on. And sometimes you had to dig it up, because that too was the only way. Ann Aguirre way past moving More than most, I know the pain of surviving. Ann Aguirre surviving pain knows I’ve lost so many people. Some I left on purpose and never looked back. Some were taken from me, and I never said good-bye. Ann Aguirre taken bye people Time is fluid, so the moments where everything feels perfect pass in a wink, and those where you're on your knees in despair drag on like the death of a thousand cuts. Ann Aguirre despair cutting perfect Most people can’t stomach silence; it provides too much opportunity to think about things they prefer to avoid. Ann Aguirre opportunity people thinking My skill didn't lie in planning battles, only in fighting them. Ann Aguirre fighting skills lying Once exposed, a secret loses all its power. Ann Aguirre exposed truth secret Sometimes I miss the old me. Ann Aguirre missing sometimes You don’t know what it’s like to be alone until you’ve had someone inside your head. Ann Aguirre knows We stand a professional distance apart, as if I can’t feel his pain screaming in my head. Mine amplifies his; they share a joint sound—that of glass breaking—until they swell to a crescendo that deafens. Ann Aguirre distance glasses pain People try to make sense of things, and if they don’t know the answers, they make them up,because for some, a wrong answer is better than none. Ann Aguirre answers trying people I felt like the blonde in every horror movie who hears a noise in the basement and goes to investigate alone. Sometimes you smell the stupid all around you, but you step in it anyway. Ann Aguirre smell blonde stupid If I ever win you," he said, anger bright in his pale eyes, "it will be because you want me more. Not because he's gone. I'm nobody's second best. Ann Aguirre eye gone winning Love sounded terrible if it made you so weak, you couldn't survive with out it. Ann Aguirre terrible weak made She carries chaos like an overcoat. Ann Aguirre overcoat carrie chaos I swept down the stairs to find Fade waiting for me at the bottom. His dark eyes widened, and for the first time since I'd known him, he was speechless. He stared up at me like I was everything he ever wanted. Ann Aguirre eye waiting dark I know just how he feels that it’s come to this. Sometimes, love isn’t enough, even when it’s all you have. Ann Aguirre enough feels sometimes He’s worth fighting for, but I won’t change who I am for any man. No more than he should alter himself to suit me. Ann Aguirre who-i-am fighting men Stalkers lips curled into a sneer. "You won't make a move without him, huh? That's embarrassing." "No," I said softly. "It just hurts because you wish it was you. Ann Aguirre hurt wish moving
