Sometimes the picture someone else paints of us is a more accurate portrayal than a reflection. What we see in the mirror is always reversed. A portrait not only allows us to see our own faces, but how it looks to others. Megan Hart More Quotes by Megan Hart More Quotes From Megan Hart My head's filled up with all the reasons it won't work. And I keep running the figures, over and over, but I can't seem to come up with an answer. Megan Hart filled-up answers running He hadn’t been her first lover or the first boy to give her an orgasm. He hadn’t even been the first she’d loved. He’d been the first to turn her inside out with something as simple as a smile. The first to make her doubt herself. He’d taken her deeper than anyone ever had, and yet she hadn’t drowned. Megan Hart taken simple boys He put my fingertips to his mouth and kissed them. Licked the trace of blood away. Made them clean. Then I knew the truth I had been denying. He made me clean. Dan made me clean and shining and bright. He made me beautiful, and I did not want to lose him. Megan Hart shining beautiful blood I might be alone, but i'm never lonely. Megan Hart lonely might I looked at the cards in my hand, the queen of hearts nestled between the king of clubs and the king of spades. No wonder she was smiling. Megan Hart queens kings heart The hardest lies to detect are the ones surrounded by truth. Megan Hart hardest lying Sometimes,” Joe said after a bit, “it’s just easier to keep being what everyone expects you to be. Even if that’s what you’re not, anymore. Megan Hart easier said sometimes Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy. Megan Hart grief joy trying Can I tell you honestly that I'd rather be in your life as your friend than nothing at all? Megan Hart honestly Tears disturb and confuse men, but women know the relief they can bring. I didn't cry because I couldn't deal with my life, but because I could. Megan Hart relief tears men I've been hit on plenty of times, mostly by men with little finesse who thought what was between their legs made up for what they lacked between their ears. Megan Hart legs ears men Jealousy smells like the water in the bottom of a flower vase after the flowers have died. Megan Hart smell flower water This is the truth. I have been in love. I have been in lust. I’ve made good choices and bad ones, I have been smart and I’ve been stupid. But I have never in my life felt the way I do now, here, with Will. Megan Hart smart choices stupid Perfection is too high a goal to strive for. Sometimes working hard brings Megan Hart satisfaction goal perfection It is such a secret place, the land of tears. That is what the narrator ofThe Little Prince says after the little prince argues with him the first time about matters of consequence. And he was right. My land of tears had been a secret for a very long time. Megan Hart secret-places land long I didn’t fall in love with James. Falling sounds like an accident. Falling hurts. I’d fallen in love with Michael, fallen hard like slipping off a cliff and hitting the rocks below. Falling in love was something I’d vowed never to do again. I chose to love James. Megan Hart rocks falling-in-love hurt If you want to know how someone really feels, you almost never have to ask. Megan Hart know-how want feels You know what they say. Best revenge is looking good, right? Megan Hart best-revenge looking-good revenge Sometimes when things break, you can hold them together for a while with string or glue or tape. Sometimes, nothing will hold what’s broken, and the pieces fly all over, and though you think you might be able to find them all again, one or two will always be missing. I flew apart. I broke. I shattered like a crystal vase dropped on a concrete floor, and pieces of me scattered all over. Some of them I was glad to see go. Some I never wanted to see again. Megan Hart broken two thinking You can't hurt someone who doesn't care about you. Megan Hart hurts-someone care hurt