Emm Cole Quotes

There's never going to be someone else," he says, shaking his head. "You've wrecked me. I wouldn't be any good to anybody now—except for you.
Emm Cole
It's a messy business--being alive. But I'd rather have this short time with those I love than have an easy time. We forget about the things we saw that morning,and we choose to build a bigger sandcastle.
Emm Cole
You will never be lost to me, Selinne.
Emm Cole
Nobody wants to admit that mermaids who survive the dangers of the ocean can still be defeated by their own pain." He links his fingers through mine. He squeezes my hand until I look back. "A mermaid's heart is the most fragile thing in the sea. You've somehow managed to keep yours beating. The shield doesn't matter. What matters is you're a survivor.
Emm Cole
Let the whole world knock on that door. I'm not opening it.
Emm Cole
A Seer dreams of all kinds of endings, but never a happy one for herself.
Emm Cole
No. Your thoughts are what make you. But your body isn't a meaningless thing either. Call me strange, but I think only the person you love the most should see you like that. And not here--in an ugly, dirty place--when you haven't even thought about it.
Emm Cole
I'd die of a broken heart before breaking yours.
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Home is the place that expects the most of you, but still welcomes you at your worst. And she has always been my home, my Merminia.
Emm Cole
I think the purest of souls, those with the most fragile of hearts, must be meant for a short life. They can't be tethered or held in your palm.Just like a sparrow, they light on your porch. Their song might be brief, but how greedy would we be to ask for more? No, you cannot keep a sparrow. You can only hope that as they fly away, they take a little bit of you with them.
Emm Cole
What matters most, is not how my end happens, or if it happens now. What I care about in this instant, is that she knows how much I love her—that I lived long enough to have her love me back.
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I've misplaced it all, but I can't seem to lose my brother. It's a priceless gift--to have his love at a time when I've done nothing to earn it.
Emm Cole
...our souls may be consumed by shadows, but that doesn't mean we have to behave as monsters.
Emm Cole
Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool.
Emm Cole