Mia Sheridan Quotes

No matter who we are, we have to take the hand we're dealt, crappy though it may be, and try our very best to move forward anyway, to love anyway, to have hope anyway... to have faith that there's a purpose to the journey we're on... And try to believe that maybe more light shines out of those who have the most cracks.
Mia Sheridan
We had everything we needed. None of it was big. Most of it was simple. But what I knew in that moment was that the size of your home, your car, your wallet, doesn’t have one single thing to do with the size of your life. And my life...my life felt big, filled with love and with meaning.
Mia Sheridan
He's looking at me intensely now like he can read my mind. Which of course, he can. Maybe I'm an open book, or maybe love is like a magnifying glass straight into the souls of those who own your heart.
Mia Sheridan
People suffer all over the world, every day. But people triumph all over the world every day, too.
Mia Sheridan
I pressed inside her, inch by inch, gazing into her face. Her beauty. Mesmerizing. I was awed that I was inside her . . . or nearly. When I came to the barrier of her virginity, I met her eyes, full of trust and wonder, and whispered, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, sweet Lydia. Mo Chroí." And then I pressed inside, tearing her. She cried out in pain. I wanted to comfort her, but it felt so blessedly good that I could only bring my forehead to hers, holding myself still by sheer force of will, gritting my teeth to stop myself from thrusting, while she became used to my invasion. Why did it have to be that something that felt so wonderful to me hurt her?
Mia Sheridan
I want to be able to love youmore than I fear losing you, and I don't know how. Teach me, Bree. Please teach me. Don't let me destroy this.
Mia Sheridan
I love looking up at the stars because they make me believe that some things in this world are permanent.
Mia Sheridan
Why are you looking at me? His eyes search mine for several long seconds before he holds contact and whispers, " Because I like your face.
Mia Sheridan
Sometimes therapy takes years and years, and sometimes it can happen in one miraculous instant, a lifetime of doubt and self-hatred healed in a moment of astounding love.
Mia Sheridan
Life was full of so many possibilities - why should you spend even one day of it being bored?
Mia Sheridan
He looks between the two. "Evie," he starts, as if he's explaining something to a five year old, "You do know that they can say whatever they want to on the package, right? It doesn't mean it's true.""Well, see," I counter, "You're right. But you're also wrong. I think that 95 percent of knowing you're the greatest is all about confidence. You might suspect you're the greatest, you might hope you're the greatest, but if you don't have the balls to proclaim yourself the greatest in bold packaging, and let your critics test you if they dare, then you probably aren't the greatest. Who can resist the guy who really, truly believes in himself?
Mia Sheridan
I don't think you can judge every man by one or two who let you down
Mia Sheridan
There's nothing on earth like the feel of someone who loves you grasping your hand in the dark when you're lost and afraid
Mia Sheridan
If you let it, pain makes more space for love within you. And the love we carry inside makes us strong when nothing else can
Mia Sheridan
There are many soul-stirring things in this world, but not many as profound as watching the beautiful man you love holding the baby you created together. No, not many.
Mia Sheridan
We had each reacted differently in a moment of terror, and yet we both still hurt. Maybe there was no right or wrong, no black or white, only a thousand shades of grey when it came to pain and what we each held ourselves responsible for.
Mia Sheridan
I want to be able to love you, more than I fear losing you, and I don’t know how.
Mia Sheridan