Quotes by C. M. Stevens

“It's as if he wants me to say he could have stopped his dad, so he's handing me a whip to beat him. But I won't, because I'm glad he hid. Glad he's beside me instead of six feet under.””

“In this case, your life is your art, and no one, but you can tell you how to finish this piece. You just have to live it and see how it turns out. And if you don't like it, you do what I do when I'm working on a canvas that goes south.''What's that?''You paint over it,' she says.””

“Whenever I'm with Bodee, it feels as if I'm made of glass. Mascara, blush, and fake smiles never fool him. Maybe it comes from years seeing his mother hide her fears from the world. But I'm not ready to share.””

“There’s an art to crying without a sound, and I’m a master. But””

“In a way I’m better. Telling Bodee has released some of the pressure. In but another way, I’m worse, because I can’t tell him I’m better. We define “better” differently.””

“In a way I’m better. Telling Bodee has released some of the pressure. But in another way, I’m worse, because I can’t tell him I’m better. We define “better” differently.””

“What are the stars telling you?" I asked.Max pushed up on his elbows and pretended to strain his ear toward the sky. "They say...They say...you're allowed to forgive yourself."I rolled sideways...and he did the same."For what?" I asked."Living.""I'm not very good at that," I admitted."Well, you kissed someone without flinching. Maybe you're getting better.""Maybe it's just you."He didn't argue.””

“I made you a mix tapeThat I worried you’d hateBut you called me at three a.m.With it playingSoftly sayingSong number threeIs about you and meand I’ve felt the same way for a while””

“My dad's mom, Pazie, has this formal dining room, and it's so formal no one is allowed to use it. Some people have hearts like that, and I'm worried I'm becoming one of them. I feel myself shutting down, closing off, like I should tell people, "No, we don't use this heart anymore. It's too fragile.””