Beautifully Damaged Quotes
"I'm shy so find without the benefit of alcohol I'm too nervous to get up in front of a room filled with people and sing."
"Since I was a little girl. I was raised by a single parent and though my dad taught me all kinds of useful skills none of them were considered typical female skills so he enrolled me in piano lessons. As it happened, I was a quick study."
"I'm an aspiring writer, thought this was the place to be."
"I slept until two in the afternoon and was less than eager to leave my bedroom."
"Gamblers are a tough lot, kiddo. Seems to me since their relationship is only in the infancy that Lena ought to pull stakes and get out of Dodge."
"Your shyness, as you call it? I don't think it is shyness at all baby girl because I've seen you go toe-to-toe with a team of men and hold your own."
"I am so sorry that I've been such a bitch, Ember."
"No, I just can't figure out why you'd want to come here."
"I like you, Trace. I came because I missed looking at you -- being with you."
"So a single man doesn't keep tea in the house?"
"I don't see the point in his character. He's annoying."
"I lost a little part of my heart to him that day."
"This isn't working, Ember. You need to move out."
"I thought we could go over to your apartment and get your stuff."
"I'd give it all to you, Ember -- but me -- I'm not a good bet."
"I can't hurt you like this, Ember. I do want you here."
"Because the past is the past. Talking about it doesn't change it."
"I love you and that includes all of your demons. I'm not going anywhere."
"You're my balm, my lifeline, Ember, and everything that this fucked-up man has to give you: this body, my heart, and my damaged soul, is yours."
"He's given you the line, right, that he isn't good enough for you?"
"I'm all kinds of fucked up, Ember, and there are going to be times when I can't give you everything you deserve."
"I'm not arrogant enough to believe that I'm the only one you've done this with so how many others have you treated to this little chat?"
"I always thought of kissing as a mildly pleasant activity but Trace made it an art form."
"Consider it official, Trace. Being here with you is exactly where I want to be."
"It isn't everyday a wish comes true and you, Ember, are the answer to my wish."
"Demons or not, there was a wealth of love in that man."
"I'm not your forever guy, Ember. We were never going to have the happily-ever-after."
"I thought you would have come to your senses by now and realized that you were slumming by being with me."
"Stay the fuck away from him, Ember. Do you hear me? I don't want you anywhere near that man."
"In my life I will never love anyone like I love you."
"Regardless of what was going on in Trace's head, I wanted to assure him that I wasn't going anywhere."
"I'm saying if you can't let me in, we're never going to work."
"I had the distinct impression that he was waiting for me to deny the claim."
"A self-fulfilling prophecy. I never really understood that concept because I never really believed it was possible."
"I don't care what secrets you have because the man you've become stems in part from those secrets."
"I'll never truly know you and if I never truly know you, then what's the point of whatever this is between us?"
"Every other person in my life comes to realize that I'm a piece of shit, so why not you."
"It's not a matter of trust, Ember, I just don't see the point in sharing the ugliness of my past."
"The less you know about my past and personal life the better."
"You were too much of coward to hold onto it."
"Every action that your nephew makes is tainted by his past."
"I can't wait, Ember. I need to be inside you."
"All that I am, Ember, this very damaged and unworthy man, is yours."
"God, I've missed you, Ember, and that pig-headed father of yours."
"Having never experienced that kind of love, I don't understand it but I should have respected it."
"You are the most important thing in my life and I need to keep you safe."
"I've been trying to figure out the best way to tell you and I'll admit that I've procrastinated in telling you because there really isn't a good way to say what I need to say."
"On the contrary, it was surprisingly easy, Ember, because I was coming back to you."
"You, Trace, are good: deep down to the bone good."
"It was your dad driving that car, Trace, not you. The fact that you sought us out and felt responsible speaks to your character, son. You are a good man."
"Get used to it," I muttered and he chuckled.
"Under her watchful eyes, I developed a real love of food and not just the eating of it but also the creating and presenting it."
"That's why you believe that all good things come to an end."
"You own me, Ember, body and soul and I crave your touch both inside and out."
"Holding it and feeling it is only hurting you because he's beyond it now. Maybe he's here... but wherever he is, thinking about him only makes him significant and he isn't."
"I love you, Trace, regardless of what your father may or may not have done to my mom. The son will not be made to pay for the sins of the father."
"You're gorgeous, it's your eyesight that's failing if you can't see it."
"You're all I want, you're all I need, you're everything, everything."
"You asking me to marry you is hands down the greatest moment of my life. Thank you."
"A child that comes from the love we have for each other, a child that is a part of both you and me, how could I not want that?"
"I don't deserve you but I'll never let you go."
"Mandy was my life. What I felt for her is exactly as you feel for my daughter. We belonged to the other from the moment we set eyes on each other."
"For twenty-eight years I believed I was a good for nothing and was self-destructive because deep down I believed I wasn't worthy and then you came into my life."
"Your mom tried to rescue me but it was you who saved me, Ember. The daughter of the woman killed because of my family is the one who saved me."
"You won't regret it, Ember, I'll make you deliriously happy: every second of every day."
"I'm not a lawyer but the contract looks good to me, in fact, it seems as if it was written with Ember's interests in mind and not your own."
"I always wanted a sister." Chelsea pulled back and her smile was breathtaking.
"As long as you say 'I do' I don't care about the details."
"I'll dream of you..." I looked up at him and smiled before I added, "...and cake-pops."
"She made sure that Chelsea and I were safe but it was you, Ember, who saved me."