Categories | Women’s Literature & Fiction |
Author | Rebecca Yarros |
Publisher | Entangled: Amara; Reprint edition (December 26, 2023) |
Language | English |
Paperback | 400 pages |
Item Weight | 12 ounces |
Dimensions |
5.38 x 1 x 8.25 inches |
I. Book introduction
Be careful what you wish for…
Lt. Grayson Masters is focused on graduating the Apache helicopter course, and the last thing he needs is his gorgeous new roommate Samantha Fitzgerald distracting him. While her smart mouth and free spirit are irresistibly irritating, he can’t deny their off-the-charts chemistry, no matter how hard he tries.
Having just been expelled from college, Sam has no business digging for Grayson’s secrets while she’s hiding her own, but that doesn’t stop her from trying to tear down his walls. Each barrier she busts through drops one of her own, though, and she’s not prepared for the truth: another woman laid claim to Grayson’s heart long ago.
Falling in love is something neither Grayson nor Sam can afford, and when that line is crossed and secrets are exposed, they’ll learn that sometimes it’s the answered prayers that will put you through hell.
The Flight & Glory series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
- Book #1 Full Measures
- Book #2 Eyes Turned Skyward
- Book #3 Beyond What is Given
- Book #4 Hallowed Ground
- Book #5 The Reality of Everything
Editorial Reviews
“Rebecca Yarros writes words that are pure, sweet, sizzling poetry. Compelling characters and a realistic, emotional journey. You want this book.” ~Tessa Bailey, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author
“Beautiful, hopeful, heartbreaking, and real. Rebecca Yarros makes me feel. She breaks my heart only to mend it back stronger.” ~Rachel Harris, New York Times Bestselling Author
“This book was phenomenal. In my opinion- her best to date.” ~Book Starlets
“Good” doesn’t even begin to describe how good this book was–more like beautiful, heartbreaking, wonderful, amazing.” ~Shelly, Give Me Books
About Rebecca Yarros
Rebecca Yarros is an American author. She is best known for the Empyrean fantasy book series, which will be adapted into a television series with Amazon; Yarros will serve as a non-writing executive producer. Yarros graduated from Troy University, where she studied European history and English.
The first book in the Empyrean series, Fourth Wing, was published in April 2023 by Red Tower Books. In May, it landed fourth on the Libro.fm bestseller list. By late June, it was a number one bestseller on Amazon. As of August 2024, the book had spent 65 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, including in the top position. It also landed on the Libro.fm bestseller list in the second spot in August and third spot in September. Additionally, it was a top-ten book club pick for September. In October and November 2023, Fourth Wing was on USA Today’s list of the top ten bestselling books. In March 2024 the title was shortlisted for the Young Adult Jury Award of the German Youth Literature Awards which will be awarded at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October.
The sequel, Iron Flame, was released in November 2023. In July 2023, Waterstones indicated that it became the “fastest selling pre-order title in a single day on [the] website with [the] special edition selling out in just seven hours”. Yarros has indicated that the series will ultimately include five books.
In October 2023, it was announced that Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society and Amazon MGM Studios purchased the rights to adapt the novel series into a television series. Yarros and Entangled Publishing’s Liz Pelletier will serve as non-writing executive producers.
In 2014, Full Measures was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Goodreads Author.
In 2019, Kirkus Reviews included The Last Letter on their list of the year’s best books.
Fourth Wing was an Amazon, Libro.fm, New York Times, and USA Today bestselling novel. It was also a top ten book club pick for September 2023. Booklist included it on their “Top 10 SF/Fantasy & Horror: 2023” list.
Rebecca Yarros began writing while her husband was deployed in Afghanistan. As of October 2023, she and her husband have six children.
Yarros has Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, as do her sons. Yarros and her husband initially fostered a daughter, eventually adopting her; their daughter is nonverbal and on the autism spectrum. Through the nonprofit OneOctober, which she co-founded with her husband in 2019, Yarros is passionate about improving the lives of children in the foster system.
II. Reviewer: Beyond What is Given
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1. BEVERLY reviews for Beyond What is Given
A love story that rivals other love stories, that is what Beyond What is Given is to me. This story made me feel so many different things. It broke my heart in two, made me question myself and almost drove me to drink. I see people say that a lot and I laugh, but I don’t think I have really experienced it until now. If it wasn’t 9 am when I was reading this I would have definitely drank!
“One mistake doesn’t define your life.”
Samantha Fitzgerald is on the run from her past and her mistakes. Her life has taken a complete detour after getting kicked out of school. Her life has lost direction and she is struggling with her guilt and feelings of failure. Where do you go when the life you had planned goes up in flames, to your family. Since her only biological family, her mom, is in Afghanistan she decides to run to her chosen family. Josh and Jagger have a room open and offer her a place to stay in Alabama.
Grayson Masters is closed off and isolated, no one knows who the real Grayson is, even his roommates and closest friends. I have been intrigued with Grayson from the very beginning. He is always running home to North Carolina, he doesn’t date, and is completely focused on being the best Apache pilot. I always admired his dedication, but didn’t really understand it. Now that I do, I love Grayson, for serious, he is my favorite. Grayson is driven, compassionate, caring and self-sacrificing.
“She’s all fire, and sass, and a touch of insanity, I’m pretty sure. But she does something to me, makes me see the world again.”
When Sam moves in with Jagger, Josh and Grayson it seems like a recipe for disaster. At first the two appear to be complete opposites and despite their attraction to each other, are not fans of the other. Regardless, they can’t help the pull they feel towards the other. From here, have your drink ready. I swear when these two started to fall my heart was breaking, but in the most wonderful way. I was in, completely invested and dying for more.
Beyond What is Given is not the kind of book you put down, no it’s the kind of book you start and finish in one day. It’s the kind of book you stop and breathe, but then jump right back in. It’s the kind of book you rush to finish because you want to see what happens next, but then immediately regret rushing when you finish. This book gave me a massive book hangover and I just wanted more. If you haven’t read this series yet, stop waiting and jump in!
The Flight and Glory Series features different couples, but are all related.
ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review.
2. AJ reviews for Beyond What is Given
Such a beautiful story!
4.5 stars.
The third book in the Flight & Glory series, these books are focussed around a group of friends who are training to be military pilots. They feature strong characters and engaging stories with just the right amount of drama, lots of feels, some laughs, and fantastic (and sexy) romance. And this book, featuring Grayson and Samantha, certainly lived up to my expectations.
While this book is technically a standalone, it does tie in very closely with the previous books in the series. Grayson is roommates with Josh (book 1) and Jagger (book 2); and Samantha is best friends with Ember (from book 1), and as a good friend to Josh and Jagger, she moves in with the boys as their fourth roommate. It’s very much Grayson and Samantha’s story, and while you can easily follow it as a standalone, you’ll probably get more out of it having read the other two books in the series first.
Samantha is new to town, having just moved from Colorado. She made a mistake which threw her life into disarray, and she is hoping to make a fresh start. But the hope she had of moving on is scrapped when her past follows her and she is kicked out of College before she even makes a start.
“I’ve crumbled my entire future, shredded any hope of finishing college, and killed off who I used to be. And I don’t…I don’t know how to come back from something like that.”
Grayson is a strong and silent tormented hero… *swoon*. A little quiet and closed off perhaps, but absolutely focussed on his future and dedicated to his flight training. But privately, he is nursing a devastating secret from his past. He has been through hell, and hasn’t been able to drag himself out of it yet, and for five years he has lived his life consumed with guilt and hopelessness.
From the moment Grayson and Sam meet, they are attracted to each other, but with neither of them in a position to start a relationship – or even a ‘friends with benefits’ situation – neither of them act on their feelings. But their connection to each other cannot be denied and they become good friends, and even though they are both guarding their pasts, they are there for each other, they have fun and laugh together, and their friendship cracks their shells and starts to bring them back to life.
“There are broken people in the world, Samantha. But you’re not one of them. Dinged-up maybe, but not broken, and definitely not beyond repair.”
She shone like the sun, fiery, a little temperamental, and she was burning away the darkness I’d lived in for so long.
The secrets of their pasts are hinted at, and I had guessed the actual story with both of them before they’re revealed, but it doesn’t take too long before they’re ready to open up to each other. The secrets of their pasts are tied in with the reasons neither of them have made a move towards something ‘more’, and their situations are definitely complicated, but they soon reach a point where they can’t hold back any longer.
“I’m going to tell you every bad, ugly think about me. You’re going to tell me every bad, ugly thing about you, and then we’ll decide what to do about this insane pull between us.”
I licked my bottom lip. “Oh, you think there’s a pull between us? I thought we were just friends.”
His gray eyes sliced through me, cutting me all the way to my soul. “Samantha, if we weren’t about to discuss our deepest secrets, I’d lay you across the table, strip those sexy little capris off your ass, and bury my tongue between your thighs. God knows I’ve thought about it enough. How’s that for friends. Really, it’s more of a force of nature, but I’ll settle for you admitting that there’s a pull.”
My mouth was suddenly dry. I was never going to look at this table the same way again. “There’s a pull,” I admitted softly.
Holy hotness!!! Yes, Grayson has a surprising (but welcome) dirty side, but this is definitely a relationship based on emotion, and I love, love, love the way things progress between them. Completely open and honest with each other, the strength of the connection between them is beautifully explored and though it’s slow, it’s done really well with lots of sweet and funny moments, a nice amount of sexy time and of course lots and lots of heart.
“Samantha, take the chance. No matter what’s happening between us, whether we’re friends – or more – whatever we decide, I will be here for you. I will not abandon you, no matter what you’ve done, or what you do. If you can still trust me, take a chance on me, and I’ll prove it.”
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“You’re the only girl I want.”
But then just when they are finding their happy, their world is pulled out from underneath them again, and OMG, the feeeeeeeels! It’s shocking and super emotional, and though I had predicted some of the events, I still read with my heart pounding as it all unfolded. It’s angsty reading – but the good kind of angst – and Grayson and Samantha definitely have a difficult journey ahead of them. Their relationship is put to the test, and individually they are forced to confront the demons of their past in order to find a way to move forward, and their journeys are amazing.
“She’s this wrecking ball who tears down my defences and makes me feel, forces me to live. My need for her is about the same as my need for oxygen.”
All that they go through (past and present) is s heartbreaking reading, but it’s so beautifully written, I loved watching it all play out.
“You kick-started my heart and brought me to life the minute you opened your mouth and dished my own shit back at me. You gave me something to fight for, a reason to see beyond the shit hand fate had given me, and start to imagine a future. And when I think about my life, you’re all I see. You’re it. You are my miracle.”
Rebecca Yarros has a real talent for this kind of story. She mixes romance, drama, angst, heartache and heavy emotion without it overwhelming the story or reaching a point where you get irritated or annoyed with the characters. Yes, they go through a lot, but they handle it honestly and realistically, and I could empathise with both Grayson and Samantha and all that they went through. The emotion drew me right into the story and I felt everything, and I love when a book does that!
I really loved this book, and am definitely looking forward to more from the series.
4.5 stars.
3. KIM R reviews for Beyond What is Given
AN EPIC LOVE STORY WITH HEARTWRENCHING FEELS!
I finished BEYOND WHAT IS GIVEN over a week ago and I have held off on writing a review because I needed time to process. And truthfully? I have not fully recovered from this book hangover. All I can say is…Wow. Just wow! Even recalling it now, it stirs up a multitude of tears and soul shattering emotions. This was just such a beautiful, remarkable, powerfully moving love story! I have cherished all of the books in Rebecca Yarros’s Flight and Glory series, but there’s just something about Grayson and Sam’s story that took ahold of my heart from page one and never let go.
Lt. Grayson Masters was by far my favorite flyboy in the series…tall, ruggedly handsome, deliciously broody, with a gruff tenderness and fierce chivalrous streak that made me go weak in the knees.This self-sacrificing, swoony Alpha male carried such a heavy burden on his impossibly broad shoulders and was noble to a fault, but it just endeared him to me that much more. My heart broke for him over and over again, so much so that I too wanted to rail at the heavens, at the tragic circumstances that left him stuck between a rock and a hard place, at horribly bad timing, at the terrible injustice of it all.
And his sweet, sassy roommate Samantha Fitzgerald, a misplaced college coed who possessed a beautiful spirit and hid behind a wall of hurt, was his polar opposite in every way. But together they just fit…like two halves of a whole. They healed each other, body and soul, and discovered a burning passion for each other beyond their wildest dreams. Not that it was smooth sailing. There were choppy waters ahead, and storm clouds on the horizon. And man did sparks fly at times! Sam bewitched him. Confounded him. Drove Gray mad with fury and frenzied desire at times. And he did the same to her. But there was never a doubt that they would be there to catch one another when they fell, to bolster one another’s spirits when they needed it, to be one another’s steadfast anchor in good times and bad.
“So go ahead and fall. I’ve gotten really good at catching you.”
Theirs was an epic, soul deep love, but fate was not their friend. They had obstacle after obstacle strewn in their path, and at times, I wasn’t sure if they would survive the fallout. But just when it seemed as if they’d weathered the last storm, another catastrophic force of nature came crashing down around them, plummeting their hopes and dreams. And then, in an ironic twist of fate, Grayson received the miracle he’d been quietly hoping and praying for, dreaming of, but could ultimately sever his and Sam’s tenuous union forever. And then he was faced with an impossible choice that no man should ever have to make. But battle lines needed to be drawn and a heartbreaking, life altering decision had to be made.
“You’re my starboard, my right hand. But she’s my squall, this crazy storm that I never saw coming. I can’t let her go. I have to buckle up, hold on, and steer where she’s headed, because nothing else could compare after loving her.”
BWIG just overflowed with so much love and breathtaking passion and angst and heartache…not to mention jaw dropping twists and turns. Never a dull moment! The incredibly gifted Ms. Yarros is a master at her craft, a magnificent storyteller, and her beautiful, resplendent, atmospheric writing aroused so many intense emotions and gut-wrenching feels it literally left me breathless at times. I just fell so hard for these characters and lived vicariously through them as they embarked on their long and arduous journey together. I laughed and cried and shouted and screamed and FINALLY rejoiced as they eventually triumphed over all their adversity. And the ending? Perfecto! An exquisite HEA that made all the pain and suffering worth it!
So thank you, Rebecca Yarros for penning a truly unforgettable Flight and Glory story that will forever be embedded in my heart and soul.
4. SAMK reviews for Beyond What is Given
Every so often, I come across a book that gets under my skin and finds a special place in my heart forever. A book that is unforgettable; one that you can’t stop thinking about even after you have finished! A book that is of EPIC greatness !! And BEYOND WHAT IS GIVEN is one of those books!
This third book in the AMAZING Flight and Glory series, by the talented Rebecca Yarros, is hands down my favourite to date. It is heart wrenching, full of raw PASSION, and intense!!!! I am SO in love with Grayson Masters – the ULTRA ALPHA, brooding, delicious, protective, loyal and selfless hero stole my heart right from the very beginning. His self inflicted penance for a past accident shredded at my heart and soul. His sense of duty for both his family and the military was beyond admirable.
And I loved Samantha Fitzgerald – she was the complete opposite to Grayson; her sassy attitude and persona breaking thru the walls he held up so high. Grayson and Sam were the PERECT complements to each other yet fate was not on their side. Theirs was a case of “Right people. Wrong time,”.
Grayson and Sam’s connection was all-encompassing, passionate and soul deep. Their love and chemistry made my heart ache and soar at the same time!! The scenes between Grayson and Sam always brought a smile to my face and gave me goosebumps. And when fate stood in this couple’s way time after time, I was tearing my hair out and wanting to throw my phone at the wall in despair. So much angst and heartache but Ms. Yarros delivers an EPIC (and much deserved) HEA and epilogue with ALL THE FEELS!! An absolutely breathtaking story!! 5++ UNFORGETTABLE stars!!!!
5. RENEEM reviews for Beyond What is Given
Riveting, emotional love story that had me on the edge of my seat.
What magic is Rebecca sprinkling over these books? This was a wild emotional ride and I tore through this book SO fast. I LOVED it.
When Samantha “Sam” flunks out of college, she heads to Alabama to live with friends for a fresh start. There she meets…clashes with Lt. Grayson Masters, one of her new roommates. Grayson is focused, secretive, unavailable and oh so attractive. The chemistry between Sam and Grayson is instantaneous but both of them are hiding huge things about their pasts. When their hidden life becomes unavoidable, they need to figure out their priorities and decide if their relationship is worth fighting for.
What is it about a grumpy man with a tortured past and emotional unavailability? I was so excited when I found out Grayson had a book and he did not disappoint (we met him in book 2). This book kept me on the very edge of my seat and I was frantically texting an IRL book friend all of my frazzled, angsty thoughts and predictions. There were so many plot twists that I didn’t see coming and I was literally gasping out loud. Their love story was so moving and the life lessons they learned were so real and moving. I’m not sure how Rebecca wrote this series that manages to have a friend group, each with so many huge, dramatic problems still feel so realistic and authentic. This is so immersive and I need more people to go on this journey with me!! Highly, highly recommend.
6. JULIE P reviews for Beyond What is Given
I really enjoyed the story line in this book. Teddy Hamilton knocked it out of the park! However Adenrele Ojo kind of ruined the story for me. It grossed me out because she swallowed loudly and swished saliva around in her mouth throughout the whole book. I could have done without all that. This book would be better enjoyed by reading the Kindle version. Don’t waste a credit on the audio version.
I gave it 4 stars because I really enjoyed the story and it wasn’t the author’s fault. I will always continue to enjoy Rebecca Yarros’s books. I will just refrain the audio version is Adenrele Ojo is narrating.
7. FANNY reviews for Beyond What is Given
” Ambos son las personas indicadas en un mal momento. Las posibilidades estan en su contra … Pero Sam nunca se ha echado para atras frente a un reto ni a tomado la ruta facil. “
Beyond What Is Given es el tercer libro de la serie Flight & Glory de la autora Rebecca Yarros y narra la historia de amor de Samantha y Grayson ( personajes secundarios en los libros anteriores ).
Este libro era uno de los que mas esperaba poder leer, no solo porque la serie es increible, sino porque Grayson, el protagonista masculino me llamo mucho la atencion en el segundo libro, ademas tenia la sensacion de que ocultaba algun secreto y ¡ vaya ! lo que ocultaba era bastante grande.
Desde el comienzo la historia empieza de una forma que es casi imposible que no te enganches desde el primer capitulo, tiene un inicio ligero, tierno y muy atrapante.
Segun fui avanzando me iba enganchado cada vez mas, cada vez que pasaba algo impresionante pensaba que nada podria superar esa escena pero luego pasaban un par de capitulos y volvia a ocurrir algo increible y asi sucesivamente.
Tengo un nombre para las historias como estas, las llamo enredaderas porque te va a atrapando poco a poco, cuando necesitas un descanzo te das cuenta de que estas tan enganchada que no puedes dejar la lectura a medias, NECESITAS terminarla.
Reconozco que hubieron momentos en los que la trama decayo un poco y tambien que algunos aspectos de los personajes me sacaron de quicio, pero al final fue una historia hermosa, profunda, dulce y con el toque justo de drama ( aunque haya gente a la que le parecio demasiado dramatica ).
Sam, la protagonista femenina fue increible. Valiente, divertida, decidida, fuerte, muy simpatica y con una madurez que no muchas protagonistas tienen.
Grayson fue un buen protagonista, pero hubieron momentos en los que me saco de quicio con su indecision, ademas tenia tantas expectativas puestas en el, que en algunos momentos me senti decepcionada porque no era de la forma que yo pensaba que seria.
Me encantaria que la autora escribiera otro libro de ellos, como ha hecho con Josh y Ember, quizas cuando ellos sean un poco mas mayores.
Beyond What Is Given tiene el epilogo mas hermoso que he leido en todo el año!! es simplemente perfecto y admito que al leer el epilogo le subi media estrellas a la historia. * sonrojo *
Ahora a esperar por Hallowed Ground, que saldra en enero. Solo he leido el prologo y el primer libro y ya me muero de ganas por devorarlo, espero que tambien haya escenas de Paisley y Jagger y de Grayson y Sam.
” Cuanto dolor podia soportar una persona? De cuantas maneras se podia destrozar un corazon hasta que se secara y muriera? Queria que muriera. Al menos los sentimientos que venian con el. “
5 Estrellas!!!
8. MICHELLE reviews for Beyond What is Given
Beyond What is Given is the third in the Flight & Glory Series, but can be read as a standalone. Having not read the first two in the series, I can say that the author did am amazing job not spoiling the major plot points of the first two books, I feel like I can go into both stories without anything being ruined. And believe me, after reading this, I am so going to have to go back and read the first two books.
BWIG is the story of Grayson and Sam, one is a closed off and the other is trying to run from the past, both marred by past mistakes. Sam has left Colorado after being expelled from college for a fresh start, moving into a house filled with three guys, two of which are coupled with her friends… the third, well that’s where it becomes complicated.
Grayson has lived a shell of a life for the last five years. Splitting his life between Alabama where he lives and struggles to be the best in his training and back home in the Outer Banks of NC, where a part of him has been frozen in time. No one knows his past or really anything about him, but once Sam gets under his skin, all of that begins to change. For the first time since his world stopped spinning, he’s knocked off his axis and it’s all Sam’s fault.
Sam is in a downward spiral, something that Grayson knows all too well. He knows he can’t fix his mistakes, or change his own fate, but he knows he can help Sam from falling into the same darkness. The only problem is that he finds himself unable not to fall for her in the process.
There is a lot of secrecy to both Sam & Grayson’s past that need to be discovered for yourself. I can say without a doubt that Grayson’s past is horribly sad and tragic. My heart not only broke for him, but for what Sam had to endure while standing by his side.
Parker…. Grayson’s sister. I hate her. Even towards the end of the book I did not feel anything for her but pure hatred. So selfish. Even worse after everything is fully revealed.
I loved this story. Sam was this spitfire of a heroine that although a bit stubborn, I get where she was coming from for the most part. She was trying to be selfless and do the right thing and Grayson had a lot of closure he needed to find before he could prove to her where he stood.
There was no way not to love these two characters. Grayson, although he hid the most tragic and damaged parts of himself, was so honest. I loved that he said what he felt, even when it made him cringe. They had the best chemistry, the early moments were spectacular to watch unfold and then when they got past the bulk of the hurdles, and we got to experience them in all their glory.
I can’t wait to go back to the start to discover the two prior love stories that I missed.
9. LINDA reviews for Beyond What is Given
Beyond What is Given is the 3rd book in the Flight & Glory series, which is a military romance series. This is Sam (Samantha) and Grayson’s book.
I am really enjoying this series. This book was a little bit angsty and had some serious drama, but the love story was so good. I wasn’t that big of a fan of Sam in the previous books, but that totally changed in this book! Sam was a fantastic heroine. Grayson has a very tough exterior, but when his true character was revealed, I fell for him, too.
Overall, I recommend this series if you like the new adult romance genre. I’m personally looking forward to starting the last book- which is about Josh and Ember, who are my favorite couple in this series.
10. IRENE reviews for Beyond What is Given
5 stars
I seriously loved Beyond What is Given.
Loved the storyline, the characters were likable and very relatable. Their struggles brought out so many feels I couldn’t help but fall in love with both Grayson and Samantha.
III. Beyond What is Given Quotes
The best book quotes from Beyond What is Given by Rebecca Yarros
“There are broken people in the world, Samantha. But you’re not one of them. Dinged-up maybe, but not broken, and definitely not beyond repair.”
“Samantha, take the chance. No matter what’s happening between us, whether we’re friends – or more – whatever we decide, I will be here for you. I will not abandon you, no matter what you’ve done, or what you do. If you can still trust me, take a chance on me, and I’ll prove it.”
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“You’re the only girl I want.”“A girl not talking about her issues is a definite clue that it’s worse than she’s letting on.”
“This is not a temporary thing between us. There is no deadline. I. Am. Always. Yours.”
He kissed me softly, his tongue tracing my lower lip. “So go ahead and fall. I’ve gotten really good at catching you.”“I’m not going to say that I’m not insanely attracted to you. I don’t lie. Ever. Plus, I’d have to be dead not to realize the way you affect me. But I’m also not in any position to act on it, and let’s be honest – you’re not either. But I think we can stop picking each other apart and be friends”
“You kick-started my heart and brought me to life the minute you opened your mouth and dished my own shit back at me. You gave me something to fight for, a reason to see beyond the shit hand fate had given me, and start to imagine a future. And when I think about my life, you’re all I see. You’re it. You are my miracle.”
“She’s this wrecking ball who tears down my defences and makes me feel, forces me to live. My need for her is about the same as my need for oxygen.”
“A love that demanded to be known and was strong enough not to need reciprocity.”
“I’m going to tell you every bad, ugly think about me. You’re going to tell me every bad, ugly thing about you, and then we’ll decide what to do about this insane pull between us.”
I licked my bottom lip. “Oh, you think there’ s a pull between us? I thought we were just friends.”
His gray eyes sliced through me, cutting me all the way to my soul. “Samantha, if we weren’t about to discuss our deepest secrets, I’d lay you across the table, strip those sexy little capris off your ass, and bury my tongue between your thighs. God knows I’ve thought about it enough. How’s that for friends. Really, it’s more of a force of nature, but I’ll settle for you admitting that there’s a pull.”
My mouth was suddenly dry. I was never going to look at this table the same way again. “There’s a pull,” I admitted softly.”“Our lines were blurring, and for every inch I backed away, she pulled me twice as close without even realizing.”
“She told me if a women cuts her hair that much, she’s looking for a compliment or a change. I figured you didn’t really need a compliment.”
“Really. I was your best friend long before we started throwing the boyfriend/girlfriend thing in the mix. Now, talk.”
“The only constant is change.” That’s what Mom always said, usually followed by, “Now embrace the suck. There’s work to do.”
“You wade through the pain, and the guilt, and the excuses you make to yourself. Stop drowning in alcohol to numb the fear, and suck up the bitter taste of accountability.”
“You have to decide if you’re going to try to keep patching yourself up or if you’re going to tear down and rebuild.”
“I’d learned a long time ago that people didn’t really change. You either accepted them complete with their faults, or you had to let them go.”
“Things happen that change who we are, and what we’re capable of. So you’re not going to ‘come back’ from that any more than you’re going to erase whatever you did. You have to decide if you’re going to try to keep patching yourself up or if you’re going to tear down and rebuild.” “I don’t know how to do that.” “You wade through the pain, and the guilt, and the excuses you make to yourself. Stop drowning in alcohol to numb the fear, and suck up the bitter taste of accountability. You move on with who you are now. It’s not easy. If you think you screwed up that badly, then maybe you did, but you also have to leave room for the chance that you didn’t.”
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