I hated the distance between us. It left me unsettled, unbalanced. Like the good parts of myself were fading.

—Kristen Simmons in Breaking Point

love distance fondness

About Kristen Simmons

Portrait of Kristen Simmons

Kristen Simmons (born June 5, 1984) is an author of young adult fiction. Her first published novel was Article 5, a dystopian novel about an America controlled by the "Moral Militia." Article 5 has been followed by two sequels: Breaking Point and Three.

More quotations from Kristen Simmons

He was my anchor in the hurricane, yet at the same time, the hurricane itself, so that I nearly always felt safe and afraid simultaneously. There was nothing in the world as confusing and powerful as being close to him.

—Kristen Simmons in Article 5

fear relationships safety

I remember who you are. Even if you forget.

—Kristen Simmons

love memory identity

I could not fall back in love with him. Doing so was like falling in love with a thunderstorm. Exciting and powerful, yes. Even beautiful. But violently tempered, unpredictable, and ultimately short-lived.

—Kristen Simmons

love relationship volatility

More quotations tagged with “fondness”

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

—Garrison Keillor

memory death fondness funerals

Sometimes I see him as just another person, and sometimes I feel the sight of him in my gut, like a deep ache.

—Veronica Roth in Divergent

love fondness aching

If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.

—William Feather

kindness people fondness opportunism

There are only two mantras: yum and yuck. Mine is yum.

philosophy fondness mantras

It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with.