Top 40 Rebecca Donovan Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Every breath I breathe is because of you. Even when your weren’t there to save me, you were my reason to breathe. And for that I will always love you. Always.”

— Rebecca Donovan

2. “Love helped me live life instead of just survive it.”

— Rebecca Donovan

3. “The next thing you know, the people you always thought would be there, aren’t. And the person you thought you could trust with everything, isn’t the person you knew at all.”

— Rebecca Donovan

4. “My world was delicately balanced, but the scales never hung even. When something improved, something else had to crumble.”

— Rebecca Donovan

5. “Emma, there was never a choice. I will always choose you. Always.”

— Rebecca Donovan

6. “Nothing else mattered today. I lived within the minutes I was in – not dwelling on the past, or fearing the future. I just let the day present itself as it would, and it couldn’t have been better.”

— Rebecca Donovan

7. “I knew there was going to be pain whether I did anything wrong or not – so maybe I should do something to actually deserve it.”

— Rebecca Donovan

8. “I want to promise you that I will never do anything to hurt Evan, and I will not come between him and his family. I love him, but I would walk away before I’d ever let anything jeopardize his happiness.”

— Rebecca Donovan

9. “I’m not supposed to live without you. And you’re not supposed to live without me. We’re in this life together. Without each other, we’re not really living.”

— Rebecca Donovan

10. “That night, when you were lying there, broken and barely breathing, I promised. I promised to always love you and that no one would ever hurt you again.”

— Rebecca Donovan

11. “Remember there is always a choice. I chose to live. I chose to love. I chose to breathe.”

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12. “But you can’t keep him in the dark when everything starts falling apart. You’re not protecting him, you know. You’re pushing him away.”

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13. “I love him more than he will ever know. And because of that, I choose his happiness.”

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14. “People change. I mean you barely know who you are when you enter, and you spend that time figuring out what you want from life, and who you want in it. The next thing you know, the people you always thought would be there, aren’t. A nd the person you thought you could trust with everything, isn’t the person you ever knew at all.”

— Rebecca Donovan

15. “I knew how much Evan loved me. And I knew I didn’t deserve it. But I also knew he was the only one I loved. The only one I would ever love.”

— Rebecca Donovan

16. “And just because you didn’t admit it, you were stupid for each other from almost day one. So even though you’ve been dating for a couple of weeks, you’ve been each other’s person for a lot longer. – Sara.”

— Rebecca Donovan

17. “It’s not easy to talk like this with other people because they don’t know. They don’t know what it’s like to be hated by the people who are supposed to love you.”

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18. “I was trying so hard to be okay. I didn’t want to be that girl, drifting in the water, lost and alone, wishing the tide would pull her out to sea. I was fighting to move forward, struggling to be better. But I didn’t know how.”

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19. “I survived by keeping my emotions in check – by maintaining my composure and tucking it all away. I managed to stay under the radar, skating through school without anyone truly remembering I was here. My teachers acknowledged my academic successes and my coaches depended upon my athletic abilities, but I wasn’t important enough to make a recognizable social contribution. I was easily forgettable. That’s what I counted on.”

— Rebecca Donovan

20. “I close my eyes to the truth. I refuse to see what’s happening, convinced that I can handle whatever it is believing that I’m strong enough and will recognize when I’m not. – Emma.”

— Rebecca Donovan

21. “You can’t keep pushing everyone away.” She stood up from the chair, her body tense. “You can’t keep doing this, because one of these days, you’ll wake up and have no one.”

— Rebecca Donovan

22. “Her sunshine and rainbows smile was too bright for my emotional hangover.”

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23. “I knew in that moment, I would never love anyone in my life the way I loved Evan Mathews.”

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24. “She thinks I’m strong because I can push everything into the dark. But it leaves me empty. And the dark always finds me in my sleep.”

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25. “I’m still in love with you... Please don’t walk away from me.”

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26. “My fists clenched, I fought the pain and anger coursing through me. I turned towards Emma’s door and set my hands on either side of the door, bowing my head. “I don’t understand. Why’d you leave with him, Emma?” I whispered, then walked toward my room at the end of the hall.”

— Rebecca Donovan

27. “I’ve always loved that three, I thought to myself as I watched her run her fingers around the trunk. Her eyes lifted to take it all in. She had always connected with that tree too, making it the perfect location for the swing I’d made for her. The swing that I’d hoped would keep her coming back here. Back to me.”

— Rebecca Donovan

28. “We were once again wrapped in our silence, which used to be so comforting. On the inside, a storm was swirling, uncovering memories and feelings I’d buried over two years ago.”

— Rebecca Donovan

29. “I love that picture, he admitted softly. I think it’s because I love the girl in that picture.”

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30. “Evan Matthews, you can tell yourseld and everyone else that you’re here to get answers, for closure. But the truth is, you love her. You will always love her. You’re here because you can’t walk away. You saw how broken and empty she was back in Weslyn and you had to follow her. You’ll never be able to let her go. You’re here because... it’s were you belong, with her.”

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31. “It was more important for me to try, than to not have the chance at all.”

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32. “You don’t get to choose who you love. You are love. So when you share that love, you’re sharing you. You never really fall in love exactly. It’s a connection. A bond. Our souls recognize that connection long before we do. Love can’t be given or taken away, it can only be experienced in a beautiful symbiotic way that fills up your entire being.”

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33. “Well let’s get you back to hell before the devil realizes you’re not home.”

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34. “You have no idea what’s going on until you can’t ignore it any longer.”

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35. “When something improved, something else had to crumble.”

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36. “I promise not to delve into what makes your silence so loud, if you promise not to walk out on me.”

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37. “I knew I never was, and never would be, someone she loved. And whether she deserved me or not, it was still painful to admit.”

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38. “In the uneven balance of my life, I’d experienced love and loss. The loss challenged me to be strong, but it was the love that supported me when I was weak. I was a survivor. And now I wanted to focus on living my life. This was just the beginning of our healing. Of being forgiven. I knew I would struggle with it at times, and feel like I was fighting for every breath. I just had to remember, there was always a choice. And I chose to live. I chose to love. I chose to breathe.”

— Rebecca Donovan

39. “Let me in that head of yours before you start thinking things you shouldn’t.”

— Rebecca Donovan

40. “His smoky blue eyes connected with mine, and he whispered, ‘I breathed for you.”

— Rebecca Donovan