Kimberly Novosel Quotes

I threw his framed picture off my balcony just to hear my heart break.

I used to cover my windows in heavy curtains, never drawn. Now I danced in the sunlight on my hardwood floors.

Go for it, my heart said, my heart always said.

We kissed each other until we were too tired to keep going. I could still feel him holding back. It was my penance for what I had done to him. All I could do was hope the walls would fall and that I could have all of him again, but I was always leaving and he was tired of watching me walk away. We both knew that I couldn’t stay and that he couldn’t come with me, but still, we couldn’t let go.

Unfortunately, he still hadn’t asked for my number, or a date, or my hand in marriage, and my drink was getting low.

The voice sang on, “I am ready, I am ready, I am fine. I am fine, I am fine, I am fine.” I played it again. I was not fine.

I remembered learning from my favorite professor at Belmont to “surround yourself with people who are better than you,” and I was now living that mantra.

I didn’t answer. We were not buddies. We could not chat about the proximity of our offices, or football, or forgiveness.