Quotes by Gayle Forman

“He gives me a little shrug, like, of course, why else? And at this point, I really have no right to be surprised by people's capacity for kindness and generosity, but still, I am. I'm floored every...”

“You thought too hard. Same with travel. You can't work too much at it, or it feels like work. You have to surrender yourself to the chaos. To the accidents.”

“...he starts telling them about our day, embellishing it so that it almost sounds fun. It's how all good travel stories are born. Nightmares spun into punch lines.”

“We can change in one day. We can fall in love in one day. Anything can happen in one day.”

“I look at Ben now. And again I wonder how it is that we can feel so many of the same things and be so utterly different.”

“My anger feels hot and bilious but I keep it bottled until it doubles back and I'm mad at myself.”

“The line between true self and feigned self is blurred on all sides.”

“It feels like the city is telling secrets down here, privy only to those who think to listen.”

“When you make such a large withdrawal of happiness, somewhere you'll have to make an equally large deposit. It all goes back to the universal law of equilibrium.”

“It's like you're averse to adventure.”

“It was like finding out the world was made of gossamer and could be so easily ripped apart. To be solely at the mercy of fate.”

“I don't want to lose you because of the f**ked-up way I found you.”

“Maybe he was overwhelmed, like I am overwhelmed, by that mysterious intersection where love meets luck, where fate meets will. Because he'd been waiting for her. And there she was.”

“Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it's the easiest thing.”

“Firefly, it is an act of bravery to feel your feelings. Oh, Meg would've loved that. It's an act of bravery to feel your feelings, even if your feelings are telling you to die.”

“She looks at me, square in the eye. Taking aim. And then she pulls the trigger. “Because I hated you.”The wind, the noise, it all just goes quiet for a second, and I’m left with a dull ringing in m...”

“Oh honey, have you learned nothing from these plays? Ain't such a line between faking and being.”

“Is this how it is with lies? The first one comes hard, the second one easier, until they slip off your tongue easier than truths - maybe because they are easier than truths.”

“I realize then that it's not enough to know what someone is called. You have to know who they are.”

“I'll keep you here.' He taps his temple. 'Where you can't get lost.”