Quotes by Gayle Forman

“It's just one day, one twenty-four-hour period to get yourself through. - Adam”

“I run my finger along the crease of the envelope, feel the weight of history inside. Wherever I'm going next, these are coming with me.”

“She didn't care that people called her a bitch. 'It's just another word for feminist,' she told me with pride.”

“But sometimes the memories feel so real, so visceral, so personal, that I confuse them with my own.”

“Neither sleet nor rain nor a half inch of snow will compel me to dress like a lumberjack.”

“I want to undo this. To make it right. But I have no idea how. I don't seem to know how to open up to people without getting the door slammed in my face. So I do nothing.”

“Forgivenesss: It's a miracle drug. It's God's miracle drug.”

“I'm not sure if the question's rhetorical or if she thinks I have a clue to her metaphysical mystery. And I'm in no state to answer either way because I'm crying. I don't realize it till I taste th...”

“Losing me will hurt; it will be the kind of pain that won't feel real at first, and when it does, it will take her breath away.”

“How is it possible that a boyfriend ceases to exist from one day to another?”

“My chips are all cashed out. There's nothing to lose. Or maybe I've already lost it and found it, and whatever else there might be to lose...”

“You can't undo loss. You can't unmake a mistake. (What The Hell Have You Done, Sophie Roth?)”

“Adam's lips are set in a grime line. I can't tell if he's about to cry or about to punch the guard. For his sake, I hope it's the former. For you own, I hope the latter.”

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

“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.”

“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.”