Quotes by Gayle Forman

“Allyson meanwhile is remembering. Why this person? All the things she has told herself, or other people have told her - infatuation or Paris or good acting or lust - no longer hold water, because s...”

“Sometimes you make choices in life, and sometimes choices make you.”

“I don't hate you. I don't think I ever really did. It was just anger. And once I faced it head-on, once understood it, it dissipated. -Mia”

“When we got back home, Gramps dropped me off and enveloped me in a hug. Normally, he was a handshaker, maybe a back-patter on really special occasions. His hug was strong and tight, and I knew it w...”

“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.”

“I'm surrounded by people and feel alone”

“Remember, the opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but conformity.”

“I think of me and Melanie when we were younger, on the high dive at the pool in Mexico. We would always hold hands as we jumped, but by the time we swam back up to the surface, we'd have let go. No...”

“But Dad looked delighted. "My Mia's singing 'Waiting for Vengeance' to my Teddy. What do you think about that?”

“I didn't give it much thought back then. I just wanted to get all the words straight and collect my A.”

“We tell our secrets to the dark.”

“Doubt is part of searching. Same as faith.”

“Almost don't matter. You got to deal with the situation at hand.”

“It wasn't even a fight, really. We didn't shout. We barely even argued, but a snake of tension quietly slithered into our lives.”

“I don't really care. I shouldn't have to care. I shouldn't have to work this hard. I realize now that dying is easy. Living is hard.”

“Don't worry, I plan on living a long time.""Why are you making a bucket list, then?""Because if you wait until you're really dying, it's too late.”

“The talks were like blood transfusions, moments of realness and hope that were pinpricks of light in the dark fabric of small-town life.”

“If I stay. If I live. Its up to me.All this business about medically induced comas is just doctor talk. Its not up to the doctors. Its not up to the absentee angels. Its not even up to God who, if ...”