20 quotes found
“Wanting to cry doesn't mean you can.”
“Whatever happened, I'd met my person, the one my soul connected to.”
“Sometimes you have to give the hurt a noise and let it out. If you dont, it fills you up with its emptiness.”
“Id waited an eternity for this. Id have waited all over again if I had to. I was meant to kiss this boy, designed to be held by him.”
“Why does she even bother sleeping? I heard Elizabeth ask quietly. Youd think by now shed stop trying. We dont need it.I paused, waiting to hear Miakas response. She must have a really wonderful dre...”
“Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, there was always a story in which someone overcame their darkest hour. I wasn't alone.”
“I felt a warm hand touch my forehead. And then my cheek. I held my act steady though Akinlis touch made me feel more than awake.Where in the world did you come from, you beautiful, silent girl? he ...”
“He grinned back at me, and I remembered how normal hed made me feel the first time wed met. Here, once again, he wasnt bothered by my silence. And I suddenly realized what made me feel so uncomfort...”
“They got under each of my shoulders and pulled me up, Padma walking in front of me and holding her arms out for good measure. I walked on my own, but I knew that if they hadnt been there, I might h...”
“I can text in complete sentences. Oh, yeah, its a skill. He smiled, proud of his accomplishments. And, thanks to my mom being a competitive dancer as a teen, I know how to do the Lindy hop and the ...”
“Akinli, this strange boy whose life at the moment seemed to be hanging on this, pushed himself from the bed.Julie gasped, watching as his arms trembled under his weight, even as thin as he was. He ...”
“When we were in New York, you cried for two days and passed out. You said a word in your sleep, over and over. Akinli. Elizabeth stared down at the drawing.At first I thought it was gibberish. And ...”
“I cannot explain how two souls join. No man or element or god ever could. But you are tied to each other. Because of thatbecause of your true, consuming, pure loveyou will thrive together . . . or ...”
“I got the groceries and lugged them all the way to Akinlis dorm, running slightly behind because I couldnt get into the building on my own. The university required ID cards to get into the dorms af...”
“Elizabeth nodded, looking too dejected to do much more. Can she just go back to him? she pleaded. Hes dying. Shes dying. They cant have a life together, but at least they could have th”
“When wed all settled down from that first night, Julie found a bag on the porch, which we thought must have been left by the same three girls who had brought me to them. Just like the clues on my s...”
“Eventually you will find something to put that energy into and you will be unstoppable. Even now with something you take no joy in, you do your task dutifuly, because it's all you can do. There's s...”
“I instantly dragged my fingers across a shelf of book spines, in love with each one already. Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, the...”
“I looked at him and the other two people whose names Id just learned. So . . . so this is home then?Akinli looked at me, perplexed, then turned to Ben and Julie.She said some girls left her here an...”
“I finally made eye contact with the boy in the bed. He lay on his side, a tube in his nose and another in his vein. His cheeks were sunken, and his skin was ghostly pale. His hair might have been b...”
