“I ached with loss that Id never allowed myself to feel. As if I was leaving something important behind. And that something was me.”

“Leaving yourself behind is the worst loss a person can know.”

“There was something comforting about believing in things that didnt exist.”

“Because nothing was sacred. Not in this world. Not in stones. Not in trees. Not in legacies. Certainly not in love.”

“Carelessness was once something to be owned. They wore it around their necks as they joined the springtime breeze while ducking in and out of the forest believing their fairy tale.”

“But sometimes, things are better to just hear. Some questions better left unasked. Some words better left unsaid. Because saying them doesnt make you matter any less.”

“For the shadows to stop growing. For people to stop being angry.”

“My intention had not been to find her, for I had been busy being lonely with someone else.”

“It is important to announce your intentions at top volume, she thought, or your intentions will think you are ashamed of them.”

“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”

“Do you know what pain is, Cammie? Its thebodys physical response to imminent harm.It is the minds way of telling us to move ourhand off the stove or let go of the brokenglass.”

“A sad lesson that was mine to learn is that you can't lose what was never truly yours. Nor can you hold to things that simply do not wish to be held.”

“I want to drown in my tears,And my tears are my prayers.”

“My prayers, my tears, my wishes, fears, and lamentations, were witnessed by myself and heaven alone. When we are harassed by sorrows or anxieties, or long oppressed by any powerful feelings which w...”

“The most romantic creation to have come out of regret is time-travel”