“Silence fell between us. This was a common occurrence whenever we’re alone. When you’re comfortable with someone, you don’t need to always fill the void with noise. I liked it when we would just be.”
“This entire time I've been thinking about where my home was. At first it was California, then Wisconsin. But in truth, home isn't necessarily where you sleep at night. It's where you feel like yourself. Where you're most comfortable. Where you don't have to pretend, where you can just be you.”
“On a scale from one to ten, how much of a pain was I after my injury?
And please be honest.
Do you think I would hold back on you?
Unfortunately, no.
On a scale from one to ten? Thirteen.
Fair enough.
Now I have a question for you.
On a scale from one to ten, how annoyed were you that I was going to the dance with someone else?
Infinity.”
“So, as I was saying, guys and girls can be friends.
Best friends.
And what's better than falling in love with your best friend?
Nothing.”
“But in truth, home isn't necessarily where you sleep at night. It's where you feel like yourself. Where you're most comfortable. Where you don't have to pretend, where you can be just you.”
“I'll never understand why everybody puts so much emphasis on January first. There are three hundred and sixty-four other days in the year that you can make a change. Or make a fresh start.”
“If I only had one goal, it would be to make her laugh loudly every day.”
“sometimes silence speaks much louder than words possibly could.”
“What time do you need to get ready for college boy?” I looked at my watch. “I probably should leave soon. Do you think it’s strange that he’s taking me?”
Levi shook his head. “I would find it odd if anybody didn’t want to take you anywhere you wanted to go.”
“I am not complete without you.”
“We had both made mistakes and been admittedly stubborn, but we need to move on with, not away from, each other.”
“Friends lie to make each other feel better.”
“So, as I was saying, guys and girls can be friends.'
'Best friends.'
'And what is better than falling in love with your best friend?'
'Nothing.'
'You always have to get the last word in, don't you?'
'You know it.'
'Yes, I do.'
'Yep.'
'Oh, Macallan...'
'Yes, Levi?'
'I love you.'
'I love you, too.'
'And there you are again, having to get the last word in.'
'But I don't think you mind.'
'Not at all.'
'Good.”
“I remembered reading somewhere that if you smile at something, it automatically makes you happier.”
“We'd hit rock bottom, but this is what is found there. The truth.”
“So does this mean we're officially young adults now?" I asked her.
"I don't know. I've already been reading those kinds of books for a few years."
"Uh-oh, does this mean I'm still a baby? I really love EVERYONE POOPS.”
“Secrets only ended up hurting other people.”
“We all knew that you'd eventually end up with Macallan. I guess I should be offended, but maybe I read too many romance novels to no want to cheer for the two best friends.”
“It was pretty cool to have someone around here who didn't like the same things as everybody else.”
“But that's the thing with the what -if game- you really never know the answer to the question. And maybe it's better that way. Because underneath the surface what-ifs are much worse ones.”
“Some memories were harder to forget than others. Especially the painful ones.”
“Because sometimes silence speaks much louder than words possibly could.”
“This entire time I'd been thinking about where my home was. At first it was California, then Wisconsin. But in truth, home isn't necessarily where you sleep at night.
It's where you feel like yourself.
Where you're most comfortable.
Where you don't have to pretend, where you can just be you.
I had finally reached that place because Macallan is home to me.”
“I would’ve blown away every last runner that time. Because at the end of this finish line wasn’t a trophy — it was Macallan.”
“But that's the thing with the -what if game- you really never know the answer to the question. And maybe it's better that way. Because underneath the surface what-ifs are much worse ones.”
“Sin embargo, es que tu hogar no tiene porque ser un lugar donde duermes por las noches.
Tu hogar esta donde sientes que puedes ser tu mismo.
Donde estas a gusto.
Donde no tienes que fingir, donde te muestras tal como eres.
Por fin había llegado a aquel lugar, porque Macallan es mi hogar.”
“One play does not a team or victory make.”
“But would a high school romance really be worth sacrificing our friendship? No. We were better off friends.”
“But that's the thing with the what-if game-- you really can never know the answer to the question. And maybe it's better that way.”
“-En una escala del uno al diez, ¿hasta que punto te molestaba que fuera al baile con otro?
-Infinito”
“The room was modern, but there was something about the arrangement of so much gleaming steel, the careful placement on the counters of jars and dishes, that looked timeless.”
“A farmer is sitting on his porch in a chair, hanging out.
A friend walks up to the porch to say hello, and hears an awful yelping, squealing sound coming from inside the house.
"What's that terrifyin' sound?" asks the friend.
"It's my dog," said the farmer. "He's sittin' on a nail."
"Why doesn't he just sit up and get off it?" asks the friend.
The farmer deliberates on this and replies:
"Doesn't hurt enough yet.”
“doorway. Glory wasn’t quite sure how she knew this was not an ordinary hole in a rock.”
“skilled manual work offered spiritual rewards to which academic institutions and my parent’s social milieu were oblivious.”
“There is now little question that how one uses one’s attention, moment to moment, largely determines what kind of person one becomes. Our minds—and lives—are largely shaped by how we use them.”
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