Quotes from How It Ends

Laura Wiess ·  344 pages

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“I don't know how you say good-bye to whom and what you love. I don't know a painless way to do it, don't know the words to capture a heart so full and a longing so intense.”
― Laura Wiess, quote from How It Ends


“Where is home?
Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness.
Home is where the heart's tears can dry at their own pace.”
― Laura Wiess, quote from How It Ends


“Why should I just sit around hoping it happens when maybe I can do something to make it happen?”
― Laura Wiess, quote from How It Ends


“He shook his head and gave this laugh, a good laugh, and just looked at me. "You always this happy?"

"No," I said, laughing. "It's you. Every time I see you, I just...I don't know. You make me smile.”
― Laura Wiess, quote from How It Ends


“After school I all but ran to Gran's and it was funny how even with her so sick, being with her could still make me feel safe.”
― Laura Wiess, quote from How It Ends



“I would not willingly peel back the scar tissue protecting the deepest chambers of my heart and reveal the bruised hollows pooled with the blood of old wounds – the terror comes just thinking about it – but now, facing darkness I am left with no choice.
I love you, and because of that am going to try and raise the dead. – Louise Bell Closson, How It Ends”
― Laura Wiess, quote from How It Ends


“So I wait for him because I always have, because out of all the moments that went wrong, I think there were just as many that went right, just as much love and heat and want as hurt, disappointment, and cruelty. I want to believe there's a balance here, that out of this tragedy will come some good, and there will be a happy ending.”
― Laura Wiess, quote from How It Ends


About the author

Laura Wiess
Born place: The United States
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