Elizabeth Scott · 276 pages
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“The truth is, I feel beyond sad. I feel empty. Numb. ”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“The thing is, that world doesn't exist. All growing up means is that your realize no one will come along to fix things. No one will come along to save you.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“Why do people think being with someone is the answer to everything?”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“Wherever I go, I'll always see you. You'll always be with me. And there's no happy ending coming here, no way a story that started on a night that's burned into my heart will end the way I wish it could. You're really gone, no last words, and no matter how many letters I write to you, you're never going to reply. You're never going to say good-bye. So I will. Good-bye, Julia. Thank you for being my friend. Thank you for being you.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“I deserved the shaking and the headaches and the fact that every single time I took a breath I felt a squeezing in my chest, my heart beating even though I wished it wasn't.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have... is now”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“I suppose he's making a real fashion statement, but this is high school. You're not supposed to be real. You're supposed to be enough like everyone else to get through and out into the waiting world.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“But the past couple
of days I’ve missed you so much it’s felt like missing you
is all I am.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“I always wanted to be grown up. When I was little I couldn’t wait to be a teenager and go to high school. When I got there I wanted to be done with it, wanted to get out into the world, the real one, and live in it. The thing is, that world doesn’t exist. All growing up means is that you realize no one will come along to fix things. No one will come along to save you.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“I knew I was having a panic attack. I hadn't had one in a while, though, and I'd forgotton how they made everything like it- and I- was going to fall apart. How they reminded me of how trapped I was.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“It's bullshit. It's so easy to label people, to look at a list of symptoms and say, "This is who you are. This is what you are.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“You're right . . . you can't go back. No matter how much you want to, you never can”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“All growing up means is that you realize no one will come along and fix things.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“ I never went for the
talkers.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“I lied to Julia, I didn't know what else to do because you - you make me feel..." I had to stop. Not because I didn't have words. I did. But I was afraid to say them.
He looked at me, and I knew then I could love him. That if I let myself I would.
"You make me feel too," he said, and held out one hand.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“My father looked like he was having a stroke— not
that Mel seemed to notice because he just kept talking.
“Patrick needs a ride. No car, you know, and so I figured,
hey, I can pick up some gas money.” He laughed. No one
else did, and now Patrick looked like he was trying to
push himself inside the door and hide.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“Too late, too late, juice pouring does not a kind soul make, and I killed you.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“I've missed you so much it's felt like missing you is all I am.
Like if someone looked inside me, there wouldn't be a skeleton and muscles and blood and nerves. There'd just be memories of you and all the things I've tried to say and ripped out of this notebook, all the things I want to say but can't because I don't have the words.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“She did the "we have mysterious hand gestures that make us giggle" thing.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“He kept talking and I thought about taking my copy of Huckleberry Finn and stuffing it in his mouth so he'd shut up.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“Everyone gets scared," like it's some big profound statement?”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from Love You Hate You Miss You
“It’s frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.”
― Jill Shalvis, quote from The Sweetest Thing
“How many times would you do it, you think? How many times would you sacrifice yourself for good?”
“Every time,” I answer automatically.”
― Suzanne Young, quote from A Want So Wicked
“He often remembered his dad's admonition that envy was mental theft. If you coveted another man's possessions, Dad said, then you should be willing to take on his responsibilities, heartaches, and troubles along with his money.”
― Dean Koontz, quote from Winter Moon
“we need a mass of ancestors at our backs as ballast. Sometimes, we feel it's impossible to push into the future without such a weight behind us, without such heaviness to keep us steady, even if it is imaginary. And the more frightening the future is, the more complicated it seems to be, the more we steady ourselves with the past.”
― Lauren Groff, quote from The Monsters of Templeton
“I was too scared to open my eyes. It was the logic of a child; if you don't open your eyes, the monster won't see you.”
― Kathleen Peacock, quote from Hemlock
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