Quotes from Nearly Gone

Elle Cosimano ·  386 pages

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“I hadn't yet come to terms with the man my father was, or the lives he'd destroyed. But I accepted that he was part of me, and that he'd loved me once.”
― Elle Cosimano, quote from Nearly Gone


“Are you going to give me a reason to stay?”
― Elle Cosimano, quote from Nearly Gone


“Vince sneered at me with bloody teeth and dropped the twenties at my feet as security herded him through the crowd. I didn't pick them up. A shoulder bumped against me, and I looked up into Reece's expressionless face as security marched him past.
He didn't even look at me, his words cold enough to burn.
"I hope you're worth it.”
― Elle Cosimano, quote from Nearly Gone


“Sometimes, the only way to find a solution is to break the rules.”
― Elle Cosimano, quote from Nearly Gone


“Vince and TJ have been best friends as long as we have. It's not like they're going to let one stupid kiss come between them. Maybe it didn't mean anything. Maybe it was just a one-time thing. A mistake.”
― Elle Cosimano, quote from Nearly Gone



“The worlds were empty. Hollow. As though he'd heard them so many times they'd lost their meaning.”
― Elle Cosimano, quote from Nearly Gone


“I watched him fall into a dark corner of himself and I resisted the urge to touch him, not wanting to feel the depth of emotion I saw on his face.”
― Elle Cosimano, quote from Nearly Gone


“Just because it's complicated, doesn't mean there isn't a solution.”
― Elle Cosimano, quote from Nearly Gone


“Why'd you do it, anyway?' He wore a self-deprecating look, hands stuffed in his pockets while he kicked at the gravel.
'Do what?'
'Why waste your time saving someone who can't be fixed?'
I folded my arms over my chest, tucking my hands under them as I backed away, wishing I could kiss him without caring how he felt. 'Maybe you're not the only one who's broken.”
― Elle Cosimano, quote from Nearly Gone


“I reached for her, held my hand out in the space between us. She looked at it, and then to me. And then she placed her hand in mine. I shut my eyes and felt all the love that had always been there, that I had never let myself feel before. All thos things I'd thought my father had taken with him when he left. Everything I needed was here, inside her. 'I'm sorry,' I said, letting my own tears fall, 'if I made you feel like you weren't good enough.”
― Elle Cosimano, quote from Nearly Gone



“You don't need to explain. I know who you are.'
'Do you? Because that would make one of us.”
― Elle Cosimano, quote from Nearly Gone


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