“You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“Maybe it's better to have gotten it right and been happy for one day instead of living a lifetime of wrongs.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“...stories can make someone immortal as long as someone else is willing to listen.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“But no matter what choices we make - solo or together - our finish line remains the same … No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“Entire lives aren't lessons, but there are lessons in lives.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“I've spent years living safely to secure a longer life, and look where that's gotten me. I'm at the finish line but I never ran the race.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“I cannot tell you how you will survive without me. I cannot tell you how to mourn me. I cannot convince you to not feel guilty if you forget the anniversary of my death, or if you realize days or weeks or months have gone by without thinking about me. I just want you to live.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“People have their time stamps on how long you should know someone before earning the right to say it, but I wouldn't like to you no matter how little time we have. People waste time and wait for the right moment and we don't have that luxury. If we had our entire lives ahead of us I bet you'd get tired of me telling you how much I love you because I'm positive that's thepath we were heading on. But because we're about to die, I want to say it as many times as I want--I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“Sometimes the truth is a secret you're keeping from yourself because living a lie is easier.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“There has to be more to life than just imagining a future for yourself. I can't just wish for the future; I have to take risks to create it.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“Life isn't meant to be lived alone. Neither are End Days.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“Yes, we live, or we're given the chance to, at least, but sometimes living is hard and complicated because of fear.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“He didn't say that 'love is within' or 'love is all around you.' (...) love is a superpower we all have. But it's not always a superpower I'd be able to control, especially as I get older. Sometimes it'll go crazy and I shouldn't be scared if my power hits someone I'm not expecting it to.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“I kiss the guy who brought me to life on the day we’re going to die.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“I always wanted to stumble into someone like you.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“Why can't we have a chance?" I ask Rufus.
"A chance at what?" He's looking around, taking pictures of the arena and the lines.
"A chance at another chance." I say.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“It's mad twisted, but surviving showed me it's better to be alive wishing I was dead than dying wishing I could live forever.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“Leaving means living before you die”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. —John A. Shedd”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“I want us to have history, something longer than the small window of time we're actually sharing...”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“I guess I could call this energy freedom. No one will be around to judge me tomorrow. No one will send messages to his friends about the lame kid who had no rhythm. And in this moment, how stupid it is to care hits me like a punch to the face.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“you definitely don’t need the same blood to lose a part of yourself when someone dies.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“Because I refused to live invincibly on all the days”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“Entire lives aren’t lessons, but there are lessons in lives.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“I may not be able to cure cancer or end world hunger, but small kindnesses go a long way.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“Have to admit it, I feel a little vindicated in how I’ve lived my life because people can be the worst.”
― Adam Silvera, quote from They Both Die at the End
“Everyone says that getting over somebody 'just takes time' and that one day it will stop hurting and the door will open for you to move on. We are also told that love is eternal; something extraordinary that will stay with you forever... The contradiction is immense.”
― Natasha Preston, quote from Broken Silence
“But everyone knows you need fireworks to make independence official.”
― John Scalzi, quote from Fuzzy Nation
“Who knew that you would be The One," I smile, "which I guess makes me your Trinity."
"My Amidala."
"Your Zira."
"My Sylvia."
"Your..." I scour my brain, trying to remember some other great sci-fi love interest.
"Ha! I'm your Saphira," I settle back smugly, only for Trevor to start laughing.
"Saphira is a dragon.”
― Cindy C. Bennett, quote from Geek Girl
“Soon after we were ushered on to an awaiting trawler, which had been commissioned to take us across the English Channel to Cherbourg in the darkness of that very cold winter’s night. Herded on to the deck we had only our kit bags to serve as seats. Slowly the trawler edged out of the harbour and into the Channel. It was a rough crossing and my first experience of sea-sickness. Within an hour the relentless heavy swell had me, along with many others, hanging over the rails being violently sick. I decided to move up near the bridge, thinking if I went higher I might not feel as if I were dying. From out of nowhere a hand grasped my shoulder and a voice said, ‘Here, laddie, get this down you.’ The trawler captain handed me half a mug of brandy and I did my best to gulp down the burning liquid. It was the first time alcohol had passed my lips and it tasted so awful that I could not imagine how anyone could actually enjoy the taste. The captain waited until I had finished then told me to go and sit at the stern. Thanking him, I did so and felt a bit better.”
― Alistair Urquhart, quote from The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
“Thus religion, beginning as a slight and partial acknowledgment of powers superior to man, tends with the growth of knowledge to deepen into a confession of man’s entire and absolute dependence on the divine; his old free bearing is exchanged for an attitude of lowliest prostration before the mysterious powers of the unseen, and his highest virtue is to submit his will to theirs: In la sua volontade è nostra pace.”
― James George Frazer, quote from The Golden Bough
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