“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.”
“Maybe it's better to have gotten it right and been happy for one day instead of living a lifetime of wrongs.”
“...stories can make someone immortal as long as someone else is willing to listen.”
“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.”
“Entire lives aren't lessons, but there are lessons in lives.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Sometimes the truth is a secret you're keeping from yourself because living a lie is easier.”
“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.”
“Life isn't meant to be lived alone. Neither are End Days.”
“Yes, we live, or we're given the chance to, at least, but sometimes living is hard and complicated because of fear.”
“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.”
“I kiss the guy who brought me to life on the day we’re going to die.”
“I always wanted to stumble into someone like you.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Leaving means living before you die”
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. —John A. Shedd”
“I want us to have history, something longer than the small window of time we're actually sharing...”
“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.”
“you definitely don’t need the same blood to lose a part of yourself when someone dies.”
“Because I refused to live invincibly on all the days”
“Entire lives aren’t lessons, but there are lessons in lives.”
“I may not be able to cure cancer or end world hunger, but small kindnesses go a long way.”
“Have to admit it, I feel a little vindicated in how I’ve lived my life because people can be the worst.”
“I hated Tennessee Williams's Laura. She reminded me too much of a fairy-tale character. Not the ones my grandmother wrote, allegedly-- those women drew blood. No, she was the worst type of Grimm Brothers beauty: isolated, soft-spoken, waiting for a man to save her. She probably look like me.”
“occasionally nods off against his shoulder; Lale doesn’t push him away. He is just one among countless young men stuffed into”
“When you know you’re going to tell someone everything, you see your day through your eyes and theirs, as if they’re living it alongside you. But when you don’t, it isn’t only not seeing double—it’s not seeing at all. Because if they aren’t there, you aren’t either.”
“There is no Marlin of yesterday. I exist only in this life—this wonderful life.”
“The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus; 2 it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the LORD, the majesty of our God.”
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