Quotes from When You Were Mine

Rebecca Serle ·  334 pages

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“Sometimes...the hardest part about letting someone go is realizing that you were never meant to have them.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine


“That's the thing about freewill: Every decision we make is a choice against something as much as it is for something else.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine


“What if the greatest love story ever told was the wrong one?”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine


“It's not that girls are delusional, per se. It's just that they have this subtle ability to warp actual circumstances into something different.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine


“This is life. We have to take it as it comes, because even though some things are really shitty, there's a lot of really great stuff too.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine



“Those are the things that define us. The way we love the people around us, and the choices we make to show it. That's what makes us who we are.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine


“Look, you think I like history because I’m fascinated with the possibilities, with how it could have happened, but you’re wrong. I like it because it’s the one thing we actually know in life. The past is the only thing we can count on. The present? The future? They’re anyone’s guess.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine


“No one ever died from having too much information. It’s the misunderstandings that are the problem.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine


“And what is more dramatic, really, than heartbreak?”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine


“I guess that's the thing about getting older. You realize your differences can be good things. Not just bad ones.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine



“It’s not that most girls are delusional, per se. It’s just that they have this subtle ability to warp actual circumstances into something different. And if there’s one thing I’m really against, it is turning a blind eye to reality. What’s the point? Things are the way they are, and the best thing for us to do is to just acknowledge that. No one ever died from having too much information. It’s the misunderstandings that are the problem.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine


“Sometimes,’ he starts, ‘the hardest part about letting someone go is realizing you were never meant to have them.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine


“This is life." he says. "We have to take it as it comes, because even though some things are really shitty, there's a lot of good stuff too.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine


“A volte la cosa più difficile del lasciar andare via qualcuno è rendersi conto che non avrebbe mai dovuto stare nella nostra vita.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine


“A volte capitano cose che sfuggono alla nostra comprensione. Di una crudeltà intollerabile. Ma questo non significa che dobbiamo rinchiuderci in un angolo e smettere di lottare.”
― Rebecca Serle, quote from When You Were Mine



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