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101 " There’s something about death that makes people want to live. "
― Jill Santopolo , The Light We Lost
102 " There's something about death that makes people want to live "
103 " You taught me to look for beauty. In darkness, in destruction, you always found light. I don't know what beauty I'll find here, what light. But I'll try. I'll do it for you. Because I know you would do it for me. "
104 " There’s something about death that makes people want to live. We wanted to live that day, and I don’t blame us for it. "
105 " But there are no referees in real life, no true do-overs. "
106 " Scientists say that scent is one of the strongest memory triggers we have. I totally believe it. With my face against your shirt, I was catapulted back in time. "
107 " I’m glad we made that choice. Free will, despite our fate. "
108 " It makes you see the world through a different lens. I think it's hard not to fall apart when your view of life is shifting. "
― Jill Santopolo , More Than Words
109 " Love was complicated. It didn't disappear because someone did something horrible, something you didn't agree with. It lived there with the disappointment, the disapproval. "
110 " I think life is just life. "
111 " I know it’s supposed to be healthy to talk about trauma, to make it part of the narrative of your life. It’s what I tell my patients. But I have trouble doing it myself. I have trouble integrating that experience with who I am now. Instead, it’s a knot in a necklace that I won’t let anyone see. Not even Ezra. Not because I don’t trust him, but because I don’t trust me. Once I start trying to untangle that last bit of the knot, I don’t know what will happen. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to work through it completely, which means even if I start talking about it, I’ll end up just having to pull the knot back tighter in the end. Dr. West and I fixed almost the whole chain. And it’s easier just to wear the necklace the way it is. "
― Jill Santopolo , Everything After
112 " I bit my lip so hard to keep from calling out as I came that when I kissed you afterward, there was a smear of blood on both of our mouths. "
113 " And we loved each other like crazy, "
114 " Something like this,” he said, slowly, “it makes you see the world through a different lens. I think it’s hard not to fall apart when your view of life is shifting. "
115 " I think about that fork in the road, what would have happened if we'd taken it. Two roads diverged. "
116 " I'd call us a binary star. We're orbiting around each other. "
― Jill Santopolo
117 " Sometimes I love you so much that I don’t even know how my heart can stand it. "
118 " Do you dream about me? Are you dreaming about me right now? "
119 " something about death that makes people want to live. We wanted to live that day, and I don’t blame us for it. Not anymore. "
120 " New York is a funny city. You can live there for years and never see your next-door neighbor, and then you can run into your best friend while getting into a subway car on your way to work. Fate versus free will. Maybe it’s both. "