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21 " And I wonder if this is what people mean when they say they're falling for somebody. That it feels like your stomach is actually falling out of your body. "
― Colleen Oakley , Close Enough to Touch
22 " To know if I'm alone in my longing, a lighthouse signaling to an empty sea. "
23 " Stop making fun of me. I'm an artist. I'm sensitive. "
― Colleen Oakley , You Were There Too
24 " Maybe there isn't room in a relationship for two artists. We're all moody and narcissistic and self-loathing as fuck. There's no balance. "
25 " Relationships are all about timing.” Because love—it’ll show up when you least expect it, when you’re not at all looking for it, in the middle of a small-town library with a wild-haired woman wearing a nightgown. When it comes to timing, love doesn’t give a flying fuck. "
26 " May we all be loved and love each other so insanely.May we all be so human. "
― Colleen Oakley , The Invisible Husband of Frick Island
27 " that when he looked at her, she was alive. And when she was away from him, she counted down the seconds until he would be near "
28 " There’s no class in medical school, no tips for dealing with death, mortality, grief. So you look to your elders and you learn, not how to detach, but that you must. Numb yourself. Some doctors pray, find consolation in believing that something or someone else is in control. Some drink. Some yell at their kids. "
29 " E que, quando ela riu, o seu riso abalou a minha convicção de que eu nascera para ser veterinário e me fez pensar que tinha nascido com o único propósito de encontrar maneiras de fazê-la rir novamente. "
― Colleen Oakley , Before I Go
30 " Why does every quote about bad stuff happening have to do with weather? And are there any about tsunamis? Because that feels like the more appropriate meteorological condition for my life right now. "
― Colleen Oakley
31 " It occurs to me that it may very well be ego driven, some deep-seated desire to feel needed by someone—anyone—to stem the now quite regular feeling of being so utterly useless to everyone else in my life. "
32 " Nicholas Sparks is Shakespeare? Oh god, I think that’s blasphemy. He’s got to be rolling over in his grave somewhere. "
33 " Every path has its puddle. That was what Mrs. Olecki always said. No sense dwelling on them—you just gotta walk around them. "
34 " I wonder if maybe mothers are always irritating, no matter how old you are. And maybe you love them anyway. "
35 " But of course I know that relationships don't dissolve over one event, one fight. It's a thousand blows delivered over time--uppercuts, jabs, crosses--some you barely even feel. And then before you know it, you're on the ground seeing stars and wondering what the hell happened. "
36 " I sit back, pushing my shoulder blades into the cushion behind me, and delight in the rare feeling of something just falling into place. Instead of just falling. "