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141 " I love fallThe seasonof warm colors "
― Lisa Schroeder , Far from You
142 " Its like i was a garden salad with a light vinaigrette and Jackson was a platter of seafood Cajun pasta.Alone we were good.Together we were fantastic. "
― Lisa Schroeder , I Heart You, You Haunt Me
143 " If anything,he sparkeda fireinside of me,making me want to live again. "
144 " That’s my girl.Live a good life, Ava. "
145 " But repaying a debtmeans giving up things.Making sacrifices.If I sacrifice my heartfor Jackson,will I be deadtoo? "
146 " I swear he is there,his arms outstretched,the waterfall beneath him,cascading into thecool bluewater below.Go on, Ava. It’s going to be great!It’s not a dare.Not this time.But it’s almost like I’m on that high dive again,scared of what comes next,yet knowing at the same timeit will all be okay. "
147 " If music isthe storyof our lives,what songdid theysingfor me? "
148 " His warm voicetiptoes into thequiet room. "
― Lisa Schroeder , The Day Before
149 " And what I think is thatwhen you’re completely aloneand deep inside yourselfwith feelings no one else can understand,there really aren’t a hundred places to go. It’s like if I woke up one dayand looked outside and saw purple treesand red grass and green dogs,is there anyone I could tell who would understand? No.There’d be no one.It’s exactly like that. He saw purple treesand red grass and green dogswhile no one else did. And maybe, he just got tiredof seeing them. "
― Lisa Schroeder , Chasing Brooklyn
150 " What I want is for youto build a bridge.A bridge thatconnects thesetwo parts of mylife so I don't have to chooseone or the otherI don't want to chooseBecause the thing aboutchoices?You get something while you lose something else.If you choose wrong you risk losingeverything. "
― Lisa Schroeder , The Bridge from Me to You
151 " Anticipation is the best alarm there is, and it shookme awake before my phone even had the chance. "
152 " I talk and crywhile Nico sits and listens.Like we've been friends forever.Finally, I use the shirtto wipe the tearsand take a deep breath.We're quietfor a long timeand then Nico pointsto a pair of boxer shorts on the floor."I'm glad you picked the shirt. "
153 " He lived.He made it. A second chance,given to oneand not the other.And this?This is what he did with it? "
154 " I felt heat andmy body trembled and forcesbeyond my controlpulled me to himas the music rippedthrough our bodies "
155 " Music can change the mood in a drumbeat. "
156 " Heads:It goes weel.Tails:It doesn't "
157 " Hidden, there,behind the faceof a beautiful boy,I see you.The real you. "
158 " WRAP ME UPI shiver.He pulls away."Are you cold?" he asks."A little.Plus... you know.""What?""Um... your kisses?"He laughs,pulls me downonto the blanketand wraps his armsand legs around me.Perfect.My kind of blanket. "
159 " Today there's no one here, so I find a rock and open my notebookfilled with letters to Lucca,reading them,noticing how the lettersdecreased in frequencyover the past couple of months.When i started,shortly after he died,I wrote them every day.I hurt so bad, I wanted to scream,but I couldn't,so my words on the pagebecame a diary of the pain. "
160 " I'm an artist not an athlete. "