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41 " Let’s get an Uber, at least? "
― Rachael Lippincott , Five Feet Apart
42 " Nah, unless, of course, a hospital there is claiming to have some new magical stem-cell therapy to cure B. cepacia. "
43 " Your eyes are hazel, "
44 " I thought they were brown. "
45 " If this is all we get, then lets take it. "
46 " She’s probably planned every step she’s ever taken. "
47 " needle times "
48 " I sit up and cough a whole bunch of mucus into my bedpan. Grimacing, "
49 " I know in that moment, even though it could not be more ridiculous, that if I die in there, I won't die without falling in love. "
50 " Seriously, do you ever do anything off list? No offense, but none of that sounds fun. "
51 " One step at a time," he says, holding my gaze. "This is your chance. And that is what we both want. Don't think about what you've lost. Think of how much you have to gain. Live, Stella. "
52 " Human touch, we need that touch from the one we love almost as much as we need air to breathe. I never understood that until I couldn’t have it. This is my life with cystic fibrosis. "
― Rachael Lippincott
53 " He gives me a lopsided grin. “Ah, well, then I guess I’ll just have to settle for sex in the Vatican! "
54 " I need to be willing to play the game. I need to be willing to put myself out there, and be vulnerable, and take chances, even though I might lose. "
― Rachael Lippincott , The Lucky List
55 " I want to stay. I want to stay in the doorway, and right by her side. Even if it's always five feet apart, six feet even, but for exactly that reason, I exhale, and with everything in me, I turn and walk away. "
56 " We fly back up, "
57 " Yeah, I went with my dad when I was little, before he left.” I’m too caught up in the memory to process what I’m saying, but the word “dad” feels weird on my tongue. "
58 " Why did I tell her that? I never tell anyone that. I don’t think I’ve even mentioned my dad in years. "
59 " We vibrate away, "
60 " Dr. Hamid "