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21 " If you think the story has a sad ending, it's because it's not over yet. "
― Emily Henry , Beach Read
22 " Or maybe I’m just right,’ I said quietly. ‘And sometimes people are brighter and braver than they know. "
23 " Unless the world freezes over in a second ice age. And in that case, there will at least be snowflakes, until the bitter end." Gus touched the side of my face. "I don't need snowflakes." He kissed me. "As long as there's January. "
24 " The lake froze so far out that we could even walk on it past the lighthouse where my father had once ridden his tricycle into. And what was more, the water froze so high and the snow piled on top of it such that we could walk right up to the top of the lighthouse, stand on it like it was part of some lost civilization underneath us, Gus’s arm hooked around my neck as he hummed, It’s June in January, because I’m in love. "
25 " Gus still thought he was missing something, some special piece other people had, the thing that made people stay, and it broke my heart a little. It broke my heart that when we were younger, he'd thought I'd never even look at him. "
26 " That was how it always was. He never looked away from any of it. Maybe he thought someone had to bear witness to the dark, or maybe he hoped if he stared into the pitch-black long enough, his eyes would adjust and he'd see answers hiding in it.This is why bad things happen, the dark would say. This is how it all makes sense. "
27 " I am sure it is something really groundbreaking and important, Totally new and fresh. Like a story about a disillusioned white guy, wandering the world, misunderstood and coldly horny. "
28 " How are you supposed to believe right’s right and wrong’s wrong if everyone around you says the opposite? You’re supposed to think you’re smarter than all of them? "
29 " I searched my stomach for that tight feeling, the sensation of waiting for the other shoe to drop. I could find it, if I tried hard enough, but for once, I didn't want to. The moment felt worth whatever pain it might bring later, and I tried to repeat that to myself until I was sure I would be able to remember it if I needed to. "
30 " Speaking of fire, sometimes his eyes seemed to be reflecting it, even though there wasn't any. The car was nearly pitch-black, for God's sake. His eyes shouldn't be allowed, physically or morally, to glint like that. His pupils were disrespectful to the laws of nature. My skin started burning under them. "
31 " You shouldn’t be married to an asshole, I guess. Probably no one should, except maybe other assholes. "
32 " I think it's brave to believe in love, I mean the lasting kind. To try for that, even knowing it can hurt you. "
33 " God,' he said, voice deep, raspy. I fought a smile. 'Are you praying to me, Gus? "
34 " You're as small as you are ridiculous. "
35 " Every moment of every day, I was tripping backward while the rest of the world marched forward. "
36 " I want to be the one who gives you what you deserve, and I want to sleep next to you every night and to be the one you complain about book stuff to, and I don’t think I ever could deserve any of that, and I know this thing between us isn’t a sure thing, but that’s what I want to aim for with you. Because I know no matter how long I get to love you, it will be worth whatever comes after. "
37 " When I think about you, January, and I think about doing laundry with you and trying terrible green juice cleanses and going to antiques malls with you, I only feel happy. The world looks different than I ever thought it could be, and I don’t want to look for what’s broken or what could go wrong. I don’t want to brace myself for the worst and miss out on being with you. "
38 " When you sleep, I feel overwhelmed that you exist. "
39 " I was aiming to write fifteen hundred words that day. I only made it to four hundred, but on the bright side, I also won twenty-eight consecutive games of spider solitaire before I stopped to stir-fry some veggies for dinner. "
40 " I could have convinced myself I'd snatched someone else's limbs and life and fallen in love with them. "