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1 " real love is when the other person is your best friend and you shouldn’t have to work hard around them, it should be, like, more natural, and you just want to be with them even if you’re not doing anything. "
― Elizabeth Berg , Night of Miracles (Mason, #2)
2 " Never think winter will last when spring is equally inevitable. "
3 " one summer and they had a ride called the Whirligig. You sat in some wooden contraption that jerked you here, there, and everywhere. One minute you’d be going forward, the next backward or sideways or tilted over so far you thought you might fall out. It was never still and you had no idea what might come next. That’s life. You’re born, and you get a ride on the Whirligig. "
4 " It’s good for you to be a bit uncomfortable from time to time, especially if you’re only a few steps away from relief. People forget about the value of adversity. "
5 " What Maddy has come to believe is that certain life circumstances make for people who walk with a psychic limp for all of their days. Never mind the progress they seem to make, peel back a few delicate layers and there it is: a stubborn doubting of worth; an inability to stand with conviction behind anything without wondering if they should be standing there at all; a sense that if they move in this direction, it’s wrong; and if they move in that direction, that’s wrong, too. "
6 " That’s life. You’re born, and you get a ride on the Whirligig "
7 " One good thing about someone really liking something you have is that you appreciate it yourself all over again. "
8 " There’s always hope when a kid—or an adult, for that matter—likes to read. "
9 " Kids don’t really see old people. A lot of people don’t. "
10 " IF YOU COULD LIVE ONE day in your life over again and change the outcome of something that happened that day, what day would it be? "
11 " What she knows now is that no one is ever through with love. No one ever should be. "
12 " Lincoln sits on the chair and removes his shoes. Then he climbs in bed beside his mother, who does not respond.Jason hopes no one comes in and tells Lincoln to get off the bed. Because he would have to kill that person.He sits in the chair and watches as Lincoln touches his mother's hand, then holds it."The puppy has a name," he tells her.Nothing.Lincoln moves closer to Abby and closes his eyes. "
13 " When Lucille was a girl, a carnival came to town one summer and they had a ride called the Whirligig. You sat in some wooden contraption that jerked you here, there, and everywhere. One minute you’d be going forward, the next backward or sideways or tilted over so far you thought you might fall out. It was never still and you had no idea what might come next. That’s life. You’re born, and you get a ride on the Whirligig. "
14 " things that suggest themselves in sleep almost always work out. "
15 " but how nice it was for that brief period of time to feel like someone had her back, whether he was right with her or not. If he was in the world, he was watching over her. "
16 " certain life circumstances make for people who walk with a psychic limp for all of their days. Never mind the progress they seem to make, peel back a few delicate layers and there it is: a stubborn doubting of worth; an inability to stand with conviction behind anything without wondering if they should be standing there at all; a sense that if they move in this direction, it’s wrong; and if they move in that direction, that’s wrong, too. "
17 " I know you may not stay with me forever,” he said just last night, “but I’m so grateful to have you now, and for as long as you can stay. "
18 " That is the gift of love, not only that you have somebody but that you are changed by somebody. "
19 " If there’s one thing Lucille hates, it’s how science has to rain on whimsy’s parade: Rainbows not a gift from leprechauns offering pots of gold, but only a trick of refraction. A blue sky not a miles-wide painting done by a heavenly hand, but molecules scattering light. Still, when Lucille sees the stars strewn across the sky on a night like tonight, they’re diamonds, and she thinks they might end up under her bed yet. Maybe "
20 " This is what happens. You live past your time of importance and relevance and the world must be given over to the younger ones. "