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21 " For some reason, sadness in music eases the sadness in my soul. "
― Colleen Hoover , Regretting You
22 " So when you decide to commit to someone, you aren’t saying, ‘I promise I’ll never be attracted to anyone else.’ You’re saying, ‘I promise to commit to you, despite my potential future attraction to other people.’” I look at Clara. “Relationships are hard for that very reason. Your body and your heart don’t stop finding the beauty and the attraction in other people simply because you’ve made a commitment to one person. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you’re drawn to someone else, it’s up to you to remove yourself from that situation before it becomes too hard to fight. "
23 " I’m full of all this untapped potential. Sometimes my chest feels hollow, as if I’ve lived a life with nothing significant enough to fill it. My heart is full, but that’s the only part of me that feels any weight. "
24 " I wonder if humans are the only living creatures that ever feel hollow inside. I don’t understand how my body can be full of everything bodies are full of—bones and muscles and blood and organs—yet my chest sometimes feels vacant, as if someone could scream into my mouth and it would echo inside of me. "
25 " Clara isn’t struggling because Chris is no longer here. She’s struggling because he’s never coming back. There’s a difference. "
26 " I just crave you more than I’ve ever craved anything in my life. "
27 " I guess that happens when you become a mother, though. Your focus is no longer on yourself. Your life becomes all about this beautiful tiny little human you created. "
28 " You know your life is shit when you’re handwashing baby bottles, praying for Armageddon. "
29 " I’m content with the direction in which my life is headed, and I know if I obsess over the past, that obsession will only serve to anchor me in a place I am more than ready to move on from. "
30 " I think it’s time I figure out who I was meant to become before I started living my life for everyone else. "
31 " That emptiness is being replaced with heat and flutters and heartbeats, and I hate it because it feels like I’ve just pinpointed what has caused me to feel so empty these past few weeks. Jonah. Sometimes when we’re alone, he looks at me in a way that makes me feel empty when he looks away. It’s a feeling I’ve never gotten when Chris looks at me. This realization scares me to death. "
32 " A band called Sounds of Cedar. "
33 " I’m amazed at how such a small touch can cause such a consequential reaction "
34 " Write it all down. Everything you want to remember about him. You’ll be surprised how soon you start to forget everything. "
35 " Imagine how great we’ll be when I’m finally emotionally stable. "
36 " Sometimes my chest feels hollow, as if I’ve lived a life with nothing significant enough to fill it. My heart is full, but that’s the only part of me that feels any weight. "
37 " I don’t understand how my body can be full of everything bodies are full of—bones and muscles and blood and organs—yet my chest sometimes feels vacant, as if someone could scream into my mouth and it would echo inside of me. "
38 " I think that should be this year’s goal. You need to figure out what you’re passionate about. Because it can’t be being a housewife. "
39 " Our attraction to each other, to art, to food, to entertainment. Attraction is fun. So when you decide to commit to someone, you aren’t saying, ‘I promise I’ll never be attracted to anyone else.’ You’re saying, ‘I promise to commit to you, despite my potential future attraction to other people.’” I look at Clara. “Relationships are hard for that very reason. Your body and your heart don’t stop finding the beauty and the attraction in other people simply because you’ve made a commitment to one person. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you’re drawn to someone else, it’s up to you to remove yourself from that situation before it becomes too hard to fight. "
40 " Yet,” Miller quips. “And Grandma didn’t skip town. She died of a heart attack.” “Either way, she left me. "