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1 " Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. "
― Jill Santopolo , More Than Words
2 " Love was complicated. it didn't disappear because someone did something horrible, something you didn't agree with. it lived there, with the disappointment, the disapproval. you had to figure out how to hold both of them in your heart, or you'd love everyone, everything. "
3 " I don’t really want to be cheered up,” she said. “I just . . . can you stand in the darkness with me? "
4 " She wanted to stay caught in that moment of time, stretch it even more so she wouldn't have to deal with everything that came next. But time wasn't like that. You couldn't get lost in it forever. It marched onward, pulling you with it, a leash around your neck. "
5 " Grief felt like it mixed up her brain and her heart, put them back in the wrong places. She wasn’t sure how she’s set that right ever again. "
6 " All decisions were affected by the time in which they were made. "
7 " She was not only grateful but angry. At life, at the way things turned out, and, illogically, at her father. How dare you leave me before I've figured out my life, she thought. How dare you leave me before I'm ready to let you go. "
8 " It makes you see the world through a different lens. I think it's hard not to fall apart when your view of life is shifting. "
9 " Love was complicated. It didn't disappear because someone did something horrible, something you didn't agree with. It lived there with the disappointment, the disapproval. "
10 " Something like this,” he said, slowly, “it makes you see the world through a different lens. I think it’s hard not to fall apart when your view of life is shifting. "