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Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6) QUOTES

Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6) QUOTES

1 " Coffee is one of life’s little miracles. It gives you energy when you’re tired, warms you when you’re cold, and gives you something to hide behind when life keeps throwing shit your way. "

― Jay Bell , Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6)

2 " This will happen again,” Nathaniel explained. “Even if we manage not to hurt each other, eventually one of us will get sick or get bored, or someone else will get in the way. Maybe they won’t mean to. Maybe my mom will need me when she’s older and I’ll have to go to her—”
“I’d go with you,” Kelly offered.
“—or maybe one of us will die young or maybe you’ll fall out of love with me because emotions can’t be controlled. Or maybe we’ll get to a point where we want to hurt each other. I know that’s hard to imagine now, but relationships only get more complicated as time goes by.”
“So we better avoid them?” Kelly snapped. “Why do you even leave the house? Why aren’t you constantly scared of getting hit by a car or shot by some random lunatic?”
Nathaniel exhaled.“ I never was before. Not until I fell in love with you. "

― Jay Bell , Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6)

3 " Fight for yourself if need be, or fight for the other person if he is slipping away. Just don’t give up. Not if you love him and he loves you back. "

― Jay Bell , Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6)

4 " Let’s just say I’m not eager for time to stop. I’d like to speed it up by a decade or two and see how I feel then. "

― Jay Bell , Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6)

5 " Love is either a curse or a blessing, depending on how the other person feels. So I guess I’m asking. Which is it? "

― Jay Bell , Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6)

6 " When the past catches up with the present, returning from the realm of broken dreams and dented hopes, the best course of action is to roll over, expose the belly, and pray that it will be merciful. Or at least quick. "

― Jay Bell , Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6)

7 " There are far too many artists in the world these days. Everyone is writing a book or pitching ideas to Hollywood or describing the content of their cell phones as photography. Don't even get me started on YouTube. I don't mind creative impulses, but soon there wont be an audience left. The world will just be performers, stumbling around each other and impressing nobody in their presence. "

― Jay Bell , Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6)

8 " We either die alone, or we die in the arms of the person we love most. "

― Jay Bell , Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6)

9 " Love is like a dream. People often wake up from it and realize they’ve been with a stranger the entire time. "

― Jay Bell , Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6)

10 " Love can be selfish, especially when you do everything in your power to keep the other person with you. That’s part of wanting someone else. "

― Jay Bell , Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6)

11 " love means learning from the bruises we give each other so we can avoid them in the future. "

― Jay Bell , Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6)

12 " If you strike yourself while hammering a nail, you can either suck your thumb for the rest of your life or get on with building yourself a home. "

― Jay Bell , Something Like Thunder (Something Like, #6)