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61 " There were some feelings that just didn’t have words big enough to describe them. "
― Jodi Picoult , Between the Lines (Between the Lines, #1)
62 " True, I'd never met him. And true, he was a fictional character. But he also was what people needed him to be: a dashing hero, and articulate peacemaker, a cunning excape artist. "
63 " Oh, darling, that’s what love is. It’s some power greater than you and me, that draws us to one special person. "
64 " But sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less. "
65 " It turns out that there’s something even harder than not being able to be with the person you love when you’re happy: not being able to comfort her when she’s sad. "
66 " Marina sighs. “Love is like a tidal wave,” she says. “Because it sweeps you off your feet?” I ask. “No, because it sucks you under and you drown.” “But sometimes,” I point out, “it’s the only thing that keeps you afloat. "
67 " Given my mother's experience with romance, I shouldn't even care - but there's a part of me that wonders what it would be like to be the most important person to someone else, to always feel like you were missing a piece of yourself when he wasn't near you. "
68 " Loves a tidal wave...because it sucks you under and you drown. "
69 " Ein Schatz wird erst dadurch zu einem Schatz, dass du ihn so schwer findest, wenn du ihn am dringendsten brauchst. "
70 " Real fairy tales are not for the fainthearted. Children get eaten by witches and chased by wolves; women fall into comas and are tortured by evil relatives. Somehow all that pain and suffering is worthwhile, though, when it leads to the ending: happily ever after. Suddenly it no longer matters if you got a B- on your midterm in French or you're the only girl in the school who doesn't have a date for the spring formal. Happily ever after trumps everything. But what if ever after could change? "
71 " The first time I read Gone with the Wind and Rhett walked out on Scarlett, I was fifteen and thought all that unrequited love was wildly romantic. The second time I read it, last summer, I thought she was silly and he was a selfish pig. "
72 " When she wanted to escape her life, she read books "
73 " How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now? "
74 " Everyone deserves a happy ending. "
75 " The question is not if you're willing to die for her. The question is, can you live without her? "
76 " What makes a treasure a treasure is how rare a find it is, when you need it the most. "
77 " How do you know she’s the one for you?...and did you ever notice how, when she’s nervous,she sings? Off-key?You like that?Well, that's the thing. I think her flaws make me love her even more. She’s not perfect, but she’s perfect to me. "
78 " Is it really worth dying for the person you love?”[Maureen] thinks about this for a moment. “That’s not the real question, Oliver. What you should be asking is, Can you live without her? "
79 " Who spit in your porridge? "
80 " May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures every day?" "Because you can always count on a book to stay the same. EVerything else changes when you least expect it," she replies, bitter. "Families split apart, and nothing's forever. In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises. "