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Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World QUOTES

Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World QUOTES

1 " She felt raw, a painting that wasn't dry yet. One hard nudge and she'd smear all over the place. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

2 " The whole world was crying as everything fell apart. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

3 " The feeling was wild and sort of unpredictable, like a good summer storm. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

4 " Maybe 'perfect' was just another word for belonging. For feeling like yourself. It didn't mean things weren't hard. It just meant they were right. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

5 " It's okay not to be okay. Most people don't think so, but I do. It has to be okay to not be okay all the time "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

6 " How was Ivy supposed to know how to handle all these feelings for June, all these feelings at all, if everything she saw and read about and heard about was all boy-girl, girl-boy? "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

7 " Her heart was no longer zooming. It wasn't melting or standing still. It was shattering. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

8 " No saber era mejor. No saber todavía significaba posibilidad. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

9 " Resilient means the ability to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties. It doesn't mean things aren't hard. It doesn't mean we aren't hurt. It just means we keep going. We keep living. We keep trying. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

10 " She felt a storm in her head. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

11 " Both girls were happy inside that treehouse, their secret small and safe. Ivy wished she was there right now. It sounded like a wild adventure, sitting in that treehouse while the sky fell down around them. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

12 " This is me. I'm your best friend, and I had to hear it from Jesse Ryder, who said he saw you two kissing in your car. How do you think that made me feel? "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

13 " That a heart could exist that's big enough to fit a whole person inside. Isn't that cool? "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

14 " Maybe Ivy and June's friendship was just a different kind of friendship, stormier and wilder, just like she'd thought last night. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

15 " Ivy was tired of secrets. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

16 " Pondering mysteries?" Taryn asked.

Ivy let herself smile. A couple of years ago, Taryn started calling those times when they'd be hanging out and then got really quiet "pondering mysteries". It was never an awkward quiet, but the kind that Ivy liked best. Friendly quiet, like the times they would jump on the big trampoline in Taryn's backyard until their sides hurt from laughing, and then they'd collapse onto the stretchy surface and stare up at the trees in silence. They'd ponder mysteries. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

17 " Ivy's heart leaped into her throat. She felt sick and glittery, droopy and elated. She had no clue which emotion to trust. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

18 " They're happy because they're together. They're happy because they can be themselves. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

19 " Even if Keeper was June, there was a big difference between writing words on notes in a locker and saying the same words out loud while looking into June's big brown eyes. "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

20 " But then, Ivy saw herself reaching out and holding June's hand. And she didn't hold it like she might hold Taryn's or Layla's or even like she'd held June's hand in the past. She tangled her fingers with June's. She ran her thumb over June's knuckles. She sat so close to June that their shoulders pressed together. She- "

― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World