But in that moment I understood what they say about nostalgia, that no matter if you’re thinking of something good or bad, it always leaves you a little emptier afterward.
Jealous of the crazy gay kid. That doesn’t sound right.””Hey, Sol,” she said, her tone getting serious for a second. “Those are two things about you out of a million. Don’t box yourself in.
Not only had my brother disappeared, but–and bear with me here–a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared.
We all get lots of people. And maybe we don’t always get to have them the exact way we want them, but if we can figure out a way to compromise, you know, then we can keep them all.
But she believed there was a thin line between accepting one’s fears and giving in to them altogether.
What he feared the most was that all this hiding had made it impossible for him to ever be found again.
Everyone just outgrew me. Now I think I’m just haunting them.
That’s the thing. You come back and you expect everyone to be just the way they were when you left. But it’s not that easy, okay? You can’t just force us all to be how you liked us.
Death can surprise us. It can scare us. It can keep us up at night. But we’ve also learned the things that death cannot do. It cannot crush our hopes. It cannot take away the love and support of our friends and family.
You’re both living these lives you didn’t choose to live in a world full of people telling you what that’s supposed to mean. That’s messed up.
I thought maybe a day was coming when I’d stop constantly worrying about how to live. Maybe at some point I’d just start living, no questions asked.
Some people say dying alone is a fate worse than death itself. Well, they should try being alone during the living part sometimes. There’s no quicker way to make you wonder why the hell you ever thought you’d want to return.
Watch it,’ her mom snapped. ‘Don’t start a fight just because it’s the easiest thing to do.
I don’t want to lie about who I am, even if it doesn’t matter. It’s who I am. It’s part of me.
You’re like Lady MacBeth without the murder.””Thank you. You have no idea how much of a compliment that is to me.
If this were an indie movie, we’d start talking about the constellations,” Solomon said, looking up at the stars.
He was an astronaut without a suit, but he was still breathing.
The thing to know about my brother was that even though he was fifteen, he looked to be about the same age as me. Only, I’m not sure if that was because he looked older or I looked younger. I like to think it was a healthy mixture of both.
As smart as I am, it took a boy stuck in his house to teach me that sometimes it doesn’t matter where you are at all. It only matters whos with you.
I’m sorry, Cullen. I really am. I know this sucks. But you’re better off anyway. And you’ll be fine. You needed me. Now someone else needs me.
She believed in herself maybe more than other people believed in God or the devil or Heaven or Hell.
And, long after Clark had gone home, Solomon stayed up wondering if everyone falls in love with someone who can’t love them back.