Lizzy Mason > Quotes

“I also think it’s better to have loved and lost, you know? I just think everyone should get to experience that happiness, even if there’s a chance it might lead to heartbreak.”
― Lizzy Mason, The Art of Losing

“Cheers, to sisters who make them hard to love and who we are saints to put up with”
― Lizzy Mason, The Art of Losing

“In the sketch, I was sitting on the garden wall, my face in profile as I stared into the distance. My eyes were unfocused. A cigarette burned, forgotten, between my fingers. Raf drew me as I was, with round curves, folds in my stomach, and chubby thighs—but through his eyes I was beautiful. Because those features were just small parts of the picture. My face, which undoubtedly was blotchy from crying that night, was clear and angled. Even my messy bun was more of a purposeful updo, with soft tendrils that framed my face. The shirt that I'd been wearing that I'd worried was too tight instead hugged my curves purposefully and exposed a little cleavage. Or at least, that's how Raf had drawn it.”
― Lizzy Mason, The Art of Losing

“This moment is now a bookmark in my life. There is a before and an after. I’ll never get to go back to the before. But I don’t want to live in the after. Not without Jules.”
― Lizzy Mason, Remind Me to Hate You Later

“Her motive wasn’t to offend anyone, but scrutiny is part of being a public figure. And you don’t get to decide who you offend.”
― Lizzy Mason, Remind Me to Hate You Later

“It hasn’t been that long since Jules died—a little more than four months now. Sometimes it feels like it was yesterday. Sometimes it feels like it’s been a year.
But it only takes a moment to remember how it felt to hear that she was gone. And I know that pain will linger forever.”
― Lizzy Mason, Remind Me to Hate You Later

“The pain of losing someone you love never goes away entirely,” she says. “But over time it becomes part of the landscape of your life. That stab in the gut when you think about that person, when you miss them after something good or bad happens, it dulls a little but never truly goes away.”
― Lizzy Mason, Remind Me to Hate You Later

“I mean, yeah, it sounds weird,” I say, “but weird is my favorite. Normal is boring. What other things have you done episodes about?”
― Lizzy Mason, Remind Me to Hate You Later

“And if I’m being honest, I still have hope that things will get better. I don’t know why—I have no proof of it—but I can’t seem to squash it. Even when I imagine what the world would look like without me, I can’t help wanting to be a part of it. I just don’t want to do it alone.”
― Lizzy Mason, Remind Me to Hate You Later

“A friend told me once that grief is the cost of love,” she says. “It’s a pretty steep price, but it’s worth paying. Because the love doesn’t go away either.”
― Lizzy Mason, Remind Me to Hate You Later

“Yeah, Bug. It’s only been a few months since Jules died. And I know you’re doing better, but grief is like the ocean. Sometimes it’s just lapping quietly at your toes and ankles while you walk along, but other times, a huge wave will come out of nowhere and pull you under.”
― Lizzy Mason, Remind Me to Hate You Later