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“We’re all just getting by, right? And sometimes it’s easier to do that with someone who understands than to try to do it by ourselves.”
― Marisa Reichardt, Underwater

“Why do you do that?

Do what?

Blow off compliments.

I don't.

You kind of do.

Sorry.

Don't apologize. Just learn to say thanks.”
― Marisa Reichardt, Underwater

“I think you're a girl who went through a horrible thing, something no mom every wants to think about their kid going through. But I also think you're smart and capable. I think you're working hard to get better. I think you want to get better. I think you will get better.”
― Marisa Reichardt, Underwater

“I like the sound of the sizzle of the butter as it hits the pan. It’s a reminder of how quickly things change. One second you’re whole, the next second you’ve melted.”
― Marisa Reichardt, Underwater

“And I think about all the things we could be
if we were never told our bodies were not built for them.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

“The world is almost peaceful when you stop trying to understand it.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

“Burn it! Burn it. This is where the poems are,” I say, thumping a fist against my chest. “Will you burn me? Will you burn me, too?”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

“One thing I know for sure is that reputations last longer than the time it takes to make them.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

“What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. You literally couldn't be a bigger mess."
He tries to kiss me, but I pull back- "And you like that?"
"I love it." He says
"Why?"
"Because we match.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Safety, stability--it's an illusion. It's a false god, Simon. It's like clinging to a sinking raft instead of learning to swim.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“And sometimes holes want to get bigger, but Baz was wrong—sometimes they just want to be filled.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. an alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“With endless time, nothing is special. With no loss or sacrifice, we can’t appreciate what we have”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“When you are measuring life, you are not living it.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“Holding on to things only breaks your heart.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“Knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“Ends are for yesterday, not tomorrows.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“As mankind grew obsessed with its hours, the sorrow of lost time became a permanent hole in the human heart. People fretted over missed chances, over inefficient days; they worried constantly about how long they would live, because counting life’s moments had led, inevitably, to counting them down. Soon, in every nation and in every language, time became the most precious commodity.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“The length of your days does not belong to you.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“A man who can take anything will find most things unsatisfying. And a man without memories is just a shell.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“Consider the word “time.” We use so many phrases with it. Pass time. Waste time. Kill time. Lose time. In good time. About time. Take your time. Save time. A long time. Right on time. Out of time. Mind the time. Be on time. Spare time. Keep time. Stall for time. There are as many expressions with “time” as there are minutes in a day. But once, there was no word for it at all. Because no one was counting. Then Dor began. And everything changed.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creatures endures. A fear of time running out.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“You marked the minutes," the old man said. "But did you use them wisely? To be still? To cherish? To be grateful? To lift and be lifted?”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper