Five Feet Apart Quotes

“It's just life. It'll be over before we know it.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“I never understood the importance of touch, his touch . . . until I couldn’t have it.

- Stella Grant”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“I realize for the first time in a long time, I don’t really feel alone.

- Will”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“He was my best friend and I never hugged him.

- Stella Grant”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“I straighten, desperately pulling in one more short breath, knowing deep in my chest that it is the last breath I will ever get.
And I give it to her. I give everything I have to her, the girl that I love. She deserves that.

- Will”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“I love him. And he’s about to leave my life forever so that I can have a life to live.

- Stella Grant”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“En este mundo, todos respiramos aire prestado”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“I'm tired of living without really living.”
― Rachael Lippincott

“Thirty-five percent is a number that keeps my mom up at night. She doesn’t say it, but her computer does.

- Stella Grant”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“When you have CF, you sort of get used to the idea of dying young.

- Stella Grant”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“People are always looking at my cannula, my scars, my G-tube, not at me.

- Stella Grant”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“The predicted snowflakes finally drifting slowly through the air and landing on my cheeks and hair. I walk slowly to the roof’s edge and take a seat on the icy stone, dangling my legs off the side. I exhale a breath I feel like I’ve been holding since I got here two weeks ago.

- Will”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“Another step back. And another, his footsteps crunching in the freshly fallen snow. His eyes are locked on mine, daring me to say something, to stop him. Challenging me to call out to him.

- Stella Grant”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“And even though he’s the actual worst . . .
I don’t want him to die.

- Stella Grant”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“You’re beautiful.”
Shit. That slipped out. She stares at me, surprised and, unless I’m imagining it, just a little pleased.

- Will”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“Thank you,” I say.
“For what?” he asks, looking up to meet my eyes.
“For saying something real.”"

- Stella Grant”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“They’re really nice eyes."

- Will”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“I want to reach out and take her hand in mine. I want to tell her that everything will be okay and that this shouldn’t be a bad one.

- Will”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“I take a deep breath, resting my head on the door, my voice barely a whisper. “It’s going to be okay, Stella.”

- Will”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“I know in that moment, even though it could not be more ridiculous, that if I die in there, I won’t die without falling in love.

- Stella Grant”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“Promise?” I ask.
He nods and stretches his arm out, holding up a gloved pinky across the distance. I take it and we pinky promise. The smallest contact, but the first time we’ve ever touched.

- Stella Grant”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“We smile at each other, and even though there are a million reasons why I shouldn’t, looking at her now, I can’t help feeling like I’m falling in love with her.

- Will”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“Stella looks at me across the table, the look in her hazel eyes by far the best birthday present I could ever get.

- Will”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“Behind her I see our snow angels, a perfect five feet apart. I let go, quickly stepping back before the dizzying urge to kiss her overwhelms me again.

- Will”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“If this year has taught me anything, it's that grief can destroy a person.”
― Rachael Lippincott,

“If I’m going to die, I’d like to actually live first.”
― rachel lippincott

“SO after all that CF has stolen from me- from us- Im stealing something back. " She holds up the pool cue defiantly, fighting for everyone of us. "I'm stealing three hundred and four points eight millimeters. Twelve whole inches. One f*** foot of space, distance, length." I stare at the video in total admiration. "Cystic Fibrosis will steal no more from me; From now on, I am the theif”
― Mikki Daughtry, Rachael Lippincott, and Tobias Iaconis