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“I should’ve asked him more. I should’ve written it all down. I should’ve recorded every stupid joke and every piece of advice. I should have taken videos of him singing while you cooked in the kitchen.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“Why didn’t I record him? I think again, with a deep pulse of pain. And just as fast, I feel a breeze ripple over my back, and it's hard not to believe or maybe just hope-that maybe I didn't need to record it.
That maybe he's here, his atoms redistributed, the ashes we sprinkled in the river near our house now mixed with the sand all around me, his love permanent and intractable as ever.
Love isn't something you can cup in your hands, and I have to believe that means it's something that can't ever be lost.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“And it hits me. I love this woman. I don’t know when it happened. It slipped over me so softly, like the changing of seasons. The seeping scent of baked bread first thing in the morning. A wistful sigh on a perfect fall day. I love Michelle. I’ve loved her for far too long.”
― Julie Olivia, If It Makes You Happy

“For a girl who struggled so mightily to know the shape and feeling of home, it’s a revelation to have so many places—and people—to call it.”
― Jessica Joyce, The Ex Vows