Penley

“To summer, and to us.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

“There is always the rest of the story, right? Even if you don’t know right now what it is.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story

“They’re feeding vulnerable readers lies about love and life and we’re buying into it like mindless consumers.”
― Alex Light, The Upside of Falling

“He plucked the book from my hands, inspected the cover. “I recognize this one. Haven’t you read this, like, a hundred times?”
“Twenty, actually,” I said, snatching it back. “Today marks the twenty-first time.”
He grinned. Shook his head.
“What?” I asked.
“Nothing. Nothing at all,” he said, jerking his chin toward the book on my legs.
“Read to me.”
"Why?”
“Because you go somewhere else when you read. I want to go there with you.”

We sat there and I read aloud, my back to Brett’s chest. He pulled me a little closer, held me a little tighter. And this time, we escaped together.”
― Alex Light, The Upside of Falling