jillian

“Life will pass right by you,” she says, her eyes focused on the road. “And you end up missing the little things, the moments you don’t think matter—but they do. Moments that make you forget about everything else. Just like with your writing,” she adds out of nowhere. “You don’t write to get to the end. You write because you enjoy doing it. You write and don’t want it to end. Does that make some sense?”
― Dustin Thao, You've Reached Sam

“We are two parts of a song. He is the music. I am the words.”
― Dustin Thao, You've Reached Sam

“I want you to know … if I could do it all over again, I would. Every second of it.” If the ending is this painful, I don’t know if this was worth it all.”
― Dustin Thao, You've Reached Sam

“We had the stars, you and I. And this is given once only.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name