“Beck’s gone,” she said. And that was it. I could feel my insides sink. My knees too. So I sat on the ground, against the wall, letting it support me. I thought I knew what heartbreak felt like. I thought heartbreak was me, standing alone
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“Beck’s gone,” she said. And that was it. I could feel my insides sink. My knees too. So I sat on the ground, against the wall, letting it support me. I thought I knew what heartbreak felt like. I thought heartbreak was me, standing alone at the prom. That was nothing. This, this was heartbreak. The pain in your chest, the ache behind your eyes. The knowing that things will never be the same again. It’s all relative, I suppose. You think you know love, you think you know real pain, but you don’t. You don’t know anything.”
― It's Not Summer Without You
― It's Not Summer Without You
“The only person I wanted was Susannah. She was the only one. And then I had a thought, clear as day. I would never be somebody’s favorite again. I would never be a kid again, not in the same way. That was all over now. She was really gone.”
― It's Not Summer Without You
― It's Not Summer Without You
“I didn’t want my love to fade away one day like an old scar. I wanted it to burn forever.”
― It's Not Summer Without You
― It's Not Summer Without You
“Only I could allow the bad to break me. Only I could own it, embrace it.”
― A Court of Wings and Ruin
― A Court of Wings and Ruin
“I wanted to memorize it all in case I didn’t get to come back again. You never know the last time you’ll see a place. A person.”
― It's Not Summer Without You
― It's Not Summer Without You
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