“That's the thing about freewill: Every decision we make is a choice against something as much as it is for something else.”
― When You Were Mine
― When You Were Mine
“There are a million things in this world that can end you, that can in one second obliterate the life you work so hard to keep alive. Our lives are structured around not dying. Eating, sleeping, looking both ways before you cross the street. It's all, all of it, to keep us safe from the thing that we know is going to get us anyway. It doesn't even make sense, if you think about it. It's the world's biggest joke. Our entire lives are set up around not dying, knowing all the while that it's the one thing we can't avoid.”
― When You Were Mine
― When You Were Mine
“No one ever died from having too much information. It’s the misunderstandings that are the problem.”
― When You Were Mine
― When You Were Mine
“They died together; they'll always be remembered together. It's decided, once and for all. He was hers. The rumors don't matter; they'll fade...People may remember it was suicide, but my name won't be attached. It will just be two lovers, fused together forever.”
― When You Were Mine
― When You Were Mine
“How are you?” Charlie asks. She’s turned to me wearing this grave expression, her features all set in a row. I expected her to be pissy about my being nonresponsive all weekend, or at least about my being late this morning, but if she is, she’s not acting like it.
“Um, fine. Are we going?”
Charlie glances back at Olivia.
“He’s an asshole,” Olivia says.
“She’s a bitch,” Charlie says.”
―
“Um, fine. Are we going?”
Charlie glances back at Olivia.
“He’s an asshole,” Olivia says.
“She’s a bitch,” Charlie says.”
―
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