Jen

“Grief is a relationship...It's the way we figure out how to keep loving them even though they're gone. And in order to do that we have to keep on going. And going and going.' His hold is tighter and tighter and mine is tighter and tighter and I've slid off the desk and into his lap. 'You are not betraying her by healing,' he whispers directly into my ear. 'You are honoring her. You are learning to love her exactly as she is. As someone who isn't here anymore...That's who she is now. And this journey through grief...It's what we do for the great loves of our lives.”
― Cara Bastone, Promise Me Sunshine

“Lenny, the stakes are low with you because you're the most loyal person I've ever met. You're fully on my team. Now that you're here, I think there's very little I could do to kick you out . . . I don't have to worry about losing you. I can just . . . relax.”
― Cara Bastone, Promise Me Sunshine

“Every time I fall in love with you there’s lightning.”
― Cara Bastone, Promise Me Sunshine

“So you’ll come with me if I ask?” His eyes pierce me in the shadows of the kitchen. “Lenny, I’ll do anything you ask me to.”
― Cara Bastone, Promise Me Sunshine