“She is so good at predicting what will happen in books, so bad at predicting what will happen in life. That is why she has always preferred books - because to be alive is so much harder.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“Your husband is not going to take care of you the way you think,” Phoebe says. “Nobody can take care of you the way you need to take care of yourself. It’s your job to take care of yourself like that.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“No, Phoebe will never be a mother. Phoebe will never know what it’s like to create life inside of her. But there are other ways to create. Other ways to love. Other reasons to live.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“And maybe that’s it: You do things in the moment for the person you hope you might be two years from now.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“And by never forgetting that not knowing what will happen next also means that anything could.”
― Conversations on Love: Lovers, Strangers, Parents, Friends, Endings, Beginnings
― Conversations on Love: Lovers, Strangers, Parents, Friends, Endings, Beginnings
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