“And I love him. For all of my memory, I have loved him; I do not even notice it anymore. I feel what I have always felt when I look at him, and I have never before asked myself what it is exactly.”
― If He Had Been with Me
― If He Had Been with Me
“Finny?” I say. There is silence. “Oh, Autumn,” my mother says.”
― If He Had Been with Me
― If He Had Been with Me
“I think we're supposed to experience as much beauty as we can.
Isn't that the same as happiness, too?
No, because sometimes sad things are beautiful.”
― If He Had Been with Me
Isn't that the same as happiness, too?
No, because sometimes sad things are beautiful.”
― If He Had Been with Me
“I’m on your side,” he says. He wipes his hands on his napkin. “You don’t count,” I say. “Thanks.”
― If He Had Been with Me
― If He Had Been with Me
“Come on, Autumn,” he says. He makes a sound that isn’t quite a laugh. “I know that you know I’ve been in love with you for forever. You don’t have to pretend.”
― If He Had Been with Me
― If He Had Been with Me
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