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“There are days when she mourns the prospect of another year, another decade, another century. There are nights when she cannot sleep, moments when she lies awake and dreams of dying.
But then she wakes, and sees the pink and orange dawn against the clouds, or hears the lament of a lone fiddle, the music and the melody, and remembers there is such beauty in the world.
And she does not want to miss it—any of it.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“I loved the feeling of talking and having somebody really listen to what I have to say. It was like a high or something.”
― Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty

“You do not know how fast you have been running, how hard you have been working, how truly exhausted you are, until somewhat stands behind you and says, “It’s OK, you can fall down now. I’ll catch you.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Listen to me. Life can feel very long sometimes, but in the end, it goes so fast. You better live a good life.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue