“God,' he said, voice deep, raspy. I fought a smile. 'Are you praying to me, Gus?”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
“But people aren’t math problems.” I gave a heavy shrug. “I can miss my dad and hate him at the same time. I can be worried about this book and torn up about my family and sick over the house I’m living in, and still look out at Lake Michigan and feel overwhelmed by how big it is. I spent all last summer thinking I’d never be happy again, and now, a year later, I still feel sick and worried and angry, but at moments, I’m also happy. Bad things don’t dig down through your life until the pit’s so deep that nothing good will ever be big enough to make you happy again. No matter how much shit, there will always be wildflowers. There will always be Petes and Maggies and rainstorms in forests and sun on waves.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
“whispering secrets straight into my bones”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
“The last-page ache. The deep breath in after you’ve set the book aside.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“Sometimes I worry that as I’ve got older, I’ve shrunk my world instead of making it grow,”
― This Summer Will Be Different
― This Summer Will Be Different
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