Alex

“His voice is deep. Soft. I know in that moment, even though it could not be more ridiculous, that if I die in there, I won’t die without falling in love. “Promise?” I ask. He nods and stretches his arm out, holding up a gloved pinky across the distance. I take it and we pinky promise. The smallest contact, but the first time we’ve ever touched. And right now that doesn’t scare me.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“And I realize I'm doing the one thing I've told myself this whole time I wouldn't do. I'm wanting something I can never have.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“If this is all we get, then let's take it. I want to be fearless and free," she says, giving me a look, daring me. "It's just life, Will. It'll be over before we know it.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“Death. That’s what I am. That’s what I am to Stella. The only thing worse than not being able to be with her or be around her would be living in a world that she didn’t exist in at all. Especially if it’s my fault.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart