“I just want you to know that I see you and I’m proud of you. It might not mean much since we just met a few days ago, but you did a brave thing and no matter the outcome, you are worthy.”
“I like this... Let's always believe in the best in each other. That's how we'll make it work.”
― It Had to Be You
― It Had to Be You
“WAS THIS WHAT LOVE WAS? Being happy when you thought about someone; wanting to never stop thinking abou tthem, even when you were fighting; having every damn thing in the grocery store remind you of them, from diapers to sour cream; wanting to be a better writer and friend and person because of how they were and how they made you feel; wanting to be with them, all the time, even though you kept fighting it.”
― The Proposal
― The Proposal
“I tried to imagine cabin fever. I tried to imagine this getting old: that smile, those rumpled clothes, the language only Gus and I spoke, the joking and crying and touching and not touching.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
“I think, even if things don't stay like this, I will always carry this moment in me.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
“The maid said no, for she had a sense of the fragility of things, and she felt she was a small plant in a small patch of soil held between the rocks of a dry and windy place, and she was not wanted by the world, and here she was at least known, and she was tolerated, and that was a blessing.”
― Exit West
― Exit West
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