Erica

“Lo sapevo che era difficile, ma pensavo che io gli sarei bastata. Io, che ci sarei stata sempre. Io, che non lo avrei lasciato mai. Io, che ho mantenuto la promessa perché alla fine è stato lui a lasciare me.”
― Valentina D'Urbano, Il rumore dei tuoi passi

“Qualche volta, Beatrice, anche se io non ci sono più.
Qualche volta, da oggi in poi.
Sorridi.”
― Valentina D'Urbano, Alfredo

“And so there must be in life something like a catastrophic turning point, when the world as we know ceases to exist. A moment that transform us into a different person from one heartbeat to the next.”
― Jan-Philipp Sendker, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

“If you stay, I'll do whatever you want. I'll quit the band, go with you to New York. But if you need me to go away, I'll do that, too. I was talking to Liz and she said maybe coming back to your old life would be too painful, that maybe it'd be easier for you to erase us. And that would suck, but I'd do it. I can lose you like that if I don't lose you today. I'll let you go. If you stay.”
― Gayle Forman, If I Stay