“After dinner, out of nowhere, it started to rain. It caught me off guard, and seeing the world that had only been sunny and warm transformed by a sudden thunderstorm was jarring, a reminder of just how quickly things could change.”
― Second Chance Summer
― Second Chance Summer
“You're better off without me.
And I don't want to be around when you realize it.”
― The Beginning of Everything
And I don't want to be around when you realize it.”
― The Beginning of Everything
“This felt like the way you get nervous right before something exciting happens-the moment when you're balanced on the top of the roller coaster, the hush before the surprise party, the second after the diving board but before the water, when you can close your eyes and imagine, for just a second, that you're flying. The feeling that good things were coming, almost here, any moment now.”
― Since You've Been Gone
― Since You've Been Gone
“You can always find your way out, no matter how lost you are.”
― Second Chance Summer
― Second Chance Summer
“All the stuff you can’t wait to get away from, until it’s not there anymore, and then you miss it like crazy.”
― Since You've Been Gone
― Since You've Been Gone
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