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her words kept replaying: I think you’re going to fall for him again. Some might argue I never fell out of him, but I didn’t think love was about falling in or out; it was about staying in. And we didn’t.
“We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything.”
― It's Not Summer Without You
― It's Not Summer Without You
“That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore. It wasn't enough to know that deep down, he loved me. You had to actually say it to somebody, show them you cared. And he just didn't. Not enough.”
― It's Not Summer Without You
― It's Not Summer Without You
“I hated to leave her and I hated to
be near her,
because she made me remember what I wanted most to forget.”
― It's Not Summer Without You
be near her,
because she made me remember what I wanted most to forget.”
― It's Not Summer Without You
“I wondered if this was the way old crushes died, with a whimper, slowly, and then, just like that—gone.”
― The Summer I Turned Pretty
― The Summer I Turned Pretty
“I say, " I can't believe you're really here."
He sounds almost shy when he says, "Me neither." And then he hesitates. "Are you still coming with me?"
I cant believe he even has to ask. I would go anywhere. "Yes," I tell him. It feels like nothing else exists outside of that word, this moment. There's just us. Everything that happened this past summer and every summer before it, has all led up to this.
To Now”
― The Summer I Turned Pretty
He sounds almost shy when he says, "Me neither." And then he hesitates. "Are you still coming with me?"
I cant believe he even has to ask. I would go anywhere. "Yes," I tell him. It feels like nothing else exists outside of that word, this moment. There's just us. Everything that happened this past summer and every summer before it, has all led up to this.
To Now”
― The Summer I Turned Pretty
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