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Everything has its time

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“The only thing the sport gives us are moments. But what the hell is life, apart from moments?”

"That's the problem. We let people say stuff, and they say it so much that it becomes ok to them and normal for us."

"It's the things you say and do that people remember you for..she lives on in people's hearts and minds."

Maybe this was mapped out generations before we were even born, millions and trillions of small events and decisions being made all leading us down to the place we were meant to be. Perhaps this path has been written and we are all just playing the rolls that are decided for us

"People think a soulmate is your perfect fit and that's what everyone wants, but a true soulmate is a mirror- the person who shows you everything holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soulmate is the most important person you will meet because they tear down your walls and smack you awake."

"You get self obsessed when you're ill, you can't see anything around you"

There are a thousand ways to drown and a thousand ways to rescue someone

When a star reaches you it is difficult to look away

2 ppl at the same time

Seeing people for who they are- not in a museum,
How special someone is

Part 6

We all think, "it couldn't happen to us."

"Friends are the family we choose for ourselves"

"Age itself doesn't make you older or wiser, it just accentuates what you've always been"

"Life is about risking it all and loving passionately"

YA Rosie Project,- although I didn't enjoy it as much, terribly messed up parents, didn't really understand the point of the book except to learn about the main character and what people with his idiosyncrasies goes through

Like with parents who adore you blindly. And a big sister who feels guilty for being human over you. And even a pink haired girl who carries your picture in her wallet. Maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. The universe takes care of all its birds."

..if it was really all random, the universe would abandon us completely, and the universe doesn't. It takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see.

"Doesn't that make the universe a giant lottery, then? You purchase a ticket when you're born and it's all just random whether you get a good ticket or a bad ticket, it's all just luck.

Throws you right in Makes me miss my grandparents What is it about nighttime that makes us the saddest? The most vulnerable?

Moriarty has done it again! Love the characters Love the story Love the threads running through this novel. Moriarty takes you on the highest highs and lowest lows, you're right there throughout the entire story

"Now it seemed like she could twist the lens on her life and see it from two entirely different perspectives. The perspectives of her younger self. Her younger, sillier, innocent self. And her older, wiser, more cynical and sensible self."

What would happen if you woke up tomorrow and didn't remember the last 10 years? I'm really enjoying the sister dynamic, the mystery and the concept (there is something about this author's writing that just fascinates me)