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I literally can’t stop reading this book 😭

{I’ve only ever seen black and white when it comes to my family. But maybe
this is too gray—maybe there’s no right and wrong choice. }

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do
not stop.”

"But your family doesn’t just leave when you become an adult. They’re a part of you forever."

“Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”……. “No more
slowing down. No more hiding. I want to believe that I control my fate, that
I’m the one who chooses to stop and start.”

She cannot have a panic attack while I’m here and she’s there.
“Shh, shh,”I tell her in the gentlest voice I can. Calming someone…that’s not a skill I possess. I jump after girls who dive off of cliffs. I accompany crazy chicks on their illogical adventures. I teach them how to
stand back up. I hold them while they fucking cry. But I’m not there to do any of these things. I’m thousands of miles away

“Maybe I’m overanalyzing everything.”

1% in and I’m already laughing, screaming, and terrified… but in the best way possible. 😭 If this is how the book starts, I already know I’m going to be destroyed. And I’m SO ready. 💀❤️

-“Is that what happens when you have children? You gain new family members but have to sacrifice the connection of others? … If we part ways in a few years, I might as well enjoy this now.”

The thought of siblings growing apart hurts in a very specific way. 👍🏼💔

I finally understood the difference between Lily and Lo’s addictions. Lo found a reason to live, while Lily was trying to fill an emotional void and seek validation. It made me realize how differently addiction can look from person to person …and even from one type of addiction to another. I love how the author is portraying this.

استراحة عشان عيوني بلشو يوجعوني 🙂‍↔️

مش قادرة أوقف التفكير في الرواية
ومش قادرة أوقف قراءة
أدمنتها 🙂‍↔️

بدأته بدون توقعات… والآن لا أستطيع التوقف عن القراءة.🙂‍↔️🤍

Being 79% into the book while listening to Die For You… yeah, Chris is the definition of that song when it comes to Stella.

(I was used to being alone. Even when I was surrounded by people, a
part of me isolated itself until I felt like I was watching a movie of my l
ifei
nstead of living it. I had never belonged to someone, nor had someone ever belonged to me )