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"if she felt this much for elle, as much as she did, a scary amount, it only stood to reason that with more time, her feelings would continue to grow. ... like a supernova, the resulting heartbreak would drown out the memory of all those other brokenhearted moments, make them pale by comparison."

“no matter how old i got or how much everyone told me i needed to get real or be practical i never stopped wishing on stars or dreaming impossible dreams.”

“when we feel things, we feel them deeply, all the way to our bones. we don’t snap back like your brother, and our hearts aren’t made of elastic. they’re breakable, and once broken, it’s difficult to piece them back together.”

“god. do you insert that stick up your ass every morning, or is it more like an iud that lasts you five years?”

"elle tried to smile, but couldn’t quite pull it off, not when the sting of rejection was so fresh. not when she’d had such high hopes and had, for just a moment, felt a connection, the kind that couldn’t be faked.

maybe margot was right. maybe her perfect person was out there, but one thing was certain.

it wasn’t darcy."