Isabelle Simonson’s Reviews > The Things We Leave Unfinished > Status Update

“I’ve never seen a love like Scarlett and Jameson’s. It was one of those fated lightning strikes, miraculous to see up close, to feel the energy between the two when they were in the same room. That is the love that lives in your veins…life is too short to miss the lightning strikes and too long to live it alone.” - 409

“If I could fly off and fight the Nazis to win your love, I would. But all I’ve got to battle with are your demons, and they’re kicking my ass. Keep that in mind while you’re reading those endings…the epic, rare love story in this room isn’t Scarlett and Jameson. It’s you and me.” - 343

“Perhaps the kindest thing I could do for the characters would be to leave their stories unfinished. Leave them with their possibilities, their potential, even if they only exist in my own mind.” “You leave the letter unopened.” - 279

“You’re the very breath in my lungs and the beat of my heart. You were my choice before I even knew there was one to make.” - 210

“This place? It’s sturdy. Solid. The sorrow, the longing, the ache that eats you up after the missed chance…those make fine supports. Those are emotions that last the test of time.” - 169

“I see the way he looks at her, like she’s the reason the seasons change and the sun rises until they’re a hundred and one years old.” - 171

“That part of me just…dimmed. It went out like a fire I’d forgotten to tend. The flames dwindled so slowly that I didn’t notice until they were nothing but embers…there’s not a lot of room for creativity when you’re focused on breathing.” - 165

“I didn’t know how much I loved you until I had to wake up, day after day, knowing there was no chance I’d see you smile or hear you laugh, or hell, hear you shout at me.” - 154

“What I do have is yours, Scarlett. My heart, my name, my very being—it’s all yours. And I promise I will spend every day of my life earning the privilege of your love if you let me.” - 155

“I’ll wait for you every second, every hour, every day for the rest of my life, and if that’s not enough, then eternity, which is exactly how long I’ll love you.” - 1