Sometimes the most beautiful moments in our lives are things that hurt badly at the time. We only see them for what they really were when we stand at the very end and look back.

—Emily Henry in The Love That Split the World

About Emily Henry

Emily Henry (born May 17, 1991) is an American author who is best known for her 2020s romance novels Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, Book Lovers, Happy Place, Funny Story, and Great Big Beautiful Life, all of which are New York Times bestsellers.

More quotations from Emily Henry

I can tell you that the pain of living is worth it. That if you live, your life will be as full of love as it is darkness, and for every moment of pain, you'll have one of joy too.

—Emily Henry in The Love That Split the World

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No matter how hard it feels, you don't need to be afraid to move on. There's always more to see and feel.

—Emily Henry in The Love That Split the World

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For a moment we're both silent, staring. I wonder if either of us really sees the other clearly anymore or if we're stuck looking at the frozen images of who we used to be.

—Emily Henry in The Love That Split the World

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Grief is an unfillable hole in your body. It should be weightless, but it's heavy. Should be cold, but it burns. Should, over time, close up, but instead it deepens.

—Emily Henry in A Million Junes

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More quotations tagged with “time”

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

—M. Scott Peck in The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth

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Time healed, they said, but it wasn't true, or not completely. The first raw wound of loss had closed and silvered over, yes, but the scar it had left would never heal. It would always be there, aching and tender.

—Ruth Ware in The Death of Mrs. Westaway

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Do you ever feel like what's happening at this moment will never happen again? Like you could never repeat it, no matter how hard you tried?

—Jennifer E. Smith in Field Notes on Love

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So little time. We have so little time on this earth with the people we love.

—Tess Gerritsen in Harvest

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I've wasted a lot of time in my life. I've thought too much about what people will say or what they're gonna think. And sometimes it's over silly things like going to the grocery store or going to the post office. But there have been times when I really stopped myself from doing something special. All because I was scared someone might look at me and decide I wasn't good enough.

—Julie Murphy in Dumplin

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