Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me. A mother, after all, is your entry into the world. She is the shell in which you divide and become a life. Waking up in a world without her is like waking up in a world without sky: unimaginable. —Meghan O'Rourke in The Long Goodbye More about this quote Tags: life death loss mother Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No matter how much you love someone—the capacity of that love is meaningless if it outweighs your capacity to forgive. —Colleen Hoover in All Your Perfects More about this quote Tags: love forgiveness meaning Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Apologies are good for admitting regret, but they do very little in removing the truth from the actions that caused the regret. —Colleen Hoover in All Your Perfects More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you can't stand being with a woman who's more successful than you, then leave her alone. She's better off without you. —Helen Hoang in The Kiss Quotient More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Someone knew about their relationship, and once people knew something existed they could destroy it. —Alyssa Cole in An Extraordinary Union More about this quote Tags: relationship risk Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No one is born to courage. Courage is a habit you develop after cowardice has gotten you nothing. —Sabrina Jeffries in A Dangerous Love More about this quote Tags: cowardice courage habit Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
She didn't know how to be semi-interested in something. She was either indifferent…or obsessed. —Helen Hoang in The Kiss Quotient More about this quote Tags: learning interest obsession Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Love does that. It makes you feel infinite and invincible, like the whole world is open to you, anything is achievable, and each day will be filled with wonder. Maybe it's the act of opening yourself up, letting someone else in — or maybe it's the act of caring so deeply about another person that it expands your heart. —Jill Santopolo in The Light We Lost More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane thing? We are born to dream and make the things we dream about. —Nicola Yoon in The Sun Is Also a Star More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I turn in his arms, thinking how quickly it's become my favorite place in the world. Familiar, foreign, comforting, and thrilling all at once. —Nicola Yoon in Everything More about this quote Tags: comfort hugs arms Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I was learning that when you're with someone who is dying, you may need to celebrate the past, live the present, and mourn the future all at the same time. —Will Schwalbe in The End of Your Life Book Club More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In my head I know I've been in love before, but it doesn't feel like it. Being in love with you is better than the first time. It feels like the first time and the last time and the only time all at once. —Nicola Yoon in Everything More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There's something about swimsuits that make you think you've got to earn the right to wear them. And that's wrong. Really, the criteria is simple. Do you have a body? Put a swimsuit on it. —Julie Murphy in Dumplin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It was a grief-drenched day, the kind of day where the hours drag and dissolve into nothing all at once; the kind of day when you wake the next morning and think it was just a bad dream, until the grit in your eyes and the heaviness in your chest remind you otherwise. —Kelly Rimmer in Me Without You More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I hope you find a love like that–one that is all-consuming and powerful that makes you feel like you're going slightly mad. And if you do find that love, embrace it. Hold onto it. When you give yourself over to love like that, your heart will get bruised. It will get battered. But you will also feel invincible and infinite. —Jill Santopolo in The Light We Lost More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email