We aren’t put on this earth to be carbon copies of our parents.
Until this moment, I’ve fought to remain strong. I’ve fought to not feel too sorry for myself when I’m around other people. But sitting here with my mother, I crave weakness. I just want to be able to give up for a little while.
Just keep swimming. But it gets really hard to swim when you fell like you’re anchored in the water.
Just make sure it’s brave and bold, Lily.
This is a new feeling – the idea that maybe I’m worth having around.
But is this how he’s going to spend the rest of his life? Giving up huge parts of himself to care for a woman who is just a shell of the person he married? I understand he made vows, but at what cost? His entire life? People get married assuming they’ll live long, happy lives together. What happens when one of those is cut short, but the other is expected to live out those vows for the rest of their life? It doesn’t seem fair.
At least your brother speaks his mind. Not a lot of people have the courage to say what they’re actually thinking.
Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.” I’m not a huge fan of cartoons, but I’ll give you props for that one. I like cartoons that can make you laugh, but also make you feel something. After today, I think that’s my favorite cartoon. Because I’ve been feeling like drowning lately, and sometimes people need a reminder that they just need to keep swimming.
I just want to make sure you never forget the date the universe brought us back together.
Five minutes. That’s all it takes to completely destroy a person.
Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It Takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern.
Our weekend special,” Atlas says. “It’s called why are you avoiding me pasta.
I once heard someone say we’re all just one phone call away from our knees.
Professional success? Or social status?” He says, “Both. Anyone can have children. Anyone can get married. But not everyone can be a neurosurgeon. I get a lot of pride out of that. And I don’t just want to be a great neurosurgeon. I want to be the best in my field.
I’m the one who read your book. And it was good. Phenomenal. Which is why I suggested your name to her editor.” He lowers his head a little, looking me firmly in the eye. “Your writing matters to me, Lowen.
I don’t know if that’s something you practiced, but I have a feeling you didn’t even know you had that kind of power. The power to make people feel appreciated and important.
Samson isn’t at all who I thought he was when I met him.
Maybe that’s how Samson’s layers are peeled back – by peeling my own layers back first.
I remember asking myself what I would regret more. Ending something that was good so I didn’t end up with regrets? Or spending the rest of my life regretting that I didn’t have the courage to end something simply because I was afraid of regret?
I realize as I look down at him that I’ve never felt like I belonged with another person more than I belong with Jonah Sullivan.