86 Quotes by Amy Engel

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    It would leave a little rotten spot, right here.” I push my fist into the soft space beneath my rib cage. “Something that would only get bigger and darker with time.

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    Often, when I am able to check out a book, I read it a dozen times before returning it, desperate to remain lost in the magic of someone else’s story.

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    And I understand in a way I never have before that loving someone is always going to feel like flying – the unthinkable drop, the fear of falling, the heart-in-your-throat thrill. It is always going to be impossible until the moment that it’s not and you’re soaring on pure faith, your altitude completely dependant upon something you can’t control.

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    I understand how sometimes you have to pass the pain around in order to survive it.

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    You can’t outrun what’s inside of you. You can only acknowledge it, work around it, try and turn it into something better. I may not know exactly where I’m headed, but this time I’m choosing my own destiny.

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    We fall asleep that way. His lips on my neck. My heart in his hand.

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    Your eyes are still sad,” she tells me. “But your whole face lights up when you look at him.

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    I want to see you naked. I want to touch you. I want you to touch me. I just... want.

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    Love isn’t something you can legislate. Love is more than charts and graphs and matching interests. Love is messy and complicated and it is a mistake to deny its random magic.

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