49 Quotes by Ann Napolitano

She had been so fiercely alive. She had spoken honestly, and lived with an honesty that few could claim to match. She had made the most of every minute she was given. She bargained and rationed and managed the seconds. She burned up the days.

Humans need community, for our emotional health. We need connection, a sense of belonging. We are not built to thrive in isolation.

You are special. You are meant to survive, to go on and do great things.

What happened is baked into your bones, Edward. It lives under your skin. It’s not going away. It’s part of you and will be part of you every moment until you die. What you’ve been working on, since the first time I met you, is learning to live with that.

I wouldn’t have done that to you” – Edward looks at his uncle and then over at Shay; this applies to her too – “because I know what it’s like to be left behind.

Everything ends,” she says. “That’s nothing to be sad about. What matters is what starts in that moment.

The air between us is not empty space.

It feels unkind that they are shoving their emotions at him when his own sadness and fear are so vast that he has to hide from them.

This was not a tragedy. Dying on your couch watching TV by yourself is a tragedy. Dying while doing something you love with every part of your body is magic. I wish you magic, Edward.