90 Quotes by Carol Rifka Brunt

And I suddenly understood that getting drunk was just one more way to leave this place, this time.

I thought it was good to test yourself sometimes. It was good to see how much you could take.

You think I don’t know about wrong love, June? You think I don’t understand embarrassing love?

It’s the most unhappy people who want to stay alive, because they think they haven’t done everything they want to do.

That’s the secret. If you always make sure you’re exactly the person you hoped to be, if you always make sure you know only the very best people, then you won’t care if you die tomorrow.

I was afraid he wouldn’t remember the joke. I always remember jokes, but some people forget right away and then I end up looking like a weirdo for still remembering something so small.

Because maybe I don’t want to leave the planet invisible. Maybe I need at least one person to remember something about me.

Places we went back to so many times that they started to.

The sun kept on with its slipping away, and I thought how many small good things in the world might be resting on the shoulders of something terrible.