50 Quotes by Catherine Doyle

And you’re kind of like a snowflake.’Oh, Jesus Christ.He masked his fleeting surprise with a quirked eyebrow. ‘Excuse me?’‘Nothing,’ I said quickly. ‘I didn’t say anything.’‘No, no,’ he said, rounding on me so his face was too close, his eyes too searing, his smile too irritating. ‘I’m a snowflake, am I?

It was an uncomfortable feeling, staring into the darkest moments of someone’s soul without them knowing.

Imagine if we had no secrets, no respite from the truth. What if everything was laid bare the moment we introduced ourselves?

Courage is not a state of being, lad. (...) Even the bravest people have moments of cowardice, and cowardly people have extraordinary moments of bravery.

People who make time for the sadness in your life, not just the joy, are worth keeping around.

She pulled me into a hug and I squeezed her so tight we lost our breaths."I love you, Soph." She pulled back from me, her eyes wide and searching. "I'll see you really soon.""I know," I said, forcing my smile. "And I love you too."She tapped my nose and dropped her voice to a conspiratorial whisper."We're the real love story here, you know that, don't you?"I wiped a tear from my cheek. "I know that, Mil. I've always known that.

I would go into the darkness with you, but you won't come into the light with me.

That is your greatest responsibility. To live a life of breathless wonder, so that when it begins to fade from you, you will feel the shadow of its happiness still inside you and the blissful sense that you laughed the loudest, loved the deepest, and lived fearlessly, even as the specifics of it all melt away.

You didn't care about the .... the name.''Not the name.'. He led my gaze, unfaltering, unblinking. 'Just the girl.