198 Quotes by Emily Henry

People were complicated. They weren’t math problems; they were collections of feelings and decisions and dumb luck.

There’s nothing scarier than hearing someone you love cry, except imagining a world where that sound stops. Suddenly I can’t breathe. Can’t be here. There’s nothing scarier than loving someone.

For now, more swoon and less doom, babycakes.

I was a wound, half-healed-over and scraped raw again. “Everybody Hurts” was running through my mind. I could see the consolation of it, the idea that your pain wasn’t unique. Something about that made it seem both bigger and smaller. Smaller because all the world was aching. Bigger because I could finally admit that every other feeling I’d been focusing on had been a distraction from the deepest hurt. My father was gone. And I would always miss him.

And because she jumped, our world began.

You’re a beautiful and wonderful and sensual and strong golden fawn, she says, followed by That was supposed to say “my best friend,” but my phone...

Sometimes you change your mind about a person. Or your feelings for them change, or they change, or, I don’t know, you just want to make a different decision. And that’s always okay. You don’t owe anyone anything.

Being with him feels like a better version of being alone.

The way to make the best decisions is to listen to all the stories and to know them by heart and to feel them in your bones.