198 Quotes by Emily Henry

Life felt like a blender that wanted to eat me.

Maybe for some people, falling in love is an explosion, fireworks against a black sky and tremors rumbling through the earth. One blazing moment. For me, it’s been happening for months, as quietly as a seed sprouting. Love sneaked through me, spreading roots around my heart, until, in the blink of an eye, the green of it broke the dirt: hidden one moment, there the next.

And then one day, our parents look at us and notice we’re whole people. We’re not a part of them anymore, even if they’re a part of us. And for the ones who never really wanted to be parents anyway, that’s probably a relief.

I was just a moment, and you made me forever.

To love a handful of people very well, that’s a good life.

I can tell you that the pain of living is worth it. That if you live, your life will be as full of love as it is darkness, and for every moment of pain, you’ll have one of joy too.

And that’s when I’m lost, and in my place, the world gets born.

Letting go is not forgetting. It’s opening your eyes to the good that grew from the bad, the life that blooms from decay.

As usual, the blank document was staring accusingly at me, refusing to fill itself with words or characters, no matter how long I stare back.