759 Quotes by Gayle Forman

It’s just one day, one twenty-four-hour period to get yourself through. – Adam.

You know that saying about a frog in a pot? How you can put a frog in boiling water and it’ll jump straight out, but if you put a frog in tepid water and slowly increase the heat, it’ll adjust and adjust until it dies?

I recently lost someone. Someone so integral to me, it’s like a part of me is gone. And now I don’t know how to be anymore. If there’s even a me without her. It’s like she was my sun, and then my sun went out. Imagine if the real sun went out. Maybe there’d still be life on Earth, but would you still want to live here? Do I still want to live here?

Willem has just glanced at the birthmark on Allyson’s wrist, giving him an urgent desire to taste it again. Between her feet and her wrist, he is having a hard time getting out the door.

Everyone loves New York City for all these different reasons. The culture. The mix of people. The pace. The food. But for me, it’s like one epic Easter egg hunt. You’re always finding these little surprises around every corner.

And I bet she’ll be a stronger person because of what she’s lost today. I have a feeling that once you live through something like this, you become a little bit invincible.

To be the holder of other people’s loss is to be the keeper of their love. To share your loss with people is another way of giving your love.

I’m surrounded by people and feel alone.

Willem, I suspect deep down you know exactly why you’re here, exactly what you want, but you’re unwilling to the wanting, let alone the having. Because both of those propositions are terrifying.