256 Quotes by Jennifer E. Smith

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    The only time it doesn't help to imagine the sky is when you're thirty thousand feet in the air with nowhere to go but down.

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    Childhood memories were like airplane luggage; no matter how far you were traveling or how long you needed them to last, you were only ever allowed two bags. And while those bags might hold a few hazy recollections—a diner with a jukebox at the table, being pushed on a swing set, the way it felt to be picked up and spun around—it didn’t seem enough to last a whole lifetime.

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    I want to be able to stand in front of a room full of people and actually be able to say the thing I want to say,” she told him. “And I want to be able to stand in front of just one person and say the thing I want to say.” She lifted her head. “Graham…” But he only slid an arm around her shoulders and pulled her into him again. “Your turn.

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    What do you love most about the world?"Ida smiles. "I love that every generation thinks they've invented it. They think they're the first ones to fall in love and get their hearts broken, to feel loss and passion and pain.

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    What does it really look like?Isn't it obvious?Not especially...You. It looks like you.

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    I love Graham Larkin,” she said quietly, her voice full of emotion, and there was a flicker of surprise on his face, and then his expression softened. “You’re supposed to shout it,” he said, smiling as she tugged on the brim of the cap, forcing him to lower his face, bringing him closer and closer until their lips met. And even though they were in the middle of one of the biggest cities in the world, lost in a sea of concrete and wood and metal, she could almost swear he tasted like the ocean.

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    It seemed to Ellie that you could tell a lot about someone by the way they carried a secret—by how safe they kept it, how soon they told, the way they acted when they were trying to keep it from spilling out.

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