18 Quotes by Megan Angelo

But it didn't really matter how much time she spent clicking around his life, how many times she entered his name into a search box or how many days she managed not to. She was always waiting, still.

She understood now, in a way that she hadn't in college, that waiting for him was just part of her life. That she would never really stop.

How she would miss the sight of his face when he was finally done disappearing.

She wanted him not to hold her; he couldn't let go just yet.

The thought came out of nowhere and out of everything. It came from being used to finding out, again and again, that something she thought was real was not.

Of course it had been easy to long for him then, when maintaining their personas was their full-time job, when the right quip or band tee or book in common was enough to make them fall for each other. She saw now that she had built her life around a flawed hypothesis.

But every time she remembered her phone wasn't there, she felt relieved, and free all over again. Like she'd been given more life to live.

That was the thing about being the mouse in the maze, Marlow thought as the flamingos finished trembling, went still. She was the only one surprised by where she ended up.

Having a baby is one of the best parts of life' she says. 'But still. It's only one of them.'" - Page 368