“ There are certain things in life that you'll be forgiven for, no matter how thoughtless or stupid or reckless, but if you do that same thing twice, you're on your own. Jennifer E. Smith
“ The important part is that you had someone to stick by you all that time. Even when everything sucked. Jennifer E. Smith
“ People talk about books being an escape, but here on the tube, this one feels more like a lifeline...The motion of the train makes her head rattle, but her eyes lock on the words the way a figure skat… Jennifer E. Smith
“ The morning felt like a mixing bowl just waiting for its ingredients; there was a sense of possibility to it, a promise of something more to come. Jennifer E. Smith
“ The idea that their paths might have easily not crossed leaves her breathless, like a near-miss accident on a highway, and she can't help marveling at the sheer randomness of it all. Like any survivor… Jennifer E. Smith
“ Hi,' he says.'Hi,' she says back, and then to her great surprise, she begins to cry.'You know,' Nick says as he hands her a tissue from the bedside table,' for all this talk about how you don't cry, y… Jennifer E. Smith
“ As if it were far easier to start over completely than to try to put everything back together again. Jennifer E. Smith
“ Her eyes travel down to where he's gripping the handle of her suitcase. "What're you doing?" she asks, blinking at him."You looked like you needed some help."Hadley just stares at him."And this way it… Jennifer E. Smith
“ But she knew it would never happen. She had no intention of visiting him there. Even if she were open to the idea, as Mom and Dad both hoped she would be, the mathematics of it seemed utterly impossib… Jennifer E. Smith
“ Maybe the answer to all of his problems was nothing more than a darkened sky and a glittering city, a lofty perch above the world below. It seemed entirely possible that it was all just a matter of se… Jennifer E. Smith
“ That's the thing about flying: You could talk to someone for hours and never even know his name, share your deepest secrets and then never see them again. Jennifer E. Smith
“ There was a lump in her throat as she watched him fidget with the buttons on his vest, and it struck her as the truest form of kindness, the most basic sort of love: to be worried about the one who wa… Jennifer E. Smith
“ It was exactly as he’d thought it would be, like the first time and the millionth time all at once, like being wide awake, like losing his balance. Only this time, it wasn’t just him; this time, they… Jennifer E. Smith
“ Suddenly, it seemed there were about a million times he was supposed to have kissed her, even without the benefit of a script, even without any sort of direction. Jennifer E. Smith
“ This," I say softly, "is going to change everything."I don't mean it the way I usually do.I don't mean that change is hard or scary, though it's definitely both.I mean only to say this: that sometimes… Jennifer E. Smith
“ We have all sorts of words that could describe us. But we get to choose which ones are most important. Jennifer E. Smith
“ There are different kinds of happy, some kinds don't need any proof-Ellie O'Neill, This is What Happy Looks Like Jennifer E. Smith
“ Someone once told her there's a formula for how long it takes to get over someone, that it's half as long as the time you've been together. Hadley has her doubts about how accurate this could possibly… Jennifer E. Smith
“ And being here like this, so suddenly close to him is enough to make her lightheaded. It's a feeling like falling. Jennifer E. Smith
