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“Maybe it's better to have gotten it right and been happy for one day instead of living a lifetime of wrongs.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“But no matter what choices we make - solo or together - our finish line remains the same… No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“Entire lives aren't lessons, but there are lessons in lives.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“People have their time stamps on how long you should know someone before earning the right to say it, but I wouldn't like to you no matter how little time we have. People waste time and wait for the right moment and we don't have that luxury. If we had our entire lives ahead of us I bet you'd get tired of me telling you how much I love you because I'm positive that's thepath we were heading on. But because we're about to die, I want to say it as many times as I want--I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“She was learning as quickly that what was right and what must happen weren't always the same thing.”
― Colleen Oakes, Queen of Hearts

“My fight to live does not begin now. I have been fighting all my life, I just didn't know it.”
― Colleen Oakes, Queen of Hearts

“The thing about having one really good friend, one person you talk to all the time about everything, is that you stop really talking to anyone else. You sort of talk to other people, but mostly you have your one person and that's enough.

And then one day, maybe for a good reason or maybe out of nowhere, you can't talk to that friend anymore, and you suddenly realize you can't talk to anyone else. Like, it's physically impossible. No one understands you except that person. it's like you speak another language, and the other person who also speaks it is gone.”
― Amanda Maciel, Tease

“The only thing that really matters in the end is how we choose to live.”
― Aimee Carter, Captive

“Don't add silence to your list of regrets.”
― Amanda Maciel, Tease

“If you had something to tie you back to your old life, would you keep it or destroy it?”
― Aimee Carter, Captive

“Something about this small glimmer of happiness feels wrong, but I can't think about that. I just hold onto the glimmer, the shred. I let myself feel a tiny bit happy. Even though it kind of hurts.”
― Amanda Maciel, Tease

“When the doors are open big gusts of cold air sweep into the car, and suddenly it smells damp and earthly, that early smell that tells you all the snow and ice is melting and someday the sun will come out again.

And maybe it will, for some other girl.”
― Amanda Maciel, Tease

“There wasn't a single part of me that didn't want him to stay. But I loved him enough to want what was best for him. Even if I wasn't it.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Willowgrove

“You think the worst is behind you, but it's never behind you. In fact, saying something is the worst does not leave room for all the bad stuff that can follow it. You say the pain is nine, but you mean ten. You leave room.”
― Jennifer Gilmore, We Were Never Here

“I look down and see my hands uncapping the pen, turning the notepad right-side up on my knees. My mouth is dry, my stomach is in knots, my life is over, my heart is broken.

I start to write.”
― Amanda Maciel, Tease

“Revenge probably tasted sweeter when it came with washboard abs.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Willowgrove

“I had been brought up to believe that caring about people was a weakness, but loving Kyle didn't make me weak. It made me strong.”
― Kathleen Peacock, Willowgrove

“Sometimes you stop seeing what the person is to the world. You only see what the person is to you.”
― Jennifer Gilmore, We Were Never Here

“Remember how it takes your breath away- remember that this is how I felt the first time I saw you, and how I've felt every day since then, whenever I'm with you. This is my version of heaven.”
― Lydia Sharp, Whenever I'm with You

“You only fall in love once, The rest are just endless rebounds.”
― Dawn Lanuza, The Boyfriend Backtrack

“Because that's the worse. That's worse than growing apart, or falling out of love, or even lying. Being with someone because you feel guilty is worse.”
― Jessi Kirby