I don't hate you. I don't think I ever really did. It was just anger. And once I faced it head-on, once understood it, it dissipated. -Mia Gayle Forman More Quotes by Gayle Forman More Quotes From Gayle Forman C'est courageux d'aller dans l'inconnu': It is courageous to go into territory unknown. Gayle Forman courageous territory Really? Was that how you quit me? Gayle Forman quitting She left for Juilliard the day after Labor Day. I drove her to the airport. She kissed me good-bye. She told me that she loved me more than life itself. Then she stepped through security. She never came back. Gayle Forman airports labor-day bye Then the musical instruments appeared. Dad’s snare drum from the house, Henry’s guitar from his car, Adam’s spare guitar from my room. Everyone was jamming together, singing songs: Dad’s songs, Adam’s songs, old Clash songs, old Wipers songs. Teddy was dancing around, the blond of his hair reflecting the golden flames. I remember watching it all and getting that tickling in my chest and thinking to myself: This is what happiness feels like. Gayle Forman dad song thinking You stood over me and you made a promise to me, as sacred as any vow. And I can understand why you're angry, but you can't blame me. You can't hate me for taking your word. Gayle Forman sacred hate promise What's that sound I hear? It's just my lifetime It's whistling past my ear Gayle Forman ears sound past So, this is how it's become? This is how I've become? A walking contradiction? I'm surrounded by people and feel alone. I claim to crave a bit of normalcy but now that I have some, it's like I don't know what to do with it, I don't know how to be a normal person anymore. Gayle Forman normalcy contradiction people And I kissed him back so hard, like I was trying to merge our bodies through our lips. Gayle Forman lips body trying But my hand has been clenched into a fist for three years now; it's frozen shut. Gayle Forman letting-go hands years And yes, it was a high school romance, but it was still the kind of romance where I thought we were trying to find a way to make it forever. Gayle Forman romance forever school If you can't trust me with a choice, how can you trust me with a child? Gayle Forman trust-me choices children There’s a piece of lead where my heart should beat Doctor said too dangerous to take out You’d better just leave it be Body grew back around it, a miracle, praise be Now, if only I could get through airport security “bullet Gayle Forman airports doctors heart Love can make you immortal Gayle Forman if-i-stay immortal (P)eople’s good intentions can wind up putting us in boxes as confining as coffins. Gayle Forman good-intentions coffins wind It's just one day, one twenty-four-hour period to get yourself through. - Adam Gayle Forman four one-day twenties Because that day with Willem, I may have pretended to be someone named Lulu, but I had never been more honest in my life. Maybe that's the thing with liberation. It comes at a price. Gayle Forman liberation honest may Many of depression's symptoms - exhaustion, insomnia, nausea, headaches, weight loss, weight gain - are physical ailments. Gayle Forman gain weight-loss loss depression I have written a picture book that is based on my daughters. You know, my youngest one likes to tell everybody, 'Mommy wrote 'Best Day Ever' about us.' Which is true. Gayle Forman picture best day you After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers. Gayle Forman great gun work justice It's not that we like sad movies that make us feel like, 'Oh, my God, what a bummer.' We like emotionally moving experiences. It's nothing new. It's catharsis. It goes back to the Greeks. Gayle Forman movies feel sad god