It takes certain kind of naiveté, or perhaps just stupidity, to know things will end and still hope otherwise.

Gayle Forman

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C'est courageux d'aller dans l'inconnu': It is courageous to go i... by Gayle Forman

C'est courageux d'aller dans l'inconnu': It is courageous to go into territory unknown.

courageous territory

Really? Was that how you quit me? by Gayle Forman

Really? Was that how you quit me?

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.

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.

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.

sacred hate promise

What's that sound I hear? It's just my lifetime It's whistling pa... by Gayle Forman

What's that sound I hear? It's just my lifetime It's whistling past my ear

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.

normalcy contradiction people

And I kissed him back so hard, like I was trying to merge our bod... by Gayle Forman

And I kissed him back so hard, like I was trying to merge our bodies through our lips.

lips body trying

But my hand has been clenched into a fist for three years now; it... by Gayle Forman

But my hand has been clenched into a fist for three years now; it's frozen shut.

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.

romance forever school

If you can't trust me with a choice, how can you trust me with a... by Gayle Forman

If you can't trust me with a choice, how can you trust me with a child?

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

airports doctors heart

Love can make you immortal by Gayle Forman

Love can make you immortal

if-i-stay immortal

(P)eople’s good intentions can wind up putting us in boxes as con... by Gayle Forman

(P)eople’s good intentions can wind up putting us in boxes as confining as coffins.

good-intentions coffins wind

It's just one day, one twenty-four-hour period to get yourself th... by Gayle Forman

It's just one day, one twenty-four-hour period to get yourself through. - Adam

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.

liberation honest may

Many of depression's symptoms - exhaustion, insomnia, nausea, headaches, weight loss, weight gain - are physical ailments.

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.

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.

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.

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