Something given, something taken away. Does it always have to wor... by Gayle Forman

Something given, something taken away. Does it always have to work like that?

Gayle Forman

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Part of me knows one more day won't do anything except postpone the heartbreak. But another part of me believes differently. We are born in one day. We die in one day. We can change in one day. And we can fall in love in one day. Anything can happen in just one day.

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I needed to hate someone and you’re the one I love the most, so i... by Gayle Forman

I needed to hate someone and you’re the one I love the most, so it fell on you.

where-she-went hate needed

About being grateful for what you have instead of yearning for wh... by Gayle Forman

About being grateful for what you have instead of yearning for what you think you want.

grateful want thinking

Sometimes the best way to find out what you’re supposed to do is by doing the thing you’re not supposed to do.

best-way sometimes way

Who says I breathe music? Who says I even breathe? by Gayle Forman

Who says I breathe music? Who says I even breathe?

The clothes are packed off to Goodwill I said my good-byes up on the hill The house is empty, the furniture sold Soon your smell will decay to mold Don't know why I bother calling, ain't nobody answering Don't know why I bother singing, ain't nobody listening "Disconnect" Collateral Damage, Track 10

smell clothes bye

And something tells me if it matters, maybe it shouldn't be easy. by Gayle Forman

And something tells me if it matters, maybe it shouldn't be easy.

ifs matter easy

It's quiet now. So quiet that can almost hear other people's drea... by Gayle Forman

It's quiet now. So quiet that can almost hear other people's dreams.

dream quiet people

The line between true self and feigned self is blurred on all sides. Which I think is a rather handy metaphor for falling in love.

falling-in-love self thinking

Losing me will hurt; it will be the kind of pain that won't feel real at first, and when it does, it will take her breath away.

Girlfriend is such a stupid word. I couldn't stand calling her that. So, we had to get married, so I could call her 'wife.

girlfriend wife stupid

Sometimes the wind blows you places you weren't expecting: sometimes it blows you away from those places, too.

blow wind sometimes

Adam is crying and somewhere inside of me I am crying, too, because I'm feeling things at last. I'm feeling not just the physical pain, but all that I have lost, and it is profound and catastrophic and will leave a crater in me that nothing will ever fill.

pain loss profound

It's like the piano and the cello are being poured into my body, the same way the IV and blood transfusions are. And the memories of my life as it was, and the flashes of it as it might be, are coming so fast and furious. I feel like I can no longer keep up with them but they keep coming and everything is colliding, until I cannot take anymore. Until I cannot be like this a second longer.

piano memories blood

..all I left with was the magnitude of my mistake, of my missing you. And I have to watch you from this distance, watch you achieve your dreams, live what seemed like this perfect life.

distance dream mistake

If these walls could talk, I wonder what secrets they'd tell. by Gayle Forman

If these walls could talk, I wonder what secrets they'd tell.

wall secret wonder

Is that what death would feel like? The nicest, warmest, heaviest never-ending nap? If that’s what it’s like, I wouldn’t mind.

naps mind feels

I`m surrounded by people and feel alone. by Gayle Forman

I`m surrounded by people and feel alone.

normalcy feels people

Please Mia," he implores. "Don't make me write a song. by Gayle Forman

Please Mia," he implores. "Don't make me write a song.

mia writing song

I think everything is happening all the time, but if you don't put yourself in the path of it, you miss it.

path missing thinking