Quotes from E Lockhart

He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee.

The two of us were alone on the planet, with all the vastness of the sky and the future and the past spreading out around us

I like a twist of meaning.

The bullet hole opened wide and my heart rolled out of my rib cage and down into a flower bed.

maybe this is a summer of second chances.

Beauty is a valid use," Mummy argues. "It creates a sense of place, a sense of personal history. Pleasure, even, Cadence. Have you ever heard of pleasure?

You're lying to me half the time, and I'm lying to you all the time.

I don't actually care what you think, so it's perfectly okay.

The tiny princess did not hesitate. She and the mouse left the palace and traveled far, far away. In a foreign land they were married, made a home for themselves, filled it with books and chocolate, and lived happily every after. If you want to live where people are not afraid of mice, you must give up living in palaces.

Now, he was free to go forth and make a name for himself in this wide, wide world. And maybe, just maybe, he'd come back one day, and burn that fucking palace to the ground.

I want to die, sometimes, my head hurts so much. I keep writing you all my brightest thoughts but I never say the dark ones, even though I think them all the time. So I am saying them now. Even if you do not answer, I will know somebody heard them, and that, at least, is something.

Johnny. Johnny wanted to run a marathon. He wanted to go mile upon mile, proving his lungs would not give out. Proving he was the man Granddad wanted him to be, proving his strength, though he was so small. His lungs filled with smoke. He has nothing to prove now. There is nothing to run for.

You shouldn't carry the weight of it. Be sad, be sorry - but don't shoulder it.

I am ignorant, but curious. Not incapable, but I can tell I'm embarking on a long journey across a deep sea. A lot will be required of me that I want desperately to learn.