Quotes from Gayle Forman

The words he writes to his music, they're poetry.

Su sonrisa es como un chocolate fundido. Es como un solo de guitarra de puta madre. Es todo lo bueno que hay en este mundo.

I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control.

It's okay," he tells me, "if you want to go. Everyone wants you to stay. I want you to stay more than I've ever wanted anything in my life." His voice cracks with emotion. He stops, takes a breath, and continues. "But that's what I want and I could see why it might not be what you want. So I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. It's okay if you have to leave us. It's okay if you want to stop Fighting.

we stopped talking for a while as Adam strummed an unfamiliar melody. I asked him what he was playing. "I'm calling it 'The Girlfriend's-Going-to-Juilliard-Leaving-My-Punk-Heart-in-Shreds Blues,'" he said,

Traveling's not something you're good at. It's something you do. Like breathing.

which, is a great thing—mostly. "Ah, fame,

I've blamed her for all of this, for leaving, for ruining me. And maybe that was the seed of it, but from that one little seed grew this tumor of a flowering plant. And I'm the one who nurtures it. I water it. I care for it. I nibble from its poison berries. I let it wrap around my neck, choking the air right out of me. I've done that. All by myself. All to myself.

You still have a family,

It's just accidental, just temporary. Until the next accident sends me somewhere new. That's how life works.

Pete and Repeat went out in a boat. Pete fell out. Who was saved?

I'll be your mess, you be mine That was the deal that we had signed I bought a hazmat suit to clean up your waste Gas masks, gloves, to keep us safe But now I'm alone in an empty room Staring down immaculate doom

She says that the world is divided into the people who imagine their own funerals and the people who don't, and that smart and artistic people naturally fall into the former category.

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

People believe what they want to believe

As far as I was concerned, I wrote songs; chords and beats and lyrics, verses. and bridges and hooks. But then, as we got bigger, people began to dissect the songs, like a frog from biology class until there was nothing left but guts- tiny parts, so much less than the sum.

Siempre es sobre accidentes

What about your parents? You can't let them down? Even if it means letting yourself down? Which I doubt they'd want for you. I understand about wanting to please your parents, to make them proud. It's a noble impulse, and I commend you for it. But at the end of the day, it's your education. You have to own it. And you should enjoy it.

Teddy had taken his shirt off and had streaked himself with mud. Dad said he looked like one of the boys from Lord of the Flies.

I have that floppy calm that follows a cry.

Probablemente no hay escasez de chicas que quieren jugar a la enfermera con él.

A veces se gana, otras se pierde. Y a veces se gana y pierde al mismo tiempo. La vida es un jodido desastre

There are like twenty people in that waiting room right now. Some of them are related to you. Some of them are not. But we're all your family. She stops now. Leans over me so that wisps of her hair tickle my face. She kisses me on the forehead. You still have a family, she whispers.

Não sinto apenas a dor física, mas tudo o que perdi, que é profundo, catastrófico e que deixará uma cratera em mim que nada poderá preencher. Mas também sinto tudo o que tenho na minha vida, que inclui tudo o que perdi, assim como o grande desconhecido daquilo que a vida ainda poderá trazer-me.