Quotes from Gayle Forman

La verdad y su opuesto son dos caras de una misma moneda.

Close your eyes, think of the year ahead. This is your chance. This can be the day it all changes.

You know, the portrait gallery is full of paintings of men who've killed those who have wronged them," Elsinora said. "But they're not called villains. They're called heroes.

After he leaves, we both kill a few minutes drowning our fries and the conversation in ketchup.

Kim doesn't ask any more questions after that. They sit there in silence, each lost in their own thoughts, and it reminds me of how Adam and I can be together but quiet and separate and I realize that they're friends now, friends for real. No matter what happens, at least I have achieved that.

Jazz je punk pro staré lidi.

Then she stepped through security. She never came back.

Cuando regresamos, el abuelo me dejó en casa y me abrazó. Normalmente se limitaba a estrechar la mano, o añadía una palmadita en la espalda en ocasiones muy especiales. Esa vez me dio un fuerte abrazo, y comprendí que era su manera de decirme que se lo había pasado de maravilla. –Yo también, abuelo –susurré.

I have a feeling that once you live through something like this, you become a little bit invincible

Sé que ni todos los besos mágicos del mundo le habrían ayudado hoy, pero no sé de qué sería capaz por haber podido dárselo.

She stops now. Leans over me so that the wisps of her hair tickle my face. She kisses me on the forehead. "You still have family," she whispers.

Dormir sin soñar. He oído hablar sobre el sueño de los muertos. ¿Será así la muerte? ¿Como el sueñecito más agradable, cálido y profundo del mundo, un sueño sin fin? En ese caso, no me importaría. Si morir es así, de verdad que no me preocuparía en absoluto.

Love can make you immortal.

Quando eravamo soli potevamo parlare per ore o starcene semplicemente a leggere un libro, ciascuno con il proprio ipod, senza per questo sentirci distanti.

But the you who are tonight is the same you I was in love with yesterday, the same you I'll be in love with tomorrow.

o amor nunca morre, nunca se vai embora, nunca esmorece, desde que não o deixemos partir. O amor pode tornar-nos imortais.

Fingers of light are starting to pry open the night sky.

I shouldn't have to care. I shouldn't have to work this hard. I realize now that dying is easy. Living is hard.

Entonces, Lulu? ¿Qué dices? ¿Quieres ir a París por un día? ¿Sólo por un día? Es totalmente una locura. Ni siquiera lo conozco. Y podría ser atrapada. ¿Y qué tanto de París puedes conocer en un día? Y todo esto podría resultar desastrosamente mal en muchas formas. Todo eso es cierto. Lo sé. Pero no cambia el hecho de que quiera ir. Así que esta vez, en vez de decir no, intento algo diferente. Y digo, sí.

When you're on the road, there is awlays the promise of the next stop being better than the last

The sun is starting to dip to the west, a bright blaring ball tilting toward the Hudson and leaving a collage of peach and purple streaks across the sky.

Like us," I repeat. "Are the answers to all life's questions in books?

And that's just it, isn't it? That's how we manage to survive loss. Because love, it never dies, it never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it. Love can make you immortal.

Shouldn't I stay? Soldier through it? Maybe if I'd had some practice, maybe if I'd had more devastation in my life, I would be more prepared to go on. It's not that my life has been perfect. I've had disappointments and I've been lonely and frustrated and angry and all the crappy stuff everyone feels. But in terms of heartbreak, I've been spared. I've never toughened up enough to handle what I'd have to handle if I were to stay.