Quotes from Jennifer Niven

Which of my feelings are real? Which of the mes is me? There is only one me I've ever really liked, and he was good and awake as long as he could be.

Je vais t'embrasser parce que j'en ai eu envie toute la matinée. Et je t'avertis parce que ça va être un putain de baiser de cinéma, alors prépare toi. Tu m'as promis de ne pas tombée amoureuse alors je comprendrai si finalement tu changes d'avis après.

When it's my turn, I introduce myself as Josh Raymond, seventeen, no previous experience beyond my recent halfhearted experiment with sleeping pills. "The Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect is life," I add, even though no one knows what this means

I barely have to say anything, not even, "I'm not ready." It's in the unwritten rulebook of life, under How to React When a Student Loses a Loved One and Is, Nine Months Later, Still Having a Very Hard Time.

I expect some fast reply, something flirty and flip, but instead he doesn't look up, just reaches for my hand and keeps reading. I can feel the apology in his fingers, and this takes the wind out of me, so I lean into him-just a little-and read over his shoulder. His hand is warm and I don't want to stop holding it.

Que sentimento horrível deve ser amar uma pessoa e não ter como ajudá-la.

You shouldn't spend all your time worrying about the love that leaves, because then you might overlook the love that was always there.

Stars on the sky, stars on the ground. It's hard to tell where the sky ends and the earth begins.

Because as tough as she is, she needs something to believe in.

Now, if you asked him what he was going to do with himself, he'd tell you he guessed he might do anything he set his mind to. But he'd say it in a far-off way, as if he didn't really mean it or care much at all.

Dear Friend, You are not a freak. You are wanted. You are necessary. You are the only you there is. Don't be afraid to leave the castle. It's a great big world out there.

It's not your fault. And sorry wastes time. You have to live your life like you'll never be sorry. It's easier just to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for.

I like the idea of something that can give you those feelings all the time. I want something that can give you those feelings all the time. I want something like that, and then I look at Violet and think: There she is.

Because I'm sitting next to you on this swing and you're beautiful

À distância, um relâmpago. Conto — um, dois, três, quatro — e o trovão ressoa.

Ultraviolet Remarkey-ably, I think I love you.

I like my mouth, especially when it's attached to Violet's.

If there was one thing I'd learned, it was that you were responsible for your own ship. You had to look after the engine and make sure the plane was in order and ready to be flown. You were in charge of plotting your course. When you were in the pilot's seat, it was your hand on the throttle, no one else's. If your oil ran out or you lost your engine or the engine caught fire and you had to crash, you were the one saving yourself. No one else could do it for you.

One of the benefits of looking innocent is you're able to get away with things. People almost never suspect you.

We can't always see what others don't want us too. Especially when they go to great lengths to hide it

Several years ago, a boy I knew and loved killed himself.

I am universal

I lost my friend to suicide a year before I lost my father to cancer.

And to the boy I loved who died too soon, but who left me a song. And in two weeks we'll fly again, perhaps a Chinese dinner then. You make me happy, you make me smile.