Quotes About Transition

You'd always be mourning what once was. It would always be a little bit . . . less.

En este momento me doy cuenta que no lo amo, que no lo he hecho por un tiempo. Que tal vez nunca lo hice. Porque él está ahí y es mío si lo quiero, lo podría besar otra vez, podría hacerlo mío. Pero no lo quiero. Quiero a alguien más. Se siente raro haber gastado tanto tiempo deseando algo, a alguien, y luego un día, de repente, solo se detiene.

After she left, after that summer, things were the same and they weren't. She and I were still friends, but not best friends, not like we used to be. But we were still friends. She'd know me my whole life. It's hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away part of yourself.

People come in and out of your life. For a time they are your world; they are everything. And then one day they're not. There's no telling how long you will have them near.

I suppose you cannot hold on to old things just for the sake of holding on.

Nothing like high school. It's a lot of pressure. And . . . I didn't think you'd be so far away." I

But it feels like everything all around me is shifting in ways I didn't expect, when all I want is for things to stand still.

In some ways, he was the same Jeremiah, but in other ways, I could see how this had changed him. Had aged him. Everything took more effort, his jokes, his smiles. Nothing was easy anymore.

you can't hold on to old things just for the sake of holding on

The thing is, you get used to it. Before you even realise it's happening, you get used to things being different...

I felt it a week before we left, every time. And then of course, when the time came, I was never ready to leave. I wanted to stay forever.

This is the moment I realize I don't love him, that I haven't for a while. That maybe I never did. Because he's right there for the taking: I could kiss him again; I could make him mine. But I don't want him. I want someone else. It feels strange to have spent so much time wishing for something, for someone, and then one day, suddenly, to just stop.

You'll just do what you did before he was your boyfriend. You'll go about your day, and you will miss him at first, but over time it will ease. It will lessen. All you need is time, and you, little one, have all the time in the world.

Before he goes to the boys' side and I go to the girls' side, I kiss him one more time and I feel like I'm flying.

Se siente raro haber gastado tanto tiempo deseando algo, a alguien, y luego un día, de repente, solo se detiene.

You know the saddest part? Josh and I will never be friends like we were before. Not after all this. That part's just over now. He was my best friend." I

what if i came here and i ended up loving it? what if, after a year, i didn't want to leave? what then? but wouldn't it be great if i loved it? isn't that the whole point? why bet on not loving a place? why not take a chance and bet on happiness? - Lara Jean

Everything's changing," I say, sighing.

I blink. "So you're leaving for good, then?" "Not for good. Just for now.

Las cosas están terminando, pero también apenas empiezan.

We three probably won't ever live in the same house together again. We'll come home for holidays and school breaks, but it won't be the same. It won't be what it was. But I suppose it hasn't been, not since Margot left for college. The thing is, you get used to it. Before you even realize it's happening, you get used to things being different, and it will be that way for Kitty too.

it's hard to believe everything won't be this way forever—the two of us on our bikes going

Josh and I started out so easy, so fun, and now we're like strangers. I'll never have that person back, who I knew better than anyone and who knew me so well." I feel a pinch in my heart. When she says it that way, it's so sad. "You could become friends again, after some time has passed." But it wouldn't be the same, I know that. You'd always be mourning

It feels strange to have spent so much time wishing for something, for someone, and then one day, suddenly, to just stop. I