“So I took it second by second. Sometime soon you'll be getting from minute to minute and then day by day. And so on. But.. the point isn't trying to get where you're not. The point is just.. enduring. What an awful word. Like a curse. Next time I want to say fuck you to somebody I'll just should endure it instead.” HumorGrief Book:Promise Me Sunshine Source: Promise Me Sunshine
“I mean that when people are feeling a thousand things at once, that's when the wheels come off. They start messing up at work or in their marriages or whatever. Nobody lives skillfully when they're experiencing this sort of thing.” Grief Book:Promise Me Sunshine Source: Promise Me Sunshine
“I don't want you to be healthy for me. I want you to be healthy for you. So...if you need to do something you'll regret...let's do it. I'm in. Just not your hair.” RomanceGriefMiles Book:Promise Me Sunshine Source: Promise Me Sunshine
“June's the type that has to say no in order to say yes... She has to see the negatives first before she can see any of the positives. She has to tell you all the ways that something is going to go wrong and be terrible, and she says them like they're an absolute certainty, but that's a good sign. That means she's really considering it. She has to know exactly why she's scared before she can be brave.” AnxietyBraveryNegat Book:Maybe This Time Source: Maybe This Time
“Everyone's relationships are weird if you look closely enough at them. I have a theory that if your relationship with someone isn't weird, you don't know them well enough yet.” RelationshipsCara BastoneLove LinesSeatmate Book:Seatmate Source: Seatmate
“Miles: What would you even do with a car? Besides sit behind the wheel and make vroom-vroom noises? Lenny: Dang, I thought for sure you weren't listening. I'd sell it, obviously. And use they money to buy a pair of roller skates. Roller skates are more my speed. Miles: Expensive pair of roller skates. Lenny: They'd be made of NFTs. Miles: You have no idea what NFTs are, do you? Lenny: Does anyone? No! Don't attempt to explain it.” HumorRomanceMilesLenny Book:Promise Me Sunshine Source: Promise Me Sunshine
“Men have all the luck. Girl pockets are like the size of a pack of Tic Tacs. Meanwhile, you could hide a dictionary in here.” HumorUnfairness Of LifeLenny Book:Promise Me Sunshine Source: Promise Me Sunshine
“They're not lonely. There's two of them. When a wolf is howling at the moon, it's not actually because it's lonely. It's sort of a location technique, for when members of the pack get separated and they need to find one another. The first one saying, I'm here! I'm here! And then the other one says, Me too! Me too!” RomanceFriendshipGrief Book:Promise Me Sunshine Source: Promise Me Sunshine
“Hey, Lou. Miles says when you left, you took my heart with you. He says it was like a heart transplant. Only... I don't know what this new heart is supposed to be living for.” FriendshipGrief And Loss Book:Promise Me Sunshine Source: Promise Me Sunshine
“From where I'm sitting you are someone who needs friends to be happy. People are your fuel.” Friendship Book:Promise Me Sunshine Source: Promise Me Sunshine