“What course are you on, then?" she asks. "History." "So you want to read about people who died before you can even remember," she teases, nudging me in the arm. I take a moment to think about what it means to me so that the words come out right. "History is who we are," I say finally. "The past shapes us. Even the parts you can't remember” PeoplePastHistoryDementia Book:The Falling in Love Montage Source: The Falling in Love Montage
“And I knew what kind of person she was. Even if things changed, if she took up knitting or deep-sea diving or she got married or she adopted fourteen cats and lived in a lighthouse, some things would never change. The years of petty squabbles and sleepovers, first loves dissected, notes passed and secrets shared. It hadn't disappeared because they were over, and it couldn't be undone.” PastChangePartnersLove Advice Book:The Falling in Love Montage Source: The Falling in Love Montage
“Relationships change and the past isn't some static thing you could keep forever like a photograph. No one else seems to understand that. Just because something happened, it doesn't mean it will mean the same thing to you forever. It changes with you. The friendship you cherished, the wife you adored, the child you raised. It can all become meaningless so easily, which means it was always meaningless from the beginning and you just didn't realise it.” LovePastChangeFriendshipDementia Book:The Falling in Love Montage Source: The Falling in Love Montage
“When you truly love someone, it doesn't go away,” RomanceFamilyExesDementia Book:The Falling in Love Montage Source: The Falling in Love Montage
“I really don't think that's true at all. If you truly love someone, if they were ever important to you, it doesn't disappear. What it looks like might change, but that's only the surface.” MotherFamilyDementia Book:The Falling in Love Montage Source: The Falling in Love Montage
“Ruby leaned in and kissed me. A big movie kiss that should have had swelling music and soft lighting and a torrential downpour. But it happened in a garden, in broad daylight, and then Oliver turned the hose on us. "Does that count as kissing in the rain?" Ruby asked. "Let's debate that after we murder him.” FunnyRainMurderKissMovie Kisses Book:The Falling in Love Montage Source: The Falling in Love Montage
“Why are you doing this,' she asked. 'You know why.' I said. 'Because you like to help people?' 'Nah.' 'Because you believe in my platform?" 'God no,' I joked. She smirked. 'Why then.' 'Cause I fancy you. I'm hoping if I go to all this effort you'll look at me and think, well, she might be a dumbass but she tries. And then, I dunno, maybe you'll flash me or something.' She laughed out loud at that. 'That is not why.' 'It is,' I said earnestly. 'I think you'll flash me.' 'You do not.' 'I do.' 'You don't.' 'I really do.' 'You-' I cut her off with a kiss. I didn't think about it. I just leaned in and held the back of her head gently.” HumorKissConfession Book:Not My Problem Source: Not My Problem
“Things felt more messy than ever. Could someone treat you badly and still love you? Someone could treat you badly and you still love them, so maybe the reverse was true too. But just because you loved someone it didn't mean you had to give them another chance. Or maybe that's exactly what it meant.” ConfusionFamily ProblemsComplicated Love Book:Not My Problem Source: Not My Problem
“When you fall out with someone, you grow to hate the same things you once loved.” Ex FriendsFalling Out Book:The Falling in Love Montage Source: The Falling in Love Montage