“We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.” PeopleMatterStoriesCoursesNo Matter WhatMeant To BeHeadingsCollision Author:Jandy Nelson
“Life's a freaking mess. In fact, I'm going to tell Sarah we need to start a new philosophical movement: messessentialism instead of existentialism: For those who revel in the essential mess that is life. Because Gram's right, there's not one truth ever, just a bunch of stories, all going on at once, in our heads, in our hearts, all getting in the way of each other. It's all a beautiful calamitous mess. It's like the day Mr. James took us into the woods and cried triumphantly, "That's it! That's it!" to the dizzying cacophony of soloing instruments trying to make music together. That is it.” WayNeedsTryingHeartFactsStoriesTogetherBeautifulMovementEssentialsPhilosophicalInstrumentsWoodsBunchMessExistentialismCriedCacophony Author:Jandy Nelson
“This is our story to tell. You’d think for all the reading I do, I would have thought about this before, but I haven’t. I’ve never once thought about the interpretative, the story telling aspect of life, of my life. I always felt like I was in a story, yes, but not like I was the author of it, or like I had any say in its telling whatsoever.” ThinkingStoriesReadingFeltHavensAspectAspects Of Life Author:Jandy Nelson
“This is the secret I kept from you, Bails, from myself too: I think I liked that Mom was gone, that she could be anybody, anywhere, doing anything. I liked that she was our invention, a woman living on the last page of the story with only what we imagined spread out before her. I liked that she was ours, alone.” ThinkingStoriesLastsSecretGoneMomPagesSpreadInventionLiving OnBail Book:The Sky Is Everywhere Source: The Sky Is Everywhere
“Life’s a freaking mess… there’s not one truth ever, just a bunch of stories, all going on at once, in our heads, in our hearts, all getting in the way of each other. It’s all a beautiful calamitous mess.” WayHeartStoriesBeautifulBunchMessCacophony Book:The Sky Is Everywhere Source: The Sky Is Everywhere
“Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.” PeopleStoriesMeant To Be Author:Jandy Nelson
