Colleen Hoover

When someone close to you dies, the memories and recollections of them are painful.

I stood beside the U-Haul, and I just watched her. I stared at her while she looked on with the saddest look in her eyes. I wanted to know what she was thinking about, what was going on in her head. What had mad her so sad? I wanted to hug her so bad. When she finally got out of the U-Haul and I introduced myself to her, it took all I had to let go of her hand. I wanted to hold on to it forever. I wanted to let her know that she wasn't alone. Whatever burden it was that she was carrying around, I wanted to carry it for her. I wish I could, Lake. I wish I could take it all away. Unfortunately, that's not how it works. It doesn't just go away.

Nothing in my life has ever felt so good yet it hurt so achingly bad.

I'll love you even when I can't""I'll love you even when I shouldn't

I'm not capable of being casual with you, Lily.

Whatever he goes through, I feel. Whatever I go through, he feels. It__ what happens when two people become one: they no longer only share love. They also share all of the pain, heartache, sorrow, and grief.

I didn't mean to scare you. I'm not suicidal if that's what's freaking you out. I'm not fucked up in the head. I'm not deranged. I'm not suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. I'm just a brother who loved his sister more than life itself, so I get a little intense when I think about her.

There is no such thing as bad people.we're all just people who sometimes do bad things.

It's funny how that works. Sometimes not speaking says more than all the words in the world. Sometimes my silence is saying, I don't know how to speak to you. I don't know what you're thinking. Talk to me. Tell me everything you've ever said. All the words. Starting from your very first one.

Sometimes we don't get second chances. Sometimes things just end.

Sky, wait._ The way his voice wraps around my name makes me wish the only word in his entire vocabulary way Sky.

Sometimes not speaking says more than all the words in the world.

Don't ask about my past. And never expect a future.

You can__ leave yet. I__ not finished falling in love with you.

Thank you for loving me like you love me. Thank you for showing me that we don't always have to be strong to be there for each other--that it's okay to be weak, so long as we're there.

There will be days that I don't think we'll know how to survive. But we will, because we have each other.

I've lost a lot in my long life. Yes, I've seen pain and I've seen strife. But I'll never give up; I'll never let go. Because I'll always have my ray of hope.

The things that knock you down in life are tests, forcing you to make a choice between giving in and remaining on the ground or wiping the dirt off and standing up even taller than you did before you were knocked down. I__ choosing to stand up taller. I__l probably get knocked down a few more times before this life is through with me, but I can guarantee you I__l never stay on the ground.