This Is Not How It Ends Quotes
"Life is about choices. Paths stretch out ahead of us—sometimes, we make conscious decisions and other times, fate intervenes and chooses for us."
"Had I known my life was about to take a sharp turn in those early hours of morning, I might have walked Sunny in a different direction."
"The little boy, about nine or ten, grasped my eyes in his, asking me with their speckled green if he could pet my dog."
"All I needed was honey, a spoonful of sugar for my daily dose of hot lemon water."
"The shiny metal bracelet dangling from the boy’s wrist screamed emergency. Severe allergies."
"Instinct took over as customers gathered nearby."
"The instructions say the effect is immediate, but the waiting felt like an eternity."
"I reached for his shoulder to reassure him, but he didn’t look up, not until the boy finally stirred."
"Jimmy has to get to a hospital," I said. Though he appeared to be stabilized, I knew how anaphylaxis worked.
"I don’t know what I would’ve done if you hadn’t come along. I froze."
"I hope I’m captivating high schoolers in their Honors English classes," I said.
"I’ve been everywhere I need to go," I answered. "Places you’ve never been... would never understand..."
"You don’t always have to physically go somewhere to experience something magical."
"Human nature. When we’re told we can’t have something, our desire for it grows."
"Desire like that can leave you very lonely and unsatisfied."
"You should know that being alone doesn’t make a person lonely. It’s being around the wrong people."
"Expectations," I said. "Realistic ones. Nonconformity. The lure of a good story."
"My business takes me all over the world, Charley. As glamorous as it sounds, poverty prevails."
"I can lavish money on the cause, but these kids require a connection with people they can look up to, someone who believes in them."
"You know I thought she was your lover," I said.
"Perhaps it’s why you stuffed your tongue down what’s-his-name’s throat."
"You women," he exclaimed, "You want, you don’t want. I can’t always follow you, Charlotte."
"What always happens," he said, clasping my hand in his. "Expectations."
"Poor kid," Liberty brushed it aside. "You were always better at drawing people in. I think it’s that wholesome charm of yours."
"I love that you’re curious, Charley. I love that you ask the tricky questions."
"Of all the things I’ve ever held, Charley, the best by far is you."
"It’s okay, Charley. Your mother’s right to want the best for her child."
"You know how people pretend to listen? They yes you while they’re off somewhere else? Charley doesn’t do that."
"Of all the things I’ve ever held, the best by far is you."
"Having a baby girl who looks like you, Charley? What more could a man want?"
"I’m fine, darling. There’s nothing to worry about."
"It's hard to be apart, yes? But I don't want to get used to it."
"When life throws a curveball, you have a decision. You can go on being angry and empty, or you can move toward peace."
"How could a man bring a child into the world and not know where they were or how they were feeling?"
"Relationships aren't easy; they come with a lot of sacrifice, a lot of compromise."
"Avoiding someone would be admitting I’d sinned, that there was something between us that could've sprouted into something else."
"I fell in love knowing full well what I was getting myself into. The problem was that he wasn’t present, even when he was right beside me."
"You have to figure out what it is you want. The lines were beginning to blur."
"Instead of focusing on the bad stuff, let's focus on the good. Because you know you have a lot of good, right?"
"Jimmy needs love. He’s getting it from all of us. He needs to paint, though. It's the best way for him to work through his emotions."
"It’s living or dying. Choose the path that makes you feel alive."
"Paint until it hurts. Take all those emotions inside and put them on the page. And eventually, it won’t hurt as much."
"You have an incredible way, Charlotte. I’ve seen a big change in Jimmy when he’s around you."
"The tropical disturbance in the Lesser Antilles had grown into a major hurricane."
"I can’t stop thinking about him. I couldn’t stop thinking of beginnings and endings and how the cards would stack."
"For a brief moment I felt his lips against my cheek, and I was reminded why I chose this man and why I’d said yes."
"Philip and his promises were left to drown in the high seas and billowing winds."
"You’re not getting any younger, Charley. You should be popping out kids."
"Decisions show us who we truly are, my dear."
"Philip’s going to die, Ben. Philip is dying."
"There’s different forms of education, Goose."
"You did everything you could, Charlotte. You followed your heart. Not everyone gets that chance."
"Maybe there are people in the world who are meant to be alone."
"Forgiveness is a gift. Life holds no guarantees. Happiness comes with risk."
"Figure out what you want. Not what you think Philip would want. What you want."
"Don’t give up on someone you love. You may never have another chance."
"Opening your heart again makes you vulnerable."
"I want to make you breakfast in bed. I want to watch you fall asleep at night."
"This had all the trappings of a Nicholas Sparks novel."
"You were meant to be loved, Charley. Wholly. Deeply."
"You’ll never have to wonder . . . no should’ve, no could’ve. You took the leap."