Love, Life, And The List Quotes
"I’ve heard that dying from being cold is blissful."
"I want to feel something when I look at your paintings."
"Painters have been painting for centuries without good ventilation."
"Yes, you do." He ran a finger down my right temple, then my left cheek, sending tingles down my arms. I shook them out.
"I had put on my nicest sundress, pulled my bleached-by-the-sun hair into a loose braid, and put on makeup, even though I rarely wore more than a swipe of mascara in the summer."
"Once you find the best, that's all you ever want."
"What happened? You said Mr. Wallace was considering you. What did he really say?"
"I thought he was considering. He'll say yes."
"Don't cry. I hate it when you cry. It makes me want to beat people up."
"But doesn't he? You feel the same way. You're missing that piece when you look at me too. The piece that makes you feel something."
"What experiences will help me find depth—find my heart?"
"It was not something I will do again for a while, but it was definitely an experience."
"I was about to talk about how terrifying it was but pressed my lips together."
"If you say anything with enough confidence, it's true, right?"
"That’s what I thought." He patted my arm. "And did it give you newfound depth?"
"It actually gave me an idea for one of my paintings."
"That’s great. So does that mean you’re going to be racing on the dunes alongside Cooper next week?"
"You’re surprisingly strong for your age," I said.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," I yelled out from the top of my swing.
"Ah. About a man getting away with murder . . . or does he? Our internal judge can be the worst punishment of all."
"Which classics did you end up picking?" Grandpa asked.
"You mean what fear am I going to make him face?"
"I don’t know, maybe a more private aisle. Like the cleaning products. That aisle is always empty. Nobody buys their cleaning products at a grocery store."
"Sometimes I do, but most of the time I’m just happy she’s my mom."
"Exactly." A thought came to me. "You are a genius!"
"Of course, honey, he likes to hear these things."
"I know! That’s why I had to come by here first. It was important for me to show you that we’re twins now."
"You should give him a chance, though. He seems like a really nice guy."
"He cared about the list. That made me happy."
"Everyone likes to see their own art displayed."
"Art from the Schoolhouse Preschool is on display today."
"When I left for school she would go to the top of the bowl like she was saying good-bye to me. I think she was smart."
"You don’t know what feelings are?" I asked with a smirk.
"Beggars can’t be choosers," I said, taking it from her.
"Sometimes it seems we’re very fragile creatures."
"But I can do better. This one is for Amelia."
"A boy has to miss that which he doesn’t know he desires before he realizes he desires it."
"Sacrifice is the start of any great relationship."
"I’m letting go. I have to let you go, regardless of how much that scares me."
"You’ll be on to your next victim in no time."
"Nobody else’s opinion about my art would matter until mine did."
"I’m giving credit wherever I can. I won Cooper Wells’s heart and I’m caging it up and never letting it out."
"It may have taken me a while to figure it out, but I’m the one who won."