Paige Phillips > Paige's Quotes

“It’s as if someone vacuumed up the horizon while we were looking the other way.”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere

“Oh my, I totally get why King Edward VIII abdicated his throne for love. If I had a throne, I’d abdicate it just to relive the last three seconds.”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere

“Each time someone dies, a library burns.”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere

“It’s such a colossal effort not to be haunted by what’s lost, but to be enchanted by what was.”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere

“The sparrow is associated with freedom. At one time, sailors got a tattoo of a sparrow for every five thousand nautical miles they traveled. Sparrows were believed to bring good luck. Sometimes the sailor got his sparrow tattoo even before leaving the docks, hoping it would act as a talisman and help bring him safely home again. Sparrow Three years later “Is it possible to feel your heart breaking, even if you’ve never fallen in love?”
― L.J. Shen, Sparrow

“Nonetheless, to me, it was as pointless as Henry Cavill with a shirt on.”
― L.J. Shen, Sparrow

“If I was fire, she was an active volcano.”
― L.J. Shen, Sparrow

“Closure is a funny concept. Everyone talks about how cathartic it feels, but no one describes the pain you experience before. The courage needed to push through tough situations. How much it rips a person up to know they need to let go, not because they want to, but because they have to.”
― Lauren Asher, Throttled

“I’m terrified to lose him for good, so I sell myself short and take what I can from him, even though I know I deserve better.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love