Books I Like: Hidden Bodies

Favorite quotes from this book...

People think everything is better when they’re on vacation.

Miserable people want to call it a one-star slushie and insecure people want everyone to be jealous of them and be all, ‘best slushie everrrr.

Note to self: Do not get sick with aspirations.

It’s not the past if it’s not finished.

There was a study that said all relationship dynamics are determined by the first interaction.

I don’t believe in love at first sight. But I do believe in electricity, the way it can recharge you.

You said they fought, but some people, that’s just how they communicate.

..but the key to life is to believe in something that matters, something big and beautiful, something more profound than fame, money.

...and suddenly my favorite word in the English language: We.

A book lets you choose how much of the blood you want to see. A book gives you the permission to see the story as you want, as your mind directs. You interpret.

When you finish a movie you leave the theater with your friend and talk about the movie right away. When you finish a book you think.

This is why I hate it when people keep getting married like it’s so simple. It’s not. Finding someone who gets you is special.

Because I don’t hate anyone,” she says. “I really don’t. It’s just not worth it.

Memories are all the same at their core; it’s just us trying to keep each other alive, the best parts anyway.

..it’s valid to say that life is valued based upon what one has already done. But it’s also possible to say that life can’t be qualified..

Nature is an inherently forward beast; footsteps disappear, past hurts fade.

You realize your intuition is stronger than science, truer than a molecule.