That was what we'd finally been forced to confront: if our relationship was based on forbiddenness, what would happen when it was no longer forbidden?
Leah RaederYou're so alive, Maise. You're so here, so present in the moment. You've taught me that happiness is possible now, not in some distant future. You'll scale a mountain without a second thought, face your fears, throw yourself into danger, and you're not reckless but bold, proud. You have a lion's heart. You're not afraid to live.
Leah RaederWesley had called it self-destructive. Evan understood. It wasn't about flirting with death, like Mom. It was about wanting to live all the way to the seams of life.
Leah RaederThis is ridiculous," I said, trying to laugh it off. "I never cry at movies."
"Because you've never been in love," he said.
Grow up. This is real. The world is ugly and nasty and fucked up, and so are we.
Leah RaederThings I didn't expect to do my senior year:
Become a drug dealer.
Become my mother.
Find and lose the love of my life.
I can't hold on to you. You're like a shooting star. Just a trail of fire in my hands.
Leah Raeder...The thought of how much happiness lay scattered across the universe, unrealized, in fragments, waiting for the right twist of fate to bring it together.
Leah RaederThe only way to cure an obsession is to become obsessed with something else.
Leah Raeder...You should love something while you have it, love it fully and without reservation, even if you know you'll lose it someday. We lose everything. If you're trying to avoid loss, there's no point in taking another breath, or letting your heart beat one more time. It all ends." His fingers curl around mine. "That's all life is. Breathing in, breathing out. The space between two breaths.
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