How will I survive this missing? How do others do it? People die all the time. Every day. Every hour. There are families all over the world staring at beds that are no longer slept in, shoes that are no longer worn. Families that no longer have to buy a particular cereal, a kind of shampoo. There are people everywhere standing in line at the movies, buying curtains, walking dogs, while inside, their hearts are ripping to shreds. For years. For their whole lives. I don't believe time heals. I don't want it to. If I heal, doesn't that mean I've accepted the world without her?
Jandy NelsonHe looks at me incredulously. "I think you're amazing..." Why would he think this? Bailey is amazing and Gram and Big, and of course Mom, but not me. I am the two-dimensional one in a 3-D Family
Jandy NelsonI've no use for talking, would just as soon store paper clips in my mouth.
Jandy NelsonIt's as if someone vacuumed up the horizon while we were looking the other way.
Jandy NelsonWTF-asaurus?
Jandy NelsonYou can tell your story any way you damn well please. It's your solo.
Jandy NelsonAnd then he smiles, and in all the places around the globe where it's night, day breaks.
Jandy NelsonAt least, the sun had the decency to stay the hell away from us.
Jandy NelsonI try to fend off the oceanic sadness, but I can't. It's such a colossal effort not to be haunted by what's lost, but to be enchanted by what was.
Jandy NelsonI don't know how the heart withstands it.
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