The question is not if you're willing to die for her. The question is, can you live without her?
Samantha van LeerTag: love jodi-picoult between-the-lines samantha-van-leer
Love is a tidal wave--not because it sweeps you off your feet, but because it pulls you down and drowns you.
Samantha van LeerTag: love jodi-picoult between-the-lines samantha-van-leer
No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst. So how do you tell an adult that maybe everything wrong with the world stems from the fact that she's stopped believing the impossible can happen?
Samantha van LeerNo thanks; I'd much rather pretend I'm somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens.
Samantha van LeerI'm weird. Everyone says so. I suppose it'because while other fifteen-year-olds are talking about the best lip gloss or which movie star is hotter, I would rather be curled up with a book.
Samantha van LeerNo one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst. So how do you tell an adult that maybe everything wrong in the world stems from the fact that she's stopped believing the impossible can happen?
Samantha van LeerReal fairy tales are not for the faint hearted. In them, children get eaten by witches and chased by wolves; women fall into comas and are tortured by evil relatives. Somehow, all that pain and suffering is worthwhile, though, when it leads to the ending: happily ever after. Suddenly it no longer matters if you got a B- on your midterm in French or if you're the only girl in the school who doesn't have a date for the spring formal. Happily ever after trumps everything. But what if ever after could change?
Samantha van LeerSometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less. That way, you'll never be dissapointed.
Samantha van LeerMarina sighs, "Love's a tidal wave," she says.
"Because it sweeps you off you feet?" I ask.
"No. Because it sucks you under and you drown."
"But sometimes," I point out, "It's the only thing that keeps you afloat.
No one ever asks a kid her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best and start expecting the worst. So how do you tell an adult that maybe everything wrong in the world stems from the fact that she's stopped believing the impossible can happen?
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