Funny Story

by Emily Henry

You can’t force a person to show up, but you can learn a lesson when they don’t.

Feelings are like weather. They just happen, and then they pass.”

I like Miles Nowak enough that he could really hurt me.

“You make the people you care about feel like . . .” He pauses. “Like you want all of them. Not just the good parts. And that’s terrifying to someone who’s spent a lifetime avoiding those other pieces of themselves.”

I don’t want to be a part of the wrong we. I’d rather be on my own, even if it hurts right now.

“You, my girl, are whoever you decide to be.