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No matter what people want to believe, life is locked in the past. It’s all we are—a timeline of events that make up a person.
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“If something tastes good, don’t ask what it’s made of. You might be disappointed.”
No, sometimes life beats you down. Sometimes life deserts you, and your only choice is to find another path.
That’s how memories work. Even the bad ones. Without them, how do we know what feels good?
“it’s that if we told the truth all the time, there would be no stories worth telling.”
When a person gets used to failure, it becomes much less scary. A person will walk into fire, knowing full well she’ll get burned, but it doesn’t hurt as much. When you’re prepared for pain, pain loses power.
“Embrace the surprises in life,
“The feeling like no matter what I do, I’m going to fall. Something will toss me over the edge. Instead of letting that happen, I make the decision myself. I get to decide when to jump.”
Fear wants you to stay scared, Bunny. But you don’t have to give in. You don’t have to let it control you.”
“It’s the upside of falling down,” Kieran says. “It’s why you jump in the first place . . . for that moment.”
“There’s always an upside, Bunny,” Kieran says.
She may not know it, but she is a walking story. And me . . . I’m full of scars with no stories.
“You can’t be overwhelmed by the what-ifs, or you’ll miss out on the best part.”
Is this the upside of falling down?
We are electric together. The world falls away when he’s with me—the questions and uncertainty—and all I want to know is him.
This is the upside to crashing: madly letting go and giving yourself to someone else. This is the freedom beyond the fear.
