“We’re all born, we all die. And every fucking thing that happens in between those moments matters.
Sometimes I don't actually know what a book is about until I'm almost done writing it. I knew this book was the story of two teens on a madcap dash across Europe as they raced for their lives, but I didn't know what it was ABOUT until I wrote this line. This is one of my favorite moments in the book, and I can feel the desperation in Theo as he says it. He's in an impossible situation here (they both are!) and I my heart breaks for him.
In the argument they have a few paragraphs down, I am so firmly on both of their sides. Theo's trying desperately for sincerity, and in these moments, Wren is too terrified to engage with him on that level. He lashes out, and she's understandably hurt. I understand them both, but I'm always curious who the reader agrees with more in this conversation.
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