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Putting a person back together isn’t easy, but if you’re smart about it you can reassemble yourself in a totally different, better way.
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned that it’s totally possible to love someone from a safe distance.
It’s like I went out into the world and grew up, and he’s still right here. Right where I left him.
But there’s no reason to walk into the museum of your childhood just for old times’ sake. It’s confusing to be faced with all the things you used to think were important once you’ve grown up. If I were my parents, I would have changed this room into a gym.
I think you might be a little in love with this Sam person.”
“We need to slow down,” she said by the time they were lying on the damp leaves. “Do we?” He was not slowing down. “We have all summer.” I want forever, he thought.
The two loves of my life,
When we were kids, my dream was to be at the beach, with Wyatt, forever.
“My favorite sound. It’s like you’re catching your breath. It’s my favorite thing in the world.
“You’re my favorite thing in the world,”
“I love you, Sam.”
“If you’ve loved someone your whole life, it kind of makes sense that you’d love them forever.”
“You cheat because you think it’s going to make you someone else, that it’s going to save you from your own damn misery. And that’s the lie you’re telling yourself. I guess that’s the point, Sam. Another person is not going to turn you into anything but who you already are. Make sure you’re not trying to turn yourself into someone else for Jack.”
“You’re the cake that looks normal until people dig in and find out it’s spectacular. You’re the chocolate fucking cake, Sam, and you won’t even choose it.”
“You’re the most important person that’s ever been in my life, and you’re not even the most important person in your own.”
“Sometimes you have to walk away from all the things you don’t want to make room for the future. Blank canvas.”
That’s the rest of my life, right there. I am a little afraid of how happy I feel as I walk over
to the rope ladder.
