Amy > Amy's Quotes

“That’s the thing about women. There’s no good way to be one. Wear your emotions on your sleeve and you’re hysterical. Keep them tucked away where your boyfriend doesn’t have to tend to them and you’re a heartless bitch.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“The cultural constructions are clear: so many Chinese ghosts are hungry, angry, voiceless women. In taking Athena's legacy, I've added one to their ranks.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

“The love stories sold us the wrong thing. The best kind of love doesn’t happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life. It’s not grand gestures that show how you feel, it’s all the little secret things you do to make her life better that you never tell her about. Taking the end piece of the bread at breakfast so she can have the last middle piece for her sandwich when you pack her lunch. Making sure her car always has gas so she never has to stop at the pump. Telling her you’re not cold and to take your jacket when you are in fact, very, very cold. It’s watching TV on a rainy Sunday while you’re doing laundry and turning her light off when she’s fallen asleep reading. Sharing pizza crusts and laughing about something the kids did and taking care of each other when you’re sick. It isn’t glamorous, it isn’t all butterflies and stars in your eyes. It’s real. This is the kind of love that forever is made of. Because if it’s this good when life is draining and mundane and hard, think of how wonderful it will be when the love songs are playing and the moon is out.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“In a world where you can choose anger or empathy, always choose empathy,”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“You're not asking too much," he said. "You were just asking the wrong person. Ask me instead.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“He’s gone, Justin. May God rest his soul.” I blinked at her. “Your boyfriend died?” “He’s dead to me.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“What are you thinking?” I asked. He didn’t answer for a long moment. When he did, he did it with his eyes closed. “All I ever think about is you.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“Be glad you don’t get it. It means your life has been a lot gentler than hers.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“You think everyone you like is special, she said. I'm just a normal person. When you get to like someone, you make them feel like they're different from everyone else. You're doing it with Nick, you did it with me once.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“Luckily, I did not need to be pretty. My body was built to wage war.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Carrie Soto Is Back

“They can’t make us go away just
because they are done with us”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Carrie Soto Is Back

“I have always known there is no mountain you cannot climb, one step at a time”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Carrie Soto Is Back

“I, on the other hand, still might not be considered a proper adult. I had been very grown-up in primary school. But as I continued through secondary school, I in fact became less grown-up. And then as the years passed, I turned into quite a childlike person. I suppose I just wasn't able to ally myself with time.”
― hiromi kawakami, The Briefcase

“If the love is true, then treat it the same way you would plant - feed it, protect it from the elements - you must do absolutely everything you can. But if it isn't true, then it's best to just let it wither on the vine.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, The Briefcase

“even a cracked pot has a lid that fits.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, The Briefcase

“Forcing myself to make conversation felt like standing on a cliff, peering over the edge, about to tumble down headfirst.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, The Briefcase

“I rode the bus alone, I walked around the city alone, I did my shopping alone, and I drank alone.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, The Briefcase

“We were always sincere with each other. Even when we were joking around, we were sincere.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, Strange Weather in Tokyo

“If not kept in check, night-time thoughts are prone to amplification.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, The Briefcase

“A person can learn all manner of things, no matter where he finds himself, provided his spirit is determined.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, The Briefcase

“Those nights, I open Sensei’s briefcase and peer inside. The blank empty space unfolds, containing nothing within. It holds nothing more than an expanse of desolate absence.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, Strange Weather in Tokyo

“I felt a sudden rush of warmth in my body, and felt the tears well up once again. But I didn’t cry. It’s always better to drink than to cry.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, The Briefcase