Valeria Lopez > Valeria's Quotes

“I loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence organized in the exact right order, made you miss places you’ve never visited, and people you’ve never met.”
― Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

“You can’t force a person to show up, but you can learn a lesson when they don’t.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“You're the reason for the word wonderful. It really shouldn't be used for anything else.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters”
― Christina Lauren, The Paradise Problem

“I saw everything. The rest of my life. I saw children and grandchildren and rocking chairs on the back porch of the house overlooking the river and two old people, dying on the same day because the world would never be cruel enough to make either one of us exist without the other.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“What if the universe listened? What if you or your mom or the kids were supposed to die in a car crash and your dad said ‘Take me instead’—and the universe did. And nobody remembers the way it was supposed to be because that’s the deal. You never get to know that he’s a hero. The fates are reversed and the tribute takes the thing he asked for to save someone he loves. If you think of it that way, instead of being sad that he’s gone, be happy that he got what he wanted. And that somebody loved you enough to take your place.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“It’s not that I don’t want to tell you about her, Ken, it’s just that I miss her. A lot. I’ve lived more of my life without her than with, and still I haven’t stopped missing her.”
― Liz Tomforde, Play Along

“Thank you. Thank you for being the first person in my life to put me first, to give me options. I’m not sure I deserve that gift, but I know that I’ll never forget it for as long as I live.”
― Elsie Silver, Heartless

“Piper, I don’t just go putting my arms around girls.” She paused in the doorway. Looked back. “What does that mean?” He gave in to just a touch of temptation, tucking a wind-tangled strand of hair behind her ear. Soft. “It means I’ll be around.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“I’ll love you until my heart gives out. I’ll be your man for a thousand years. Longer if I’m allowed.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“You can be as high maintenance as you want, honey. But I'm the only one who does the maintenance.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr Seuss,Dr. Seuss,Dr Seuss,Dr. Seuss,

“Sometimes the quietest love is the loudest.”
― Liz Tomforde, The Right Move

“You don’t have to love your body every single day. That’s unrealistic to expect, but I’ll be here loving it for the days you can’t.”
― Liz Tomforde, Mile High

“How else would you get to live a thousand lives in the span of only one? The beauty of fiction is that it makes you feel things on a visceral level. You can cry with those characters, laugh with them. It teaches you to look at another’s perspective, to have empathy. In nonfiction, you simply learn about something instead of feeling it.”
― Liz Tomforde, The Right Move

“Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you.”
― Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby