Bree > Bree's Quotes

“A good book should leave you....slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.”
― William Styron

“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

“Unbeing dead isn't being alive.”
― E. E. Cummings

“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

“You never know when it will be the last time you'll see your father, or kiss your wife, or play with your little brother, but there's always a last time. If you could remember every last time, you'd never stop grieving.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You

“You have to look at what you have right in front of you, at what it could be, and stop measuring it against what you've lost. I know this to be wise and true, just as I know that pretty much no one can do it.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You

“I've never been shot, but this probably what it feels like, that second of nothingness right before the pain catches up to the bullet.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You

“I blame Hollywood for skewing perspectives. Life is just a big romantic comedy to them, and if you meet cute, happily ever-after is a forgone conclusion.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You

“I’m living in separate universes, and I have no idea where I actually belong.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You

“Fate already warned us to pack it in. We just didn’t hear it in time.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You