“I doubt the world is in the mood for a miracle, so we know not to expect a happily-ever-after. I only care about the endings we lived through today. Like how I stopped being someone afraid of the world and the people in it.” “And I stopped being someone I don’t like,” I say. “You wouldn’t have liked me.” He’s tearing up and smiling. “And you wouldn’t have waited for me to be brave. Maybe it’s better to have gotten it right and been happy for one day instead of living a lifetime of wrongs.” He’s right about everything. We rest our heads on his pillows. I’m hoping we die in our sleep; that seems like the best way to go.”
― They Both Die at the End
― They Both Die at the End
“Entire lives aren’t lessons, but there are lessons in lives. You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.”
― They Both Die at the End
― They Both Die at the End
“My Last Message would be to find your people. And to treat each day like a lifetime.”
― They Both Die at the End: A Story About Mortality, Friendship, and Making the Most of Life
― They Both Die at the End: A Story About Mortality, Friendship, and Making the Most of Life
“I want us to have history, something longer than the small window of time we're actually sharing...”
― They Both Die at the End
― They Both Die at the End
“you definitely don’t need the same blood to lose a part of yourself when someone dies.”
― They Both Die at the End
― They Both Die at the End
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