I Will Save You Quotes

“We only reveal what we want other people to know, right? It's like we create fictional characters for the public. And inside we're somebody totally different.”
― Matt de la Pena, I Will Save You

“But mostly I remember every morning before school. How she'd say "Hey, honey!" just I was walking out the apartment door. And me stopping and turning around and saying "What?" And her saying "I love you." And me rolling my eyes like I just wanted to hurry up so I didn't miss the bus. I'd start going again and she'd say "Hey, honey!" and I'd pretend I was so annoyed 'cause she was wasting time and I had to go catch the bus. And how secretly it was my favorite part of every day.”
― Matt de la Pena, I Will Save You

“My chest got this weird feeling, like when you stare into the eyes of a little baby and the baby looks back up at you and you can feel how pure and innocent it is, so much that it makes your stomach feel empty - probably 'cause you realize you used to be pure like that, too, and now you're not.”
― Matt de la Pena, I Will Save You

“My stain will never get fixed 'cause it's on the inside. And lasers can't reach there.”
― Matt de la Pena, I Will Save You