This Disaster Loves You Quotes

“It's almost worth it, isn't it? Losing something, just so you can get it back.”
― Richard Roper, This Disaster Loves You

“It's a dangerous thing when you love someone, because it means you know how to hurt them too.”
― Richard Roper, This Disaster Loves You

“We didn't know what we were doing, we just got on with it, and it was OK, wasn't it? I mean, maybe that's why people survive it. Not because they're better prepared to be parents, but because the whole thing happens so quickly you don't have time to think. It's all just love and chaos, isn't it?”
― Richard Roper, This Disaster Loves You

“It's funny, when you're getting to know the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, you put so much effort into pretending to be the varnished, idealized version of yourself that it means the only time they get to see the real you is in moments of complete vulnerability—when you're in pain, or afraid—and it goes on like that, a never-ending negotiation, until the years strip you of all the layers you've gathered around yourself, and you're right back where you started.”
― Richard Roper, This Disaster Loves You

“I don't know if I can honestly say that moving on is something I'm capable of. But I've got to do something. Because what's the alternative? Sitting here alone for another seven years, without even Jeff's company, staring at that front door? It's not really a life, is it?”
― Richard Roper, This Disaster Loves You

“I feel a pain in the pit of my stomach at the thought he's about to tell me to be realistic. I don't want to be realistic, I think. I want to hope.”
― Richard Roper, This Disaster Loves You

“But in that moment, in the milky dawn above a garden center, I would learn for the first time that when you fall in love with someone, it's like finding something you didn't know you'd lost—and once you've grabbed hold of it you'll do anything to keep it safe.”
― Richard Roper, This Disaster Loves You

“It didn't matter why she'd left, as long as she came home. I wouldn't need any kind of explanation. But then another month passed. Then another. Then a year. And it wasn't as simple as that anymore.”
― Richard Roper, This Disaster Loves You