34 Pieces of You Quotes

“And where does that minute go, that minute that separates life from death? I want those sixty seconds back.”
― Carmen Rodrigues, 34 Pieces of You

“Life is hard, but it's also crazy-beautiful. Fight for your best life. You deserve it.”
― Carmen Rodrigues, 34 Pieces of You

“You said, "Ellie, this is the truth, everybody leaves. Everybody." I was just seven, and when I reached for you, you were death and absence and missing take you. You were where bad husbands disappear to. And you were whispering. "Just ask them.”
― Carmen Rodrigues, 34 Pieces of You

“Mattie loves to read. Was born to read. I love to listen to Mattie read. The way her voice rises two octaves above everyone else's. The way the words collide-an endless train of sounds that doesn't require breath.”
― Carmen Rodrigues, 34 Pieces of You

“And in the silence I suddenly understood the many ways a person can die but still be alive.”
― Carmen Rodrigues, 34 Pieces of You

“And when our eyes locked, I felt that pain I got whenever she was around. That pain of knowing that sometimes the things I want aren’t the things I need, but not knowing, exactly, how to let those things go.”
― Carmen Rodrigues, 34 Pieces of You