The History of Us Quotes

“And Josh wanted to tell her what he knew: that love might look like a shore but turn out to be a desert island, where you roamed alone, talking to yourself, trying to crack open coconuts with your shoe. So thirsty you drank the salt water. So hungry you ate the sand.”
― Leah Stewart, The History of Us

“attraction, that's the farthest thing from an idea. That's an urge, an impulse, a force. It's subconscious, physical. You can't make everything cerebral.”
― Leah Stewart, The History of Us

“A lot of people see it as a kind of failure to stay in the place where you’re from, especially if you’re from the Midwest. Like ambition is geographic.”
― Leah Stewart, The History of Us

“You spend way too much time confusing silence with strength.”
― Leah Stewart, The History of Us

“You like being in love with someone who’s not going to love you back.” She opened her eyes. He looked at her. “Why would I like that?” she asked. He shrugged. “I don’t know.”
― Leah Stewart, The History of Us

“Why was it so hard to tell the difference between what you thought you wanted and what you wanted? Why did people have to be such a danger to themselves?”
― Leah Stewart, The History of Us: A Novel

“between what you thought you wanted and what you wanted? Why did people have to be such a danger to themselves? She had had reasons for her choices. Good”
― Leah Stewart, The History of Us: A Novel

“He thought of asking her, but for no reason he could name, the silence between them seemed too hard to break.”
― Leah Stewart, The History of Us

“She could have made different choices, but all that mattered were the ones she’d made.”
― Leah Stewart, The History of Us: A Novel

“Josh wanted to tell her what he knew: that love might look like a shore but turn out to be a desert island, where you roamed alone, talking to yourself, trying to crack open coconuts with your shoe. So thirsty you drank the salt water. So hungry you ate the sand.”
― Leah Stewart, The History of Us: A Novel