Everything We Never Said Quotes

“She taught me that I could be loved at my most human, my ugliest, my bloodiest. She taught me to be brave, and she taught me it's okay if I'm not quite brave yet. She protected me while trying to teach me to protect myself.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“Working on yourself is one of the hardest things anyone can do. It causes you to have to dig in, reopen wounds for close inspection. It's excruciating, like rebreaking bones to make sure they heal properly.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“It started out a small fire, just some warming flames in a circle of stones. And now it’s a conflagration, burning up forests and countries and planets. There is no end to it. Nor do I ever want there to be. I already know: This will consume me until there’s nothing left.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“Love isn’t like stepping into a river, where either you’re wet or you’re not. Love is the river itself. Sometimes the current is tranquil and steady, like my love for you.” She’d kissed me. “And sometimes,” she’d continued, “it has sharp rocks and bruising rapids. The sudden drops and turns are confusing and painful, but it’s still the same river. It’s still love.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“I miss her, though,” he says quietly. My chest tightens. “So do I. So much so, sometimes I feel like I can’t even breathe.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“Loop–scented clouds lingering above their heads. The air smells like candy as they have a smoke-ring-blowing competition, oblivious to me.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“Life might not be what you had hoped or expected, but it has a way of showing you a door to a place that’s better than you could have imagined.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“Hayley was so worldly. Wise in a way no seventeen-year-old should be. I felt like a tadpole, and she was one of those gorgeous Amazon rainforest frogs whose stunning colors showed you how brilliant and deadly they were. She always had the answers, and she always assured me that no matter how naive I was, she'd take care of me. I never saw her scared, her voice uncertain.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“She'd probably think that 'never date a friend's ex' rule was patriarchal, an attempt to pit women against each other so we wouldn't notice them lowering the glass ceiling.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“Love isn't like stepping into a river, where either you're wet or you're not. Love is the river itself. Sometimes the current is tranquil and steady, like my love for you... And sometimes... it has sharp rocks and bruising rapids. The sudden drops and turns are confusing and painful but it's still the same river. It's still love.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“There's something about Ella that makes me want to stand over her and snarl at the world like a lioness.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“Beijá-lo é como respirar, como encontrar algo melhor do que respirar.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“Eu nunca vi as mãos dele aproximarem-se da alavanca, daquele alçapão a que ele chamava amor.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“Como é que qualquer uma de nós chega aqui, para a nossa única esperança residir em fragmentos secretos de papel que acabarão num aterro, por ler?”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“Até os seus olhos verdes, que costumavam ser brilhantes, agora não são nada mais do que poços escuros de dor, como se o sofrimento tivesse alterado o seu próprio ADN.”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said

“I would take it, " I say, my voice breaking. "Painful, bad, whatever. I'd take it. Because, Sawyer? I don't remember my last day with Hayley. None of it. -Ella”
― Sloan Harlow, Everything We Never Said