If He Had Been With Me Quotes

“Why does that make me weird? Just because I think something different from you doesn't make me weird.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“Never leave me.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“Even if she fell in love again, I think part of her would always be wishing she was still with him.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“I upgraded my fantasy of pulling her hair to pushing her in front of the bus.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“Who cares if Jamie called me?” My voice is shrill. “Who cares about Jamie?” Finny grins.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Do you love him?” I shake my head. “I’m not in love with him.” We are quiet again, and I think what a relief it is, how strange it is, to say that I am not in love with Jamie.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Autumn, take the wheel.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“What I want to say is, “Hell no,” but somehow I can’t bring myself to do it.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“I cry myself to sleep again but not just for Jamie this time.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“We’re going to get ice cream,” Finny says. “I’m being kidnapped,” I say.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Okay,” I say. Jamie leans forward expectantly. “Did you sleep with her?” I ask. Jamie draws back as if I pinched him. He says nothing.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Sasha and I have discovered that we have feelings for each other.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“The night Finny kissed me I didn’t know what to do.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“I dunno if I liked them as a couple,” he says.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Hey,” he says. “We’re going to break up Alex and Trina,” I say. “Awesome,”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Autumn,” she says. I start in my seat and stop breathing. She still stares straight ahead. “Try to marry your first love. For the rest of your life, no one will ever treat you as well.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Would you kill yourself if I died?” Jamie asks.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“No, because sometimes sad things are beautiful,” I say.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“You’re ridiculous,” I shout down to him. My voice bounces through the corridor. “You’re wearing a tiara and straddling a banister,” he calls back up to me.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Well, I knew that,” she says. “Otherwise Finny wouldn’t let him near you.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“It isn’t until the radio switches to a slow song that I hear his soft laugh behind me.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“There is a half-finished mural on the wall that was a quarter-finished when we graduated four years ago. Prints from both famous and obscure artists line every other wall and cover the entire ceiling. The window ledges are lined with sculptures and various three-dimensional arts. On her desk is an asymmetrically shaped vase filled with flowers made of newspaper. I know from asking years ago that the newspaper is from the day Finny was born. On the wall behind her desk is the only framed art—a drawing we did together in third grade of a landscape littered with unicorns, soccer balls, explosions, and puppies.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“But I’m older now, and I realize that a career of nothing but writing stories all day is as likely as marrying my dream pirate prince. I’ve done the research; getting published is nearly impossible, and of those few who make it, only a fraction can live off their work. If it was just about me, I could wait tables in the day and write all night and be happy.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“…and then as they were twirling and twisting through the air, Jamie’s head snapped back just as Autumn was beginning to descend, and they collided with a sound almost like rocks crashing together.” He holds his hands apart and smashes them together to demonstrate, and his audience laughs in appreciation.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“He’s acting odd. I can’t remember the last time he teased me or smiled at me like that.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“As I’m filling it, I have a nagging feeling that there was something in my sock drawer that I wouldn’t want Finny to see.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“We were sledding. Jamie hit me—” I say. “What?” Finny says. He doesn’t shout it. He doesn’t need to. His narrowed eyes are enough to make me stumble over my words. “—with his head when we hit a bump and fell out.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“We have ice inside,” Noah says as I try to struggle away from Sasha’s ministrations. “Stop trying to smash snow into her face.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Sylvie?” he says. I nod. “Oh. Okay.” His voice is strangely monotone. He looks at the envelope and then at me. “Did she say anything else to you?”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Sorry,” I say. “You just look awful.” He looks beautiful.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me