Remember When 2 Quotes

“When do you quit wishing for things to be different? Months? Years? Decades? You think that if a sufficient amount of time goes by, it should be enough to help you stop caring anymore. But it doesn't. Ever.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“I’m sorry about….ever letting you go. I’m sorry for all the time we wasted. I’m sorry for being here with you right now when we can’t do a damned thing about it.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“...that teenager still lives inside you. That person you were before the world started telling you how to be, what to say, who you should be with.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“It should be illegal to look this good in public. He should be confined to a museum and never let out in real life. His looks are distracting. They could cause an accident one day.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“It was excruciating at first, getting over Trip. Not that I ever really did, mind you. But during those first years, I had no other choice but to go on with my life. Because do you ever really get over your first love? Even during your twenties, when you experience that initial taste of being a grown-up... that teenager still lives inside you. That person you were before the world started telling you how to be, what to say, who you should be with. Before you lost yourself in expectations and plans, and could just be a work-in-progress with only the vaguest results in mind.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“And when your plans don’t work out, when your choices turn out to be all wrong… You find yourself alone and defeated, not knowing where to turn.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“The beautiful man-boy that held my heart in his memories, who claimed my soul with his smile. I knew that if I kept looking in those deadly eyes, I'd sink into their infinite depths, lost forever. And something in my brain, in my heart, allowed that to be okay.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“Don't say it, Lay. Don't. Because I'm not stopping this. I need to be inside you more than I need to breathe right now. But if we can't do that, if this is all we have... I'm taking it. I'm taking every last bit of you you're willing to give.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“Give me another chance at this. We’re so great together. I want you. I’ve always wanted you.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“Jeez. There were more misunderstandings between us than in an episode of Three’s Company.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“But reality had other ideas.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“His voice was soft. “I did, you know. I did love you.”
… “I know. You did it well.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“He looked as pained as I felt at that moment, and I figured we were dancing around something way more dangerous than the roof of my apartment building. If I didn't change the focus, one of us was bound to do something stupid, and soon.

Probably me.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“I need this, Layla. I need you. Help me to remember, Lay. Help me to remember us.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“Hey Chester. How’s it hangin’?”
His mouth went slack, but the corners of his lips were turned up into a smile. His eyes went wide as he said incredulously, “Layla. Effing. Warren.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“The day after the Tent? Holy Jesus, he used the T word.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“My heart was beating like mad even as I felt it breaking in two. It was too much, not enough, everything I'd ever wanted and nothing I could have. Could a person die from this?”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“Just one short hour before, I was a woman on the brink of literary success, engaged to a real up-and-comer in the media world, looking toward a fresh new chapter in my life. A few minutes later, and I was unemployed, single, and sitting in a bar in the middle of the afternoon. What a difference a day makes.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“The fact was, all that stuff was back in our past, and we were dealing with a very, very different present. Somewhere in a parallel universe, Trip and I were happy together. Just not in this one.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“It’s funny how reassuring that was, to see him doing something so simple and familiar. I mean, I knew this man. I knew him inside and out. I knew his every facial expression, knew what his heartbeat sounded like under my ear. I knew how he played, and I knew how he lounged. Recalling the small pieces of the Trip that I knew brought me a bit of nostalgic comfort while dealing with the body of this famous movie star lying next to me.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“New York City was the most awesome place on Earth.
I loved the energy, the noise, the very living and breathing pilse of it all. The rough edges of its hurried citizens only added to the appeal. If you can make it there, you can make it everywhere. Song lyrics as fact. Art as life. ...”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“You find the man you know you’re supposed to be with, you do whatever you have to do in order to be with him.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“God, Lay. Do you know what I would do, if you could give me another chance at this?”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“No, no, no, don’t... Don’t ask me to stop, Layla, I can’t do it.” … “My God, just ... please.” He kissed my neck again. “Please, Layla.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel

“Yeah. Here’s the thing. I’m not leaving without seeing you.”
― T. Torrest, Remember When 2: The Sequel