The Edge of Falling Quotes

“That's the thing about the places we come from - they probably say the least about who we really are than anything.”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling

“That was the night I learned that the things we don't ask about - ignore, walk by - those can be the most deadly of all.”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling

“I understand, now, that your own identity, your past, has nothing to do with the way others see you. Being a hero isn't about someone else's definition. Not Abigail's and not Constance's. Not the Post's. Not even Claire's. Being a hero is about one thing: the way you see yourself.”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling

“You needed the secret kept for you more than I needed the truth to come out.”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling

“There are things you cannot share with friends. Even best ones. Some secrets that are kinder just to keep.”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling

“That's real life. Things don't always work out the way you think they will. They're not so neat and tidy. But people come into your life with a purpose--I see that now. Claire likes to say that people cross your paths for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Astor was a reason. Hayley, though? Hayley is a lifetime.”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling

“Sometimes this happens without warning. Like the magnitude of the past - of all that has happened - creeps into the space and inflates. One minute it's this little thing - contained, pocket-size - the next minute it's a creature. With legs and arms and scales. That's how grief works. It's there even when you forget about it. It doesn't disappear, but just morphs, changes form.”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling

“If I could go back to that night in May, I'd do things very differently. I'd never end up on that rooftop with Kristen. I'd never save her. I wouldn't have to.

But even stories with the biggest impact, perhaps particularly these, don't have the power to be re-written. If if if if... would everything be different? It doesn't matter though. What's done is done.”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling

“I've been working on my honesty this summer. I've told such a big lie, such a massively irreversible one, that I figure I need to somehow even the score. But the thing about lying is that it's not so easy to stop. Lies need one another, like a school of fish. If you start to separate them, they'll be killed off one by one. Sometimes the only way to keep lies alive is to tell more of them.”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling

“I decide to take the subway uptown. I need some time to think, and I can never thing as well in cabs as I can on the subway. For one, I get carsick, and for another, I always feel self-conscious in cabs. I feel like I should talk to the driver or something. That's what one-on-one interaction forces. I prefer being underground. It's comforting, in an odd way. Too many people crammed into this moving metal space. You feel really small down there, insignificant. You'd think that would be a bad thing, but it's not. It's one of the best feelings in the world.”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling

“I'm trying hard to remain composed. His face slackens, smooths out, and I can't help but run my eyes over his cheeks, his ears, the freckle on his face. I think about how many times I've kissed that exact spot. When someone breaks up with you they should take their memories with them. It shouldn't be possible to remember someone when they're no longer there.”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling

“He raises his glass, and I surprise myself by doing the same. Then he looks me square in the eye. There's a lot in that look. It's enticing, nerveracking. Like a roller coaster that you know is going to make your heart plummet down into your stomach, but it must be what you want, because you get on anyway.”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling

“The thing about loss, huge grief, is that it can make you feel so blank you become untouchable. It can make you feel like you have nothing left to lose”
― Rebecca Serle, The Edge of Falling