The Hard Truth About Sunshine Quotes

“But the one thing you can never do is give up the belief that it will all be okay. And you’ll know it will all be okay because regardless if you’re up or down, I’ll be with you through it all.”
― Sawyer Bennett, The Hard Truth About Sunshine

“Jillian makes me want to believe in the possibility of happiness, and I vow to myself that I’m going to have her show me how it’s done.”
― Sawyer Bennett, The Hard Truth About Sunshine

“You’re a cup-half-full kind of girl.”
She nods with a smirk. “True.”
“I’m a cup-half-empty kind of guy,” I add.
“Also true.”
“Bot of our cups are still missing something.” My thumb rubs along the side of her neck, and it doesn’t matter that it’s scarred and missing compatriot fingers.
“About four ounces each,” she quips, but I can tell she knows where I’m going with this.
“You put us both together and we’re full,” I tell her tenderly.”
― Sawyer Bennett, The Hard Truth About Sunshine

“I swear to God she was like fucking Snow White… all tra-lah-lah, skipping though the forest and singing to the birds. I hated it and because I am a sick fuck, I wanted to see more of it at the same time.”
― Sawyer Bennett, The Hard Truth About Sunshine

“Do you still want to die?” Jillian asks…
Barb actually gives a genuine smile in return as she nods. “Every damn day.”
None of us know what to say, so silence envelopes the table.
And then… in a voice that’s barely audible, Barb adds, “But I also want to live every damn day too. I’m just not sure which I want more.”
― Sawyer Bennett, The Hard Truth About Sunshine

“Maybe you’re right where you’re supposed to be,” he says softly as he gives a slight nod over his shoulder. “I saw you and your girl together. Wouldn’t have met her unless you went to group therapy, and you wouldn’t have gone to group therapy if you hadn’t got your leg blown off, right?”
― Sawyer Bennett, The Hard Truth About Sunshine

“The reason I made a stupid decision and came on this trip is that I’m as equally intrigued by Jillian Martel as I am repelled by her. My intrigue won out, and I agreed to this ludicrous idea of a group journey so I could be near her.
I agreed because I need to know how she does it.
How can she have such a grim future and still smile as if all is right with her world.”
― Sawyer Bennett, The Hard Truth About Sunshine

“God… you’re fucking weird,” I tell her with a grimace. Or is that a grin? “No one can possibly be that fucking right with the world.”
She just laughs at me and turns back to her books. Even though she’s not looking at me, her words are pointed and direct. “Stick with me, and I’ll make you right with it too.”
― Sawyer Bennett, The Hard Truth About Sunshine

“You were my bucket list and I didn’t even know it.”
― Sawyer Bennett, The Hard Truth About Sunshine

“I love when the sun comes out after a dark rain,” Jillian murmurs, her eyes still closed. “How it just brightens everything.”
― Sawyer Bennett, The Hard Truth About Sunshine