Keeping Long Island Quotes

“... [T]he bravest people aren’t the ones that pretend they’re fine when they’re not. It’s the ones that admit they aren’t fine but carry on anyway.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Keeping Long Island

“It’s not like we come with an instruction manual: “Please handle with care or rock her world.” It’s not like you can open the book and it’s going to read: “Has been hurt before, don’t be too reckless with her heart.” Because even when you tell people that and they know, they still do it anyway.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Keeping Long Island

“Sometimes heartbreak is as simple as staring at the shelf of chocolate in the grocery store aisle and not knowing which one to choose because you used to always get her favorite.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Keeping Long Island

“Kip,” I asked, “Would you miss me if I were gone?”
“Yes.”
I have been thinking about this all night. Do you think more people would survive if someone told them they would be missed?”
― Courtney Peppernell, Keeping Long Island

“But maybe life is not about being happy every time the sun rises. Maybe it's just about being okay on the mornings that you are sad and knowing that the sun will always rise again tomorrow.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Keeping Long Island

“Sadness is just another word for being soft.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Keeping Long Island