Parallel Quotes

“Except spending a morning with Quinn was like being exposed to sunlight after an entire lifetime beneath fluorescent lights. I’m not sure, now, that I can be happy with less.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“Every day, you and I are witnessing the impossible. We’re having the same dreams, for God’s sake. You know things you couldn’t possibly know, and from the moment I met you, it felt like you were…”
“It felt like I was what?”
“Mine,” I reply.
The awkwardness of that word washes over us both. I’ve never called anyone mine in my life, and she is with someone else. But I also know what I said was right. She is meant to be mine”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“It feels like we’ve already waited forever. It’s like I’ve been missing you and craving you my entire life.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“There is something about the two of us that seems to survive all things. Tragedy strikes and we wobble like bowling pins but return to our places, upright and beside each other.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“my life consists entirely of things that occurred by default or were chosen by someone else first.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“We went to Paris for our honey—” I trail off. God. I cannot believe I just said that out loud.
He stops. “You’re telling me you dreamed about our honeymoon?”
I should be too upset by what this MRI might uncover to be capable of humiliation right now, but I’m not. I feel the heat in my face and there is no way to stop it. “No comment.”
He raises a brow, holding the elevator door open and following me in. “Oh, you’re not getting off that easily. If we had a honeymoon in Paris, I need to hear all about it. What did we do?”
I roll my eyes, trying hard not to smile. “It was December and cold as hell, and we were there on our honeymoon. What do you think we did?”
He laughs. “Wow. Any other glamorous trips where we never left the hotel?”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“My eyes open and fill with tears. Nick is not my husband. He’s not anything. How can he possibly not exist when I remember him in such detail? When I feel so much for him?”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“If you don’t come find me, there will never be a time when I won’t come find you.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“I can’t believe you came all the way up here,” she whispers.
“I can’t believe you thought for a fucking second I could want anyone but you,” I reply.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“She and Jeff are the two people I’ve carried, in one way or another, for most of the last decade. It’s a relief to know that for a brief period of time, I won’t have to carry anyone but myself”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“I don’t know how many lives I’ve lived with him, but it feels a little unfair that I can’t live this one with him too.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“It’s never going to be fair to anyone I date, to any woman I end up with. Because I will always be wishing I was with Quinn instead.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“We sit in silence for a moment, and I let myself picture an entire life like this, one in which all the beautiful and painful things in the world are shared with someone else, someone who feels them and sees them like I do. My eyes squeeze tight. I wish I could have that. I wish he was mine.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“Remove your hand,” he growls. I blink in surprise. Nick sounds pissed. And possessive. It’s a new side of him. I can’t claim to dislike it.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“I squeeze my eyes shut, trying to temper my response because the sheer stupidity of this plan is mind-boggling, and it’s on the tip of my tongue to say it aloud.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“I fold my arms across my chest and close my eyes. “I’m absolutely not going to look at a picture of my doctor in a Speedo.” In part, because I’ve already seen those photos.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“I refuse to believe the fault lies with me. I bet you’re the type who wants to play Words With Friends on a date. Or insists on showing me one video after another of your cat jumping around in the snow.” It’s a struggle to look stern. “My cat, if I had one, would be fascinating. You would love my cat videos if I chose to share them with you.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“My voice is hushed as I meet his eye. “I think…no matter what universe we land in, we land there together.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel

“There is no one for me but you. Not today and not a year from now.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, Parallel