Swimming Lessons Quotes

“This is how I know
I love you so much.

Whenever I see something
beautiful, I want you to
see it, too.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“I stopped taking
photos of sunsets
a long time ago.

I can never
capture its colours.

The same goes
for you.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“he laid down his pen
after a few moments.
and there were no marks
on the corner of the page.
where his hand
had been resting.

the ink had run dry.

there was nothing.

nothing left.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“Take care of the people
you love

without expecting
a reward

for being a giving and
caring person.

Otherwise you will end
up living in your big,
beautiful house

alone.

Unknowingly homeless.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“These days I startle so easily
from my sleep.

My body reacts violently
to waking up, as if it was never
intending to do so.

It’s like that falling nightmare

falling

falling

waking up with a sharp breath
before I hit the ground

and realize that I’m safe.

But maybe I’m only safe
I’m my dreams

and the real fall begins
when I wake.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“We use people

Whether we want to admit it or not.

We use people for moments

Or months

Or years.

It’s a selfish thing we do.

Telling someone
We ´ll love them forever.

Until that forever ends,
After however long.

You couldn’t have fathomed an end when you were with them,

And now u can’t imagine a world
In wich you’re still there.

Our forevers are so fleeting
They almost mean nothing.

so i stopped saying it.

It’s enough to say „Ily“,
And have it end there.

I won’t soil already perfect words with a time stamp.

Because even forever has an
Expiration date.

No always.

No forever.

Just now.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming lessons

“My future is beautiful
because I see the happiness that is
inevitable for me
with you by my side”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“This is how I know I love you so much. Whenever I see something beautiful, I want you to see it, too.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“the silence
between my questions
and your inability
to answer them
is deafening.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“I find myself missing you
before you’re even gone,

Knowing there exists a space
without you next to me.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“Use my chest to rest your head. I swear I’ll never move again.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“I never said I was happy.
I've never advertised a cure.
I've only told the world
what I feel,
not how to overcome.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“The beauty of something doesn't cease to exist just because it ends.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“I seem to be your new favorite novel. One that keeps you up at night, turning my pages. Fingers lingering on me so you don't lose your place.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“He falls asleep whispering sweet nothings into my neck. If his words left their mark, I’d have no blank space left.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“In the beginning

I always felt like
my loving you was

an inconvenience
to your world.

But maybe

the only real inconvenience

was me forcing your hand

into feeling something
that you weren’t ready for.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“It's been a while since I've had a
moment to miss you,
and to cry.

This warm, summer breeze
on my balcony makes me think of
Cape Cod,
and your floral swimsuits.

How you never worn sunscreen but
always told us we had to.

Even in this loud city,
quiet moments exist where your
spirit is present.

And I feel like you're sitting next to
me on the beach again.

So I'll wait until the sun goes down
before I go back inside.

For now, we can sit here and listen
to the ocean.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“Take care of the people you love without expecting a reward for being a giving and caring person. Otherwise you will end up living in your big, beautiful house alone. Unknowingly homeless.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“People wish for me to be this trailblazing girl. The one who has marked out a path for others to follow on how to be happy, how to fight when your limbs feel broken. Sometimes I feel like a fraud. But then again, I never said I was happy. I’ve never advertised a cure. I’ve only told the world what I feel, not how to overcome. It feels fraudulent to be given a pat on the back for simply telling the truth.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“Nothing is ever wasted. The beauty of something doesn’t cease to exist just because it ends.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“We waste so much time waiting for things to get better. We pay little attention to the hours winding down. The hours we’ll want more of in the end … hours that we wish we hadn’t taken for granted. The idea of complacency has always terrified me. I’ve always been impatient. In middle school, I wanted more friends. I wanted to be better liked and by more people. I wanted to be less anxious and more social. I wanted to be like my best friend. You could pick her face out of a crowd, she always seemed to be shining. I wanted to move away. I wanted to be on my own. Looking back, it seems like I spent the entirety of my teenage years in waiting. There was always something more that I wanted. And it was always out of reach. I felt out of control in my own life. My anxiety steered me in whatever direction it wanted, regardless of how miserable I was and how often I prayed for it to get better. But it did, eventually When I took my life into my own hands and steered it towards my future. Not to say I didn’t crash-land at times, but that only pushed me to fight harder and never settle for anything less than what I wanted.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“Because my biggest fear is waking up in another five years and realizing that I’ve wasted so much of what little time I have left.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“Graffiti. Another way that humans can say “I beat you.” Like dogs marking their territory. With so much undiscovered earth and space, how do we all end up flocking to the same places?”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“I love you, darling,” were the last words you said to me. And although I don’t have a recording of it, and although I forgot to save your voicemails, I will never forget the sound of your voice.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“Don’t give up on what your
heart tells you.

Don’t ignore the thoughts
that keep you up at night.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“How lucky I am to love
someone so much

and to know I can give so
much to one person.

A man who deserves
to be told “I love you,” as
many times a day as it
crosses my mind.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“Each day, or month, that passes

can feel like it has little significance.

Until it’s five years later

and the realization hits

that you were waiting for a chance to
learn from your mistakes

and you ignored it.

You missed it.

And you absolutely will not get it back,

at least not in this life.

If we could experience those kinds of
moments each day,

where we remember for even one
second how little time we have,

would we live differently?”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“You have the capacity
to hurt me more
than anyone in this world.

I know

because I’ve already
felt it.

And this vengeful part
of me wants to hurt you

before you can ever
hurt me again.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“Life doesn’t provide a perfect stage. You will be left longing for moments that were right in front of you because you couldn’t see how special something ordinary could be.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems

“Život nije savršena pozornica. Naposljetku ćeš čeznuti za trenutcima koji su ti bili pred nosom jer nisi u stanju vidjeti da nešto obično može biti iznimno.”
― Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems