The Layover Quotes

“There are people in the world who live by the adage that new is better. To me, it’s the things that have lasted that are the most valuable. The things that have proven they can be counted on.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover

“The choice to live life for today or the future. But what is the future, really? Does it even exist? I keep trying to reach it, but every time I wake up, it’s today again.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover

“My mom taught me to underestimate myself, but my therapist says that's something I should work on overcoming.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover

“think cheating is the greatest hurt you could ever inflict on someone. Because you’re not just doing something bad to them. You’re sabotaging their whole life. You’re letting them build a world around lies. And when they finally find out, they’re not just going to be heartbroken; they’re going to have to face the terrible fact that they’ve invested all of their time and energy into something that never really existed in the first place.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover

“Sometimes I think you and I are opposite sides of the same coin."
"I like that," he says. "It means you're stuck with me.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover

“I don’t want to wash the sun off my skin before I get into your bed. I prefer to shower in the morning, like I’m starting each day anew.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover

“I run with him, two steps to his one just to keep up. We hit the water and plow into it, struggling to stay upright against the waves. I give in and pull my hand away, diving headfirst into one. It crashes over me and fills my ears with the sound of a rushing train. I push through, rising and diving again, until the waves become rolling hills. Before long, Gen and Paul join us. We splash each other and play until eventually the sea wears us out. Then we float, letting the rise and fall of the waves lift us to the sky and bring us back to earth, again and again. I stare up at the perfect blue sky, wondering how it’s possible there could be more to life than this. And by the time we turn to go back inside, I’ve come to the terrifying realization that it’s not possible. Up and down like the waves, to the sky and back to earth again, that’s what life is for me. I might not have chosen it, but it has unquestionably chosen me.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover

“It's so strange how sometimes a conversation can make you feel lonelier than silence ever did.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover

“Choose me for who I am, not who you wish I could be.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover

“He was all the best parts of the people I've loved most.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover

“I think cheating is the greatest hurt you could ever inflict on someone. Because you’re not just doing something bad to them. You’re sabotaging their whole life. You’re letting them build a world around lies. And when they finally find out, they’re not just going to be heartbroken; they’re going to have to face the terrible fact that they’ve invested all of their time and energy into something that never really existed in the first place.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover

“I didn’t want to do anything to rock the boat before a wave had even arrived.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover

“They say love always comes to the people who want it the least.”
― Lacie Waldon, The Layover