Before I Do Quotes

“Don’t marry a man you wouldn’t want to be divorced from, that’s what my aunt always told me. If a man isn’t kind to strangers, or at least respectful to his enemies, know that one day you might be a stranger to him, you might be his enemy.”
― Sophie Cousens, Before I Do

“In this cynical world, isn't there something wonderful about the pure, unbridled optimism of marriage? To stand up and say, 'Screw the odds, I'm pinning my colors to the mast, bright and bold,' because if you're going to commit to anything in this life, shouldn't it be love?”
― Sophie Cousens, Before I Do

“I think love is a seed. We choose to plant it, nurture it, and at the end of our lives, if we end up with a glorious old oak tree, with huge branches and plenty of shade, then that’s on us, not the cosmos.”
― Sophie Cousens, Before I Do

“If you believe everything is destined, then when things get hard, you’re more likely to pull the rip cord. There’s a sense of, ‘I shouldn’t have to compromise on anything, because if it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be.”
― Sophie Cousens, Before I Do

“Sometimes life feels like a hamster wheel. You get caught up in the practicalities of existence and all the joy gets pushed aside in favor of necessity.”
― Sophie Cousens, Before I Do

“I don’t like this narrative that’s crept into books and films. This idea that you are not worthy of love until you have your life sorted out, that you need to be sure in your career, completely mentally stable, and happy before you can be loved.”
― Sophie Cousens, Before I Do

“We have always looked to the stars for answers, used stores and mythology to help make sense of what is beyond our reach [...] Perhaps it is the writer in me who sees the stars like chapters in a book, thrown across the sky in no clear order or chronology. If only I could rearrange them in a more orderly way, in a shape that made sense to me, then I would understand the story better. Yet logic tells me those stars are millions of light years apart, they care not a jot that they share space in our sky. Are we fools to look for meaning?”
― Sophie Cousens, Before I Do

“Sorry”
― Sophie Cousens, Before I Do

“Could the wonders of modern medicine be making a lifelong commitment more daunting?”
― Sophie Cousens, Before I Do