The Stars Too Fondly Quotes

“Cleo blinked a couple of tears out of her eyes and didn’t wipe them away. She was getting better about that: letting the tears fall.”
― Emily Hamilton, The Stars Too Fondly

“Is that so hard to believe?” Billie murmured. “That I could know I was going to love you from the moment I saw you giggling to yourself about Newton’s third law of motion and that goddamn sneaker?”
― Emily Hamilton, The Stars Too Fondly

“The first time I saw Jupiter, I stared at it for a minute, and it was beautiful, and then all I could think was What do I do with this? You’re still the same person after you see Jupiter, with the same problems. It’s just that now you’ve seen Jupiter.”
― Emily Hamilton, The Stars Too Fondly

“But history shows us that it rarely ends well when science, human welfare, or the fate of the world are left in the hands of capitalists.”
― Emily Hamilton, The Stars Too Fondly

“And someone’s face, whom you love, will be as a star both intimate and ultimate,” she recited.”
― Emily Hamilton, The Stars Too Fondly

“You'll find her, Cleo. And she'll love you, because she's me, and there's no version of the universe where any version of me doesn't love you.”
― Emily Hamilton, The Stars Too Fondly

“Love makes you stupid" became her mantra, and by "stupid" she meant "sad", and by "sad" she meant "weak", and by "weak" she meant daring to believe, despite all evidence to the contrary, that the universe has anything to offer but darkness.”
― Emily Hamilton, The Stars Too Fondly

“But then he did want more, because he found something better. Because he fell too hard. Because sometimes love makes you stupid, and sometimes it makes you a monster.”
― Emily Hamilton, The Stars Too Fondly