“I can't surround myself with people who are hiding their pain beneath swagger and a grin.” — Emery Lord Friendship Copy Share Image
“So maybe I don't know what'll happen. But it's nice to have someone to not know with you.” — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“Dee penned my name into the lyrics of her first single, “Open Road Summer.” — Emery Lord Open road Copy Share Image
“I would crawl to wherever you were, emotionally, so that you wouldn't feel alone.” — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“The notes waft out of the guitar like weightless dandelion seeds.” — Emery Lord Dandelion seeds Copy Share Image
“Stop documenting the moment for a second, he told me. Just be in it.” — Emery Lord Moment Copy Share Image
“I think it's the bravest thing in the world - to run straight at love, even knowing how badly you could get… — Emery Lord Bravery Copy Share Image
“Seattle. It rains there a lot." Well, this is going great. Conversationalist of the Year. I'll just continue to recite basic facts… — Emery Lord Humor Copy Share Image
“I swear his looks are pure Darwinism. If he wasn't so cute, someone would have killed him for being annoying by now.” — Emery Lord Darwinism Copy Share Image
“Laughter feels like our flotation device -- it won't pull us out of the storm, but it might carry us through, if… — Emery Lord Comedy Copy Share Image
“I don’t remember that.” He shook his head. “Of course you don’t. You were in another world, completely occupied with whatever you… — Emery Lord Another world Copy Share Image
“His eyes are somewhere between gray and blue, and his hair is somewhere between brown and blond, and I am somewhere between… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“God," he mutters. "Most girls love it when I write them a song." "Well, I'm not most girls," I snap at him” — Emery Lord Song Copy Share Image
“After all, once there was a girl named Lucy who loved her family, old and new. It's not the type of love… — Emery Lord Family Copy Share Image
“It takes a long time to learn someone. It takes a long time to see a person as a whole spectrum, from… — Emery Lord Best friend Copy Share Image
“And I say a final last prayer, this one in gratitude that there are people in the world who will protect kids… — Emery Lord Gratitude Copy Share Image
“I vaguely remember a story about a woman who looked back while fleeing a broken city. She turned into a pillar of… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“Because I've recently learned, in a very painful way, that life is short. And I don't want to waste my time with… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“It's an understandable impulse, to be on the floor when everything is falling apart, like you just want to feel the solid… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“You are the only person who can build emotional barriers, but you're also the only person who can topple them. Other people… — Emery Lord Barriers Copy Share Image
“I dig the toe of my shoe into the dirt. “It’s complicated.” “Is it? Most complicated things in life are actually pretty… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“I believe in nature, in science, in jazz, in dancing. And I believe in people. In their resilience, in their goodness. This… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.” — Emery Lord Dark days Copy Share Image
“He's the 'him' in every sentence that really matters; he's the 'he' in every song.” — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“The world moves twice as fast. Or twice as slow. It’s hard to tell when it feels like you’re watching your own… — Emery Lord Life Copy Share Image
“Matt's still watching my face closely, as if nerdy glasses are going to manifest on my face.” — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“My mind feels like an envelope that is too overstuffed to close. So I take some of the stuff out. ... None… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“Human hearts are like noble little ants, able to carry so much more weight than you'd expect.” — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“Dee penned my name into the lyrics of her first single, “Open Road Summer.” She wrote it when we were freshmen, daydreaming… — Emery Lord Open road Copy Share Image
“Of all Tessa’s qualities, that was maybe the one I admired the most: she knew how to sit inside my sadness with… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“It's enough to make you believe. Maybe not in symbols; maybe not in gods. But certainly in people.” — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“Do you think we could be friends for infinity? she asked. After a moment, I said, Yeah. I’m pretty sure we could… — Emery Lord Friendship Copy Share Image
“Most complicated things in life are actually pretty simple at the core. We put so much extra nonsense in the middle that… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“There I was, clinging to the scraps of happiness that I could finally feel again: coffee and books and an afternoon with… — Emery Lord Best friend Copy Share Image
“I like your orange dog.” Nadia taps her finger near the fox I’m trying to draw. I lean against my hand to… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
