“I often think about how throughout life, we acquire people. More like People, with a capital P. The ones we go to in an emergency—the ones we know we can count on. If we’re lucky, our parents are our first… — Jill Santopolo Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we make decisions that seem right at the time, but later, looking back, were clearly a mistake. Some decisions are right even in… — Jill Santopolo Copy Share Image
“Because we only reveal our true selves to the people we care about most.” — Jill Santopolo Copy Share Image
“This dream you had wasn’t a someday dream, it was a right-now dream. You would never be happy in New York. You would never… — Jill Santopolo Copy Share Image
“I love you, Lucy, like hydrogen loves oxygen. A totally different kind of love. An elemental kind.” — Jill Santopolo Copy Share Image
“I watched you both, hoping that this day would help you, that Violet’s concern would mean something, that you would feel like you still… — Jill Santopolo Copy Share Image
“What I wanted to tell you is that there are lots of ways to love people and I know that you’ll love someone else… — Jill Santopolo Copy Share Image
“There’s something about death that makes people want to live. We wanted to live that day, and I don’t blame us for it. Not… — Jill Santopolo Copy Share Image
“I created a Gmail folder called Disaster and put all your e-mails in there, including that one. I didn’t write back. I knew I… — Jill Santopolo Copy Share Image
“You taught me to look for beauty. In darkness, in destruction, you always found light. I don't know what beauty I'll find here, what… — Jill Santopolo Copy Share Image
“There are people we come across during our lives who, after they drift out of our worlds, drift out for good. Even if we see them again, it’s a quick, meaningless hi and how are you? There are other people, though, with whom things pick up right where the relationship left off, whenever we run into them. The level of… — Jill Santopolo Copy Share
“Love does that. It makes you feel infinite and invincible, like the whole world is open to you, anything is achievable, and each day will be filled with wonder. Maybe it’s the act of opening yourself up, letting someone else in— or maybe it’s the act of caring so deeply about another person that it expands your heart. I’ve heard… — Jill Santopolo Copy Share
“Maybe not everything all at once, but I think people can end their lives having gotten all that they wanted out of it.” And… — Jill Santopolo Copy Share Image
