“When we are in love, we are both completely in danger and completely saved.” — Ava Dellaira Danger Copy Share Image
“there is nothing worse than pity. It just makes you feel guiltier.” — Ava Dellaira Pity Copy Share Image
“You were still vulnerable, furious at everything and in love with it at once.” — ava dellaira Furious Copy Share Image
“Being a rock star is the intersection of who you are and who you want to be.” — Ava Dellaira Astronomy Copy Share Image
“The thing about traditions is that they hold up the shape of your memory.” — Ava Dellaira Culture Copy Share Image
“You can be noble and brave and beautiful and still find yourself falling.” — Ava Dellaira Brave Copy Share Image
“I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we are scared that if we try, we won't be as… — Ava Dellaira Scared Copy Share Image
“Her bedroom walls are covered with magazine pictures, so that the walls don't end at the walls. They go outward, to a… — Ava Dellaira Bedroom Copy Share Image
“But we aren't transparent. If we want someone to know us, we have to tell them stuff.” — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“Maybe when we can tell the stories, however bad they are, we don't belong to them anymore. They become ours.” — Ava Dellaira Stories Copy Share Image
“But life isn’t like that. You can’t be sure how it’s going to come out, even if you do everything right. They… — Ava Dellaira Life Copy Share Image
“Because once you're afraid of one thing, you can get scared of a lot of stuff.” — Ava Dellaira Afraid Copy Share Image
“I know I wrote letters to people with no address on this earth, I know that you are dead. But I hear… — Ava Dellaira Death Copy Share Image
“I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we are scared that if we try, we won’t be as… — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“I wish you could tell me where you are now. I mean, I know you’re dead, but I think there must be… — Ava Dellaira Disappear Copy Share Image
“How could she just leave me here to live without her? I miss her so much. I love her. I want her… — Ava Dellaira Grief Copy Share Image
“Sky turned to look at me, his eyes amused. "Are you?" "Afraid of my voice?" I laughed, nervous. "Yeah, I guess." Then… — Ava Dellaira Fear Copy Share Image
“And maybe what growing up really means is knowing that you don’t have to just be a character, going whichever way the… — Ava Dellaira Books Copy Share Image
“And maybe what growing up really means is knowing that you don't have to be just a character, going whichever way the… — Ava Dellaira Books Copy Share Image
“I mean, words can't be good enough for a lot of things. But, you know, I guess we have to try.” — Ava Dellaira Good enough Copy Share Image
“We are each weird in a different way, but together, that's actually normal.” — Ava Dellaira Different Copy Share Image
“There are two most important things in the world - being in danger, and being saved.” — Ava Dellaira Danger Copy Share Image
“I remembered what you said—There’s more to life than being a passenger.” — Ava Dellaira Life Copy Share Image
“It was a world full of feelings that I didn’t have words for yet.” — Ava Dellaira Feelings Copy Share Image
“You can see the city lights from there, spreading out below like stars on the ground.” — Ava Dellaira Astronomy Copy Share Image
“The universe is bigger than anything that can fit into your mind.” — Ava Dellaira Physics Copy Share Image
“I think it's like when you lose something so close to you, it's like losing yourself.” — Ava Dellaira Lose Copy Share Image
“We do things sometimes because we feel so much inside of us, and we don’t notice how it affects somebody else.” — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“History repeats itself,” you sang. I wonder if that’s true. If there’s a hurt that’s buried in us, maybe it keeps fi… — Ava Dellaira History Copy Share Image
“The numbers on the board don’t mean a thing, because for the first time in forever, I have somewhere to go.” — Ava Dellaira First time Copy Share Image
“Grownups can be such fakes, I thought. They are always acting like they are trying to help you, and like they want… — Ava Dellaira Grownups Copy Share Image
“So maybe when we can say things, when we can write the words, when we can express how it feels, we aren’t… — Ava Dellaira Say Things Copy Share Image
“There are a lot of human experiences that challenge the limits of our language,” she said. “That’s one of the reasons that… — Ava Dellaira Language Copy Share Image
“The house felt haunted, like only I understood the way all of our shadows, the ones we’d left, had seeped into the… — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
