I know the expression love bloomed is metaphorical, but in my heart in this moment, there is one badass flower, captured in… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
All her knowledge is gone now. Everything she ever learned, or heard, or saw. Her particular way of looking at Hamlet or… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
I suddenly feel left out of a future that isn't even going to happen. — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“Nor that he's regarding my face with the same intensity I am his. We're two paintings staring at each other across a… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“And then we are kissing, so far into the sky I don’t think we’re ever coming back. If anyone asks where we… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“They’re in love. Like black vultures. And termites. Yes, turtle doves and swans aren’t the only animals that mate for life. Ugly,… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It's definitely one of my greatest joys, and I'm a… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Remember how it was when we kissed? Armfuls and armfuls of light thrown right at us. A rope dropping down from the… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“As I walk through the redwood trees, my sneakers sopping up days of rain, I wonder why bereaved people even bother with… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“And even as I'm kissing him and kissing him and kissing him, I wish I were kissing him, wanting more, more, more,… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
I grew up with older brothers, adore them, can't imagine going through life without them, and I definitely think I draw on… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“They do make love stories for girls with black hearts after all. They go like this.” — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Our tongues have fallen madly in love and gotten married and moved to Paris. — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“He's the one. And some thoughts once thought are very hard to unthink.” — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“My heart leaves, hitchhikes right out of my body, heads north, catches a ferry across the Bering Sea and plants itself in… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“I look into his sorrowless eyes and a door in my heart blows open. And when we kiss, i see that on… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
And then he smiles, and in all the places around the globe where it's night, day breaks. — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of peopleMaybe we’re accumulating these new selves all the time. Hauling them in… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“How can people die when you’re in a fight with them? When you’re smack in the middle of hating them? When absolutely nothing between… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
I wonder why bereaved people even bother with mourning clothes when the grief itself provides such an unmistakable wardrobe. — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
... if you're someone who knows the worst thing can happen at any time, aren't you also someone who knows the best thing can… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“I want my sister. I want to hurl a building at God. I take a breath and exhale with enough force to blow the… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes part of you, step for step, breath for breath. — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“Una y otra vez, día tras día, me esforcé por ser vista. Solo quería que me prestara atención, no que me dejara tirada en… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
grief is a house where the chairs have forgotten how to hold us the mirrors how to reflect us the walls how to contain… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
He murmers into my hair, "Forget what I said earlier, let's stick with this, I might not survive anything more." I laugh. Then he… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“Listen to me. It takes a lot of courage to be true to yourself, true to your heart. You always have been very brave… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
