“I spoke, I listened, and my heart broke, which is to say that it didn't break at all but became suddenly aware of its… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“But every time, what brought me to my senses was my conviction that before a person dropped a new life into this world, she… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“Clare wasn't worried anymore about their being mean to each other. She imagined that someday she'd be part of a friendship in which she… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“But you're wrong. Happiness is EARNED, like everything else. It's achieved.” — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“Since you left there's been a you-shaped space beside me, all the time. It never goes away.” — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“In my experience, people love what they love. They just do. Or fail to love what they fail to love.” — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“She's the main character in her story, just like I'm the main character in mine.” — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“A real life doesn’t mean getting what you want; the achievement, the priviledge, too, is knowing what you love. But getting what you love?… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“He wasn’t looking at her, was at such an oblique angle to her that his face was little more than a sliver, but she… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“We were friends. It was as big a deal as being in love.” She tried to think of a way to make Amelie understand.… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“...in my family I have comrades-hearty and loyal-when what I need are intimates, and I've never figured out how to get us all to… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“There are people whose deaths make you ache with sadness. And then there are people whose deaths prevent the sun from rising, deaths that… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“Pen realized it: Sometimes there is nothing to do but surrender yourself to wonder... You must stop measuring - over and over - the… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“You know what he said? He said that being away from me is less like being away from a person than being away from… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“When you say those wedding vows at eighteen, you are committing yourselves—with all that you are and all that you have—to only each other… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
