“In two weeks my skin will have no memory of Olly's hand on mine, but my brain will remember. We can have immortality or the memory of touch. But we can't have both.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“I’m desperate to prevent her tears, but not because I’m noble or anything. I’m kind of a contagion cryer. You know how when one… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“What did you get?' I lean my head back against his chest. 'Seashell necklace for my mom. Pineapple ashtray for Kara.' 'Why do people… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“Listening to the magnified sound of my own breath is peaceful and strangely euphoric. I'm being reassured with every breath that I'm more than… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“Human beings are not reasonable creatures. Instead of being ruled by logic, we are ruled by emotions.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“Maybe he (or she-but who are we kidding? God's definitely a guy. How else to explain war, pestilence, and morning wood?)” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“Almost everything in the night sky gives off light. Even if we can't see it, the light is still there.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“Once you become part of the world, the world becomes a part of you, too” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“love: a chemical history. ...The second stage, attraction, is governed by dopamine and serotonin. When, for example, couples report feeling indescribably happy in each… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“If the person who's meant to love you forever can suddenly stop, then what is there to believe in?” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“How can he not share his newfound joy with his fellow man? And it is joy. There’s a pure kind of joy in the… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“America’s not really a melting pot. It’s more like one of those divided metal plates with separate sections for starch, meat, and veggies.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
