“It’s hard when you open your heart and let someone in and then suddenly they’re not in it anymore. It doesn’t matter whose fault it is; that empty spot stings so bad that you want to find any kind of… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
The hole in my heart, I can’t even begin to describe. It’s hard when you open your heart and let someone in and then suddenly they’re not in it anymore. It doesn’t matter whose fault it is; that empty spot… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“I shivered. Careful, I told myself. You don't want to set yourself up for a fall. Be happy. Just not too happy.” — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“It’s hard when you open your heart and let someone in and then suddenly they’re not in it anymore. It doesn’t matter whose fault… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a world where no one thought being gay was even something to ride someone about? — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
The world needs people who are more comfortable standing still. We keep the earth on it axis when everybody else is bouncing around. — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“To agape,” we all echoed, raising our wineglasses and drinking to higher love.” — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“Then Albie reached into his pocket and pulled out one shiny Jonathan apple. “Hungry?” he asked us. “How’d you do that?” I asked, wondering… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“When trust is violated, it's like you're left with an empty piggy bank. Building trust again, she said, is like putting big, fat nickels… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“I had the strong sensation that I'd underestimated my parents and their devotion to me. Of course they'd be on my side, whether they… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“Why can’t I just be bad?” I asked, figuring my mom would have no idea what I was talking about. “Well, that’s easy, sweetie.… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“We hugged, and my dad cried a little. I don't have a macho-type dad, who hunts and fishes and collects guns. He's sensitive and… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“A thought came to me. What do I think about the date with Rafe? Here I am thinking about what everyone else would think,… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“was an amazing guy, really. Totally himself. Totally unapologetic about having all these different sides of his personality that didn’t quite mesh. He didn’t… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
I don't think about relatability (when writing), I think about the heart of the character. — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“And during, I realized that the labels didn’t matter, because when two people feel that sort of pull toward each other, it just works,… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
