“I hold my finger up to his lips. He flicks his eyes down to look at it. "You're absolved," I tell him. He brings his eyes back up to mine. There's no fucking way he knows what that word means.… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“You're absolved," I tell him. He brings his eyes back up to mine. There's no fucking way he knows what that word means. That's a word I dream someone will say to me. So I put it in his language.… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“If this were a fairy tale, this would be the part where the fishboy appears and Diana shoots him through the heart. Because he… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“It's not just like that. I can't just swim away." "Why not?" "I'm afraid I'll drown." He looks up and gives the world's smallest… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“There's so much about girls I don't understand. I don't know how I'm old enough to kiss them but not old enough to talk… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“Swim. I shove myself off the dock with my feet and fucking flail as hard as I can.” — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“A few innocent people!" my father says. "A few people were shot for absolutely no reason except for where they happened to be." But...… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“When you're grieving, the times you're happy are so much more tragic than the times that you aren't. Because being happy feels fake and… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“Craig,” he says, in that tone that’s like, I’m one step away from middle-naming you.” — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“It's been about six months since I've had something in a cast. Kids at school laugh and call me a klutz. This girl Charlotte… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“Make sure you're not expecting cute. This isn't Looking For Alaska.” — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“I could totally be a . . . whatever.” “Sailor?” “On a boat?” “Yep.” “Yeah.” He’ll sigh all wistfully. “I could be a sailor.… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“Even though Graham and I went back to arguing and stealing socks and hiding each other's toothbrushes in the litter box, I didn't forget… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“It is so much more beautiful than any polar bears in Alaska. Becaues I am here and he is mine and forever is as… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“If silence could break bones, I would shatter right now, into pieces of stomachache and blueprints and desperation.” — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“Pathetic, huh?” He learned that word from me. “Yeah. It’s like the opposite of a fish, right?” — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“Don't ever let anyone tell you that college is for smart people. College eats smart people alive.” — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
