“Nothing is worse than when someone who’s supposed to love you just leaves.” — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“Kids lose everything unless there's someone to look out for them.” — Ava Dellaira Children Copy Share Image
“We are each weird in a different way, but together, that's actually normal.” — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“But we aren't transparent. If we want someone to know us, we have to tell them stuff.” — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“There are two most important things in the world - being in danger, and being saved.” — Ava Dellaira Danger Copy Share Image
“When we are in love, we are both completely in danger and completely saved.” — Ava Dellaira Danger Copy Share Image
“If beauty is truth, and truth is beauty, they are defined by each other, so how do we know the meaning of… — Ava Dellaira Beauty Copy Share Image
“I think Hannah must be afraid like I get afraid, the way I did when I heard the river, the way I… — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“I mean, words can't be good enough for a lot of things. But, you know, I guess we have to try.” — Ava Dellaira Good enough Copy Share Image
“They rode the tramway to the top of the mountains, watched the watermeleon-colored sunsets, and danced in Mom's little studio to Beatles… — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“And maybe that’s what being in love does. So that a life, a person, a moment you need to keep, stays with… — Ava Dellaira Life Copy Share Image
“And maybe what growing up really means is knowing that you don't have to be just a character, going whichever way the… — Ava Dellaira Books Copy Share Image
“And if he wants more, she'll give it. If he says, 'God means for us to do this,' she'll believe him.” — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“You might want someone else to save you, or might want to save someone so badly. But no one else can save… — Ava Dellaira Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Maybe when we can tell the stories, however bad they are, we don't belong to them anymore. They become ours. And maybe… — Ava Dellaira Books Copy Share Image
“It was then that I could feel that the moths in him, with their wings so paper-thin, will never be near enough… — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“May, I love you with everything I am. For so long, I just wanted to be like you. But I had to… — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“I wish you could tell me where you are now. I mean, I know you’re dead, but I think there must be… — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“Sky turned to look at me, his eyes amused. "Are you?" "Afraid of my voice?" I laughed, nervous. "Yeah, I guess." Then… — Ava Dellaira Fear Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when we say things, we hear silence. Or only echoes. Like screaming from inside. And that’s really lonely. But that only… — Ava Dellaira Silence Copy Share Image
“What’s left of what your body was —once the girl with bare shoulder blades , giggling, once the girl galloping an imaginary… — Ava Dellaira Death Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t fair what happened to you, either. Or what happened to her. A lot of things aren’t. I guess we can… — Ava Dellaira Angry Copy Share Image
“I remembered what you said—There’s more to life than being a passenger.” — Ava Dellaira Life Copy Share Image
“there is nothing worse than pity. It just makes you feel guiltier.” — Ava Dellaira Pity Copy Share Image
“You can see the city lights from there, spreading out below like stars on the ground.” — Ava Dellaira Astronomy Copy Share Image
“It was a world full of feelings that I didn’t have words for yet.” — Ava Dellaira Feelings Copy Share Image
“I think it's like when you lose something so close to you, it's like losing yourself.” — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“Truth is beautiful, no matter what the truth is. Even if it's scary or bad. It is beauty simply because it's true.… — Ava Dellaira Beauty Copy Share Image
“I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we are scared that if we try, we won't be as… — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“Her bedroom walls are covered with magazine pictures, so that the walls don't end at the walls. They go outward, to a… — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“We do things sometimes because we feel so much inside of us, and we don’t notice how it affects somebody else.” — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“How could she just leave me here to live without her? I miss her so much. I love her. I want her… — Ava Dellaira Grief Copy Share Image
“The numbers on the board don’t mean a thing, because for the first time in forever, I have somewhere to go.” — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
“History repeats itself,” you sang. I wonder if that’s true. If there’s a hurt that’s buried in us, maybe it keeps fi… — Ava Dellaira History Copy Share Image
“Maybe when we can tell the stories, however bad they are, we don't belong to them anymore. They become ours.” — Ava Dellaira Stories Copy Share Image
“But life isn’t like that. You can’t be sure how it’s going to come out, even if you do everything right. They… — Ava Dellaira Life Copy Share Image
“Grownups can be such fakes, I thought. They are always acting like they are trying to help you, and like they want… — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
