“That was the thing about playing with a band, Peter thought. There was always someone else to rescue you when it seemed… — Jennifer E. Smith Band Copy Share Image
Do everything you can to preserve and protect love so that it endures forever. — Jennifer E. Smith Couple Copy Share Image
“I guess so,” she says, unable to keep the sigh out of her voice. “But not everyone keeps that promise.” She looks… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Good," Violet says. "Because I'll expect you to come back over when Monty and I get married." "Monty?" Hadley asks, staring at… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“There was enough space out here that it was easy to lose sight of each other.” — Jennifer E. Smith Space Copy Share Image
“It was one thing to count on someone who was dead and gone, to rely on an idea or a memory, a… — Jennifer E. Smith Dead and gone Copy Share Image
“When he looked over, Emma had her head tipped back against the tree, and was humming as she watched the clouds move… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“It’s time to move on, and the more time they spend wishing it were otherwise, the harder it will be to let… — Jennifer E. Smith Time Copy Share Image
“For a long time they just stay there like that, as still as the statues in the garden. And when he gives… — Jennifer E. Smith Long time Copy Share Image
“But how could she tell him that the reason she always acted so disinterested in everything was because of the worry that… — Jennifer E. Smith Fear Copy Share Image
“She could only hope that in a place filled with so many wonders, it would have still been possible to appreciate something… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Yeah, but what if we got separated? Why would we? But just, what if? We won't” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“She hates the fact that she won't know. It's feels like the last day of school, the final night at summer camp,… — Jennifer E. Smith Last day Copy Share Image
“They were just so different, and she kept wondering if he'd realize this was a mistake at some point; if, once she… — Jennifer E. Smith Bookish Copy Share Image
“No one is useless in this world, who lightens the burden of it for any one else.” — Jennifer E. Smith Importance Copy Share Image
“She wanted all or nothing, illogically, irrationally, even though something inside of her knew that nothing would be too hard, and all… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Because I was with you," he tells her. "I feel better when I'm with you.” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“... Wait till next year. I know some people might find this depressing, and are understandable impatient for next year to finally… — Jennifer E. Smith Next year Copy Share Image
“There are so many ways it could have all turned out differently.” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes our fights are as strong as a current, as consistent as waves and as stubborn as unmoveable rocks. Martial fights cause… — Jennifer E. Smith Causes Copy Share Image
“But Hadley understood. It wasn't that she was meant to read them all. Maybe someday she would, but for now, it was… — Jennifer E. Smith Children Copy Share Image
“She understands now what she, in all her worry, had forgotten. That even as she hesitates and wavers, even as she thinks… — Jennifer E. Smith Fear Copy Share Image
“They were like a couple of asteroids that had collided, she and Owen, briefly sparking before ricocheting off again, a little chipped,… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“When you’re on the other side of it,” she says, “fifty-two years can seem like about fifty-two minutes. Just like when you’re… — Jennifer E. Smith Love Copy Share Image
“But it’s more than that. It’s the same icy dread that fills her each time she starts to imagine it; not just… — Jennifer E. Smith Fear Copy Share Image
