“This time she didn't bother correcting him. Just this once, she'd like to believe that he's right.” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“There’s always a gap between the burn and the sting of it, the pain and the realization.” — Jennifer E. Smith Pain Copy Share Image
“There are so many ways to be alone here, even when you're surrounded by this many people.” — Jennifer E. Smith People Copy Share Image
“How many times can a life be split into a before and an after?” — Jennifer E. Smith Life Copy Share Image
“Chemistry wasn't something you could just create anyway; it was either there or it wasn't.” — Jennifer E. Smith Chemistry Copy Share Image
“It's not the changes that will break your heart; it's that tug of familiarity.” — Jennifer E. Smith Break your heart 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
“This house is about two dictionaries away from caving in,' she'd say, 'and you're buying duplicates?” — Jennifer E. Smith Home Copy Share Image
“Someone once told her there's a formula for how long it takes to get over someone, that it's half as long as… — Jennifer E. Smith Breakup Copy Share Image
“He'd come back to her, it was true. He was the one to walk out of the woods and onto the beach,… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“The quiet between them had gone on for far too long now to pretend it was anything other than what it was.… — Jennifer E. Smith Love Copy Share Image
“And being part of something -- really part of it -- means it can be taken away. It means you have something… — Jennifer E. Smith 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 Heart Copy Share Image
“How long could a single night really be expected to last? How far could you stretch such a small collection of minutes?… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“He was a professor, a lover of stories, and he was building her a library in the same way other men might… — Jennifer E. Smith Children Copy Share Image
Husbands make the best kinds of heroes. - Lisa JacobsonMarriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments… — Jennifer E. Smith Best marriage Copy Share Image
“It wasn't that we forgot. But things like that sometimes get stored away, and there never seems to be a good time… — Jennifer E. Smith 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
“Now Hadley presses her forehead against the window of the taxi and once again finds herself smiling at the thought of him.… — Jennifer E. Smith Crush Copy Share Image
“No matter how long it’s been or how far you’ve drifted, no matter how unknowable you might be, there were at least… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“it's like one of your maps. There's never just one way to get somewhere right? There are a bunch of different possibilities.… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Hadley grabs the laminated safety instructions from the seat pocket in front of her and frowns at the cartoon men and women… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Though it's not as bad until we get up in the air." "How come?" he asks. "Plenty of wide open spaces up… — Jennifer E. Smith Humor Copy Share Image
“Hi,' he says. 'Hi,' she says back, and then to her great surprise, she begins to cry. 'You know,' Nick says as… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“You say you can be honest with me?” Hadley asks after a moment, addressing Oliver’s rounded shoulders, and he twists to look… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“He was surprised to find how much he missed writing to her. For so many months, she'd been the person on the… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Around them the stubbled land was marked off by plaques and signs that explained to visitors what had happened here on a… — Jennifer E. Smith Long ago Copy Share Image
“People talk about books being an escape, but here on the tube, this one feels more like a lifeline. As she leafs… — Jennifer E. Smith Books Copy Share Image
“Beside her, she can feel each breath he draws. How is it possible to be so close to a person and still… — Jennifer E. Smith Baseball Copy Share Image
“But cemeteries are like mousetraps for memories, catching grief by the tail before it knows what's what.” — Jennifer E. Smith Cemeteries Copy Share Image
“There's a space between forgetting and moving on, and it's not easy to find.” — Jennifer E. Smith Forgetting Copy Share Image
Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything — Jennifer E. Smith Change Copy Share Image
“He's looking at her like she's the answer to some sort of riddle.” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Just like when you're young and in love, a seven hour plane ride can seem like a lifetime.” — Jennifer E. Smith Love Copy Share Image
“When you're on the other side of it," she says, "fifty-two years can seem like about fifty-two minutes.” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Is it possible not to ever know your type-not to even know you have a type-until quite suddenly you do?” — Jennifer E. Smith Love Copy Share Image
Do everything you can to preserve and protect love so that it endures forever. — Jennifer E. Smith Couple Copy Share Image
“This wedding will put a period at the end of a sentence that wasn't supposed to have ended yet.” — Jennifer E. Smith Marriage Copy Share Image
“How are you supposed to find what you're looking for if you're not even convinced it's out there?” — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
