“I spoke, I listened, and my heart broke, which is to say that it didn't break at all but became suddenly aware… — Marisa de los Santos Love-walked-in Copy Share Image
“But every time, what brought me to my senses was my conviction that before a person dropped a new life into this… — Marisa de los Santos Faith Copy Share Image
“Clare wasn't worried anymore about their being mean to each other. She imagined that someday she'd be part of a friendship in… — Marisa de los Santos Candor Copy Share Image
“But you're wrong. Happiness is EARNED, like everything else. It's achieved.” — Marisa de los Santos Happiness Copy Share Image
“Since you left there's been a you-shaped space beside me, all the time. It never goes away.” — Marisa de los Santos Space Copy Share Image
“In my experience, people love what they love. They just do. Or fail to love what they fail to love.” — Marisa de los Santos Love Copy Share Image
“She's the main character in her story, just like I'm the main character in mine.” — Marisa de los Santos Character Copy Share Image
“A real life doesn’t mean getting what you want; the achievement, the priviledge, too, is knowing what you love. But getting what… — Marisa de los Santos Life Copy Share Image
“He wasn’t looking at her, was at such an oblique angle to her that his face was little more than a sliver,… — Marisa de los Santos Language Copy Share Image
“We were friends. It was as big a deal as being in love.” She tried to think of a way to make… — Marisa de los Santos Love Copy Share Image
“...in my family I have comrades-hearty and loyal-when what I need are intimates, and I've never figured out how to get us… — Marisa de los Santos Family Copy Share Image
“There are people whose deaths make you ache with sadness. And then there are people whose deaths prevent the sun from rising,… — Marisa de los Santos Death Copy Share Image
“Pen realized it: Sometimes there is nothing to do but surrender yourself to wonder... You must stop measuring - over and over… — Marisa de los Santos Art deco Copy Share Image
“You know what he said? He said that being away from me is less like being away from a person than being… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“When you say those wedding vows at eighteen, you are committing yourselves—with all that you are and all that you have—to only… — Marisa de los Santos Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“As Will stood watching Pen, just before he turned away, his initial astonishment shifted into something quieter. Soon, she will see me;… — Marisa de los Santos Copy Share Image
“That no matter what happens, loving someone to the best of your ability is the right thing to do. It's the only… — Marisa de los Santos Love Copy Share Image
“But I've always been a sucker for externals alone: the shape, the shine, what the surface suggests to my palm. So mechanically… — Marisa de los Santos Grand canyon Copy Share Image
“Not tailgating acknowledges the mystery and humanity of strangers. It's one of those small habits that speaks volumes.” — Marisa de los Santos Habits Copy Share Image
“To understand that you have blown it, that you can never fix it is one of the worst feelings ever.” — Marisa de los Santos Worst feeling Copy Share Image
“People in love feel that way all the time, like they don't know what they've done to deserve each other.” — Marisa de los Santos Love Copy Share Image
“A real life doesn't mean getting what you want; the achievement, the privilege, too is knowing what you love.” — Marisa de los Santos Life Copy Share Image
“Yes, it’s true, what I said earlier: A real life doesn’t mean geting what you want; the achievement, the privilege, too, is… — Marisa de los Santos Life Copy Share Image
“I think there are certain people who change the way time moves.” — Marisa de los Santos Time Copy Share Image
“Don't ask for the moon -- we have the stars!" Pardon my saying so, but fuck the fucking stars!” — Marisa de los Santos Astronomy Copy Share Image
