"Goodbye Days" Quotes
After a tragic car accident, a grieving teenager navigates guilt and grief while honoring the memory of his deceased friends through "goodbye days."
young adult | 399 pages | Published in 2017
Quotes
Grief is an animal. It has sharp teeth that will sink into you and not let go. Grief has no mercy.
Guilt is a snake coiled around my gut, sinking its fangs in and injecting its venom.
We're all in the same story, every one of us. It's one big story, but we're all in different chapters.
I love you. I love you so much that it feels like the universe is expanding and contracting inside me.
The thing about grief is that it's a houseguest who never leaves. It's always sitting at the table, waiting to be fed.
Laughter is a healing balm that cuts through the darkness and binds us together.
Sometimes, it feels like the world is just a thin layer of glass separating us from the things we want.
Sometimes the people we love leave us scars, visible and invisible.
Every goodbye is a new beginning, and every day is a goodbye to the day before.
Words are powerful. They can build you up or tear you down, and sometimes they do both at the same time.
