"The Truth About Forever" Quotes
A girl finds healing and growth through new friendships and a chaotic catering job after her father's unexpected death.
young adult | 374 pages | Published in 2004
Quotes
It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know?
Following your heart means allowing the possibility of finding joy and peace.
You can't just skip ahead to where you think your life should be.
The truth is, I didn't want to face the future. I was happy just where I was.
It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.
It's this feeling that I can't shake, this belief that everyone, even the most unhappy of people, can find a small moment of happiness in the world if they just look hard enough.
The thing about chipping away at the stone is you never know what you will find. You just keep chipping away, until you find what you don’t know you’re looking for.
Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall.
I knew that was how it was supposed to be, that everything was out there waiting for us, seamless and endless.
Just because something is beautiful doesn’t mean it’s good.





