Extraits

“I'm gonna go live my life now, Les. A life I'm actually able to look forward to, and I'd honestly thought I'd never be able to say that. Then again, I'd honestly thought I'd always be hopeless, but I find hope every single day.”

“Fuck all the firsts, Sky. The only thing that matters to me with you are the forevers.”

“Devastated should be reserved for mothers”

“I didn't just live her. I love her. I've loved her since we were kids.”

“I want to kiss her so fucking bad but I’m too scared. I’m scared if I kiss her too soon, it’ll feel like every other kiss she’s ever received. She’ll feel nothing.

I don’t want her to feel nothing, when I kiss her. I want her to feel everything.”

“I dip my head and kiss her. I kiss her like she deserves to be kissed. I hold her like she deserves to be held. And I'm about to make love to her like she deserves to be loved.”

“Is it racist of me to not really want to hear about your gay sex?”

“I don’t remember what it’s like to care enough about life that the thought of death could destroy me”

“I repeat the sentence silently in my head, I live you Dean Holder.

It's the first time I've heard her say Dean.

It's also the first time I've ever had my heart impaled by a word before.

"Thank you."

She smiles. "For what?"

For being alive, I think to myself.

"For being you," I say out loud.”

“Everyone else calls you Holder and I hate everyone else, so no. I can’t.”