[b]Taylor Jenkins Reid
…what’s the point of a promise anyway? How can we expect people to stick to their word about anything when the world around us is so arbitrary, unreliable, and senseless?[/b]
Remember when that wasn’t true? Nope, me neither.
When Teddy died, that was it. I’d decided there was no sense in getting sober. I rationalized it. You know, If the universe wanted me to get clean, it wouldn’t have killed Teddy. You can justify anything.
Today, of course, that’s just a fact of life.
You can be sorry about something and not regret it, Evelyn says.
On the other hand, he thought, nothing comes to mind.
We can’t say what we would do in other circumstances. We can only know what we will do with the ones we face.
No, really think that through.
It hurts to care about someone more than they care about themselves.
Yeah, I can imagine.
Hollow and empty are terrible ways to feel when you’re used to being full of joy. But it’s not so bad when you’re used to feeling full of pain. Hollow feels okay.
In other words, some can actually look forward to feeling hollow.