If He Had Been With Me Quotes

“Like most of my stories, it will end tragically.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“I know that you know I've been in love with you for forever. You don't have to pretend.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“I don't know if he's realized that I can't refuse him when he says my name like that.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“I could close my eyes and believe that we have never been apart. I could invent a new past to remember.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“I'm sorry for kissing you."
"Don't say that," I say. "Don't say you're sorry for that.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“It hurts for him to smile at me like that.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“And I know that winter is supposed to end, but things aren't always the way they are supposed to be.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“But you think we're here for beautiful things and you think sadness is beautiful?"
"It can be," I say.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“I never know what to do to make you happy, do I?"
"You make me happier than any other person ever has," I say but he still won't look at me.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“Are you sure you still would want to if you were sober?" I say.
Finny nods. "Yeah," he says again. "But I'm only telling you because I'm not.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“I am ten years old again, and I cannot imagine life without him.”
― Lauren Nowlin

“Sometimes I am disappointed with love.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“Sorry," I say. "You just look awful." He looks beautiful.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“At moments like this, it amazes me that the words don't come tumbling out of me.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“But you and I always remember things the same way.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“but sometimes I wonder if she would have cared as much if I had been ugly as well as odd.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“But that's not real life."
"So?”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“And then she kisses him. And I start reading.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“It was another momen when one of us could have said something, could have given us time, but neither of us did. We looked at each other until I couldn't bear it anymore.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been With Me

“In those early days of the summer, when Autumn and I started hanging out again, I hadn’t planned to break up with Sylvie. What would have been the point? I was still in love with Sylvie, and when I originally fell in love with her, I’d already been in love with Autumn for years. So emotionally, for me, nothing had really changed.

But over the past few weeks, it’s become clear: I love Sylvie, but I can’t say that I will be in love with her every day for the rest of my life. I adore so much about her and understand her foibles, but I’m not devoted to her. She’s a partner but not a part of who I am.

My devotion to Autumn is engraved on my very being. I am in awe of her. I will sit in the stands and cheer her on in life as her most ardent admirer. I know I will always love her in the same way I know I’ll always need oxygen.”
― Laura Nowlin, If only I had told her