

“It will be scary. But I know you can do it. Know that I'll be with you, if there's any way that I can manage it. And know that I have always -and will, for always- love you.”
― Second Chance Summer
― Second Chance Summer

“The thing is that people only get hurt—really hurt—when they’re trying to play it safe. That’s when people get injured, when they pull back at the last second because they’re scared. They hurt themselves and other people.”
― Second Chance Summer
― Second Chance Summer

“You said you didn’t want to waste your time on people who aren’t going to matter,” I said, and he nodded. “But how do you know they’re not going to matter? Unless you give it a shot?”
― Second Chance Summer
― Second Chance Summer

“Oscar Wilde once said that to live is the rarest thing in the world, because most people just exist, and that’s all. I don’t know if he’s right, but I do know that I spend a long time existing, and now, I intend to live.”
― The Beginning of Everything
― The Beginning of Everything

“Just because you'd left something behind didn't mean that it had gone anywhere.”
― Second Chance Summer
― Second Chance Summer
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