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When You Were Mine When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle
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“Sometimes...the hardest part about letting someone go is realizing that you were never meant to have them.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“How do you mourn something that never really belonged to you?”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“That's the thing about freewill: Every decision we make is a choice against something as much as it is for something else.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“What if the greatest love story ever told was the wrong one?”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“It's not that girls are delusional, per se. It's just that they have this subtle ability to warp actual circumstances into something different.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“There are a million things in this world that can end you, that can in one second obliterate the life you work so hard to keep alive. Our lives are structured around not dying. Eating, sleeping, looking both ways before you cross the street. It's all, all of it, to keep us safe from the thing that we know is going to get us anyway. It doesn't even make sense, if you think about it. It's the world's biggest joke. Our entire lives are set up around not dying, knowing all the while that it's the one thing we can't avoid.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“This is life. We have to take it as it comes, because even though some things are really shitty, there's a lot of really great stuff too.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“They died together; they'll always be remembered together. It's decided, once and for all. He was hers.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“Those are the things that define us. The way we love the people around us, and the choices we make to show it. That's what makes us who we are.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“Look, you think I like history because I’m fascinated with the possibilities, with how it could have happened, but you’re wrong. I like it because it’s the one thing we actually know in life. The past is the only thing we can count on. The present? The future? They’re anyone’s guess.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“No one ever died from having too much information. It’s the misunderstandings that are the problem.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“They died together; they'll always be remembered together. It's decided, once and for all. He was hers. The rumors don't matter; they'll fade...People may remember it was suicide, but my name won't be attached. It will just be two lovers, fused together forever.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“I guess that's the thing about getting older. You realize your differences can be good things. Not just bad ones.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“And what is more dramatic, really, than heartbreak?”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“It’s not that most girls are delusional, per se. It’s just that they have this subtle ability to warp actual circumstances into something different. And if there’s one thing I’m really against, it is turning a blind eye to reality. What’s the point? Things are the way they are, and the best thing for us to do is to just acknowledge that. No one ever died from having too much information. It’s the misunderstandings that are the problem.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“Sometimes,’ he starts, ‘the hardest part about letting someone go is realizing you were never meant to have them.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“This is life." he says. "We have to take it as it comes, because even though some things are really shitty, there's a lot of good stuff too.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
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“A volte la cosa più difficile del lasciar andare via qualcuno è rendersi conto che non avrebbe mai dovuto stare nella nostra vita.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“A volte capitano cose che sfuggono alla nostra comprensione. Di una crudeltà intollerabile. Ma questo non significa che dobbiamo rinchiuderci in un angolo e smettere di lottare.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“That's the thing about free will: Every decision we make is a choice against something as much as it is for something else”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine
“Being impartial doesn't make you innocent.”
Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine