“I can tell you that I believe—that the human heart’s mysterious ability to love others is never wrong. Your heart will never ask your permission to love. It’s going to love whomever it was made to love, and the best thing you can do is follow it.”
―
Kelly Quindlen,
Her Name in the Sky
“Because before you can worry about who’s in your passenger seat, you have to learn to drive yourself.” ― Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
“I remember feeling like I was both too much and not enough.” ― Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
“Love ultimately wins, Hannah. Love ultimately saves.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“She sees herself, and she does not look away.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“Your heart will never ask your permission to love.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“My sweet girls, let me tell you something. You will move through life and fall in love with many different people, and at some point, you will get your heart broken. It's unavoidable. The key is to not be afraid of the breaking. People break our hearts, but they create more room in them first, and that room makes it possible for us to become more ourselves.” ― Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
“No one ever told me that it might be different. That it would be okay to be different.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“I hate you," I say. Then I kiss her and kiss her and kiss her.” ― Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
“We have to take ownership for our words. Words are powerful. They can be devastating. If your words carry hate--if they shame others, if they make them doubt that they are loved--Hannah, you don't want to own words like that.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“Hannah searches the clouds, the gulls, the sun. She wants to leave and she wants to stay. She wants to raise her hand to the heavens and command that everything top, that time stills, that the rules and the laws retract their grip so nature can have her way. Hannah wants to sit up off her towel and look across her friend's lined-up bodies, frozen in time beneath the sky, and she wants to pull Baker out of their midst, out of time, and walk with her along the shoreline, following the infinite ocean, nothing moving on the whole green earth except for the two of them and the water and the sky.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“We weren't made to be alone. We were made to love. And when we love, we automatically know God without trying to, because God is love. If we love as he made us to love—if we love with our hearts instead of our criteria—then we simply are love.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“I’m sorry,’ Hannah says. ‘I’m sorry for putting you through this—I’m sorry for not telling you—I’m sorry for being the way that I am—’ “‘Don’t you say that,’ her mom says, jerking back from her and shaking her shoulders. “‘Don’t you ever say that,’ her dad says, tears spilling forth from his eyes. “Her mom looks at her straight on, and her expression is resolute. ‘God knew exactly what He was doing when He created you, Hannah.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“I hurt you," Baker cries. "I hurt the one person I love more than anything else in the world." The swelling in Hannah's throat threatens to explode. Her sinuses prickle; her body rushes with uncontrollable feeling. "I hurt you, Han. I hurt you," Baker says, her body convulsing. The sobs burst out of Hannah's throat. "Yeah," she cries, choking on the word, hating that she needs to release it. "Yeah, you did. You hurt me. You really hurt me." Baker's face contorts with anguish. Her chin trembles; her mouth gaps around shuddering breaths. Her eyes bleed with agony. "I'm so-" she heaves. "I'm so-" "But Baker," Hannah says, touching a hand to her tears, "you also saved me." Baker's face screws up again. She heaves with more sobs, placing a hand over her ribs. "You saved me, too," she cries.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“my youth is infinite but my fears are intimate” ― Kelly Quindlen, Late to the Party
“It's just us, right?'Hannah walks to her. She touches her cheek and finds her eyes. There is a desperate light hanging on her pupils. A flicker of passion, a flicker of shame.'It's just us.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“Hi,” she says, her voice level and cool. “This bitch’s name is Irene.” ― Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
“I’ve been where you are, Scottie. That kind of crazy, flesh-eating pain that consumes every part of you. I understand wanting to get back at them. Wanting their attention, even if it’s in a negative way. But the shitty thing is, that never helps you feel better. It just lands you in a worse situation, like towing the car of a perfectly nice girl who had nothing to do with the pain you’re in.” ― Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
“Hate like that—when it's disguised as love, or righteousness or pity—I'm not going to subject you to hate like that.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“Because before you can worry about who’s in your passenger seat, you have to learn to drive yourself.” ― Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
“I remember feeling like I was both too much and not enough.” ― Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
“Love ultimately wins, Hannah. Love ultimately saves.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“She sees herself, and she does not look away.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“Your heart will never ask your permission to love.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“My sweet girls, let me tell you something. You will move through life and fall in love with many different people, and at some point, you will get your heart broken. It's unavoidable. The key is to not be afraid of the breaking. People break our hearts, but they create more room in them first, and that room makes it possible for us to become more ourselves.” ― Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
“No one ever told me that it might be different. That it would be okay to be different.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“I hate you," I say. Then I kiss her and kiss her and kiss her.” ― Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
“We have to take ownership for our words. Words are powerful. They can be devastating. If your words carry hate--if they shame others, if they make them doubt that they are loved--Hannah, you don't want to own words like that.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“Hannah searches the clouds, the gulls, the sun. She wants to leave and she wants to stay. She wants to raise her hand to the heavens and command that everything top, that time stills, that the rules and the laws retract their grip so nature can have her way. Hannah wants to sit up off her towel and look across her friend's lined-up bodies, frozen in time beneath the sky, and she wants to pull Baker out of their midst, out of time, and walk with her along the shoreline, following the infinite ocean, nothing moving on the whole green earth except for the two of them and the water and the sky.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“We weren't made to be alone. We were made to love. And when we love, we automatically know God without trying to, because God is love. If we love as he made us to love—if we love with our hearts instead of our criteria—then we simply are love.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“I’m sorry,’ Hannah says. ‘I’m sorry for putting you through this—I’m sorry for not telling you—I’m sorry for being the way that I am—’ “‘Don’t you say that,’ her mom says, jerking back from her and shaking her shoulders. “‘Don’t you ever say that,’ her dad says, tears spilling forth from his eyes. “Her mom looks at her straight on, and her expression is resolute. ‘God knew exactly what He was doing when He created you, Hannah.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“I hurt you," Baker cries. "I hurt the one person I love more than anything else in the world." The swelling in Hannah's throat threatens to explode. Her sinuses prickle; her body rushes with uncontrollable feeling. "I hurt you, Han. I hurt you," Baker says, her body convulsing. The sobs burst out of Hannah's throat. "Yeah," she cries, choking on the word, hating that she needs to release it. "Yeah, you did. You hurt me. You really hurt me." Baker's face contorts with anguish. Her chin trembles; her mouth gaps around shuddering breaths. Her eyes bleed with agony. "I'm so-" she heaves. "I'm so-" "But Baker," Hannah says, touching a hand to her tears, "you also saved me." Baker's face screws up again. She heaves with more sobs, placing a hand over her ribs. "You saved me, too," she cries.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“my youth is infinite but my fears are intimate” ― Kelly Quindlen, Late to the Party
“It's just us, right?'Hannah walks to her. She touches her cheek and finds her eyes. There is a desperate light hanging on her pupils. A flicker of passion, a flicker of shame.'It's just us.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
“Hi,” she says, her voice level and cool. “This bitch’s name is Irene.” ― Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
“I’ve been where you are, Scottie. That kind of crazy, flesh-eating pain that consumes every part of you. I understand wanting to get back at them. Wanting their attention, even if it’s in a negative way. But the shitty thing is, that never helps you feel better. It just lands you in a worse situation, like towing the car of a perfectly nice girl who had nothing to do with the pain you’re in.” ― Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy
“Hate like that—when it's disguised as love, or righteousness or pity—I'm not going to subject you to hate like that.” ― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky
