“My heart will still ache sometimes. Maybe more often than not. I think it's possible to be healed without feeling whole.”
―
Monica Hesse,
Girl in the Blue Coat
“But when it comes down to it, we all die alone.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Maybe we can't barter our feelings away, trading good deeds for bad ones and expecting to become whole.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Sometimes hope can be poisonous.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“When things come to an end in a way you didn't expect, in a way you never could have imagined, do they really come to an end? Does it mean you should keep searching, for better answers, for ones that don't keep you up at night? Or does it mean it's time to make peace?” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Girls in love will do desperate and creative things.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“I would care that someone understood we were flawed and scarred and doing the best we could in this war. We were wrapped up in things that were so much bigger than ourselves. We didn't know. We didn't mean to. It wasn't our fault.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Isn't love the opposite of rational?” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Choose to love.” ― Monica Hesse, They Went Left
“But I supposed love doesn't stop, even in wars.” ― Monica Hesse
“Tow best friends meeting on the street to say so many things at once: I betrayed you, I love you, I want to save you, I'm sorry. All around Europe, people are dying by the hundreds of thousands. And here, in my city, the Nazis slaughtered a family because of events that started with love and jealousy and a slip of the tongue.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“None of these are the miracles I was looking for. But they’re miracles nonetheless” ― Monica Hesse, They Went Left
“The absence of pain is not the same as the presence of happiness".” ― Monica Hesse, They Went Left
“I found a girl who wasn't the girl I was looking for. I let go of a friend I'll still miss every day. I'll go back to work. I'll get better. I'll get better slowly. I'll find all the secret, hidden things.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Here is the thing about my grief: It’s like a very messy room in a house where the electricity has gone out.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Lucky has become such a relative term, when the standards to meet it involve only not being treated like a criminal in your own home city.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“let go of a friend I’ll still miss every day. I’ll go back to work. I’ll get better. I’ll get better slowly. I’ll find all the secret, hidden things.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Maybe we can’t barter our feelings away, trading good deeds for bad ones and expecting to become whole.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Fear. That’s right. That was the odor I couldn’t place before. That’s the smell of my beautiful, breaking country.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“But when it comes down to it, we all die alone.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Maybe we can't barter our feelings away, trading good deeds for bad ones and expecting to become whole.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Sometimes hope can be poisonous.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“When things come to an end in a way you didn't expect, in a way you never could have imagined, do they really come to an end? Does it mean you should keep searching, for better answers, for ones that don't keep you up at night? Or does it mean it's time to make peace?” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Girls in love will do desperate and creative things.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“I would care that someone understood we were flawed and scarred and doing the best we could in this war. We were wrapped up in things that were so much bigger than ourselves. We didn't know. We didn't mean to. It wasn't our fault.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Isn't love the opposite of rational?” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Choose to love.” ― Monica Hesse, They Went Left
“But I supposed love doesn't stop, even in wars.” ― Monica Hesse
“Tow best friends meeting on the street to say so many things at once: I betrayed you, I love you, I want to save you, I'm sorry. All around Europe, people are dying by the hundreds of thousands. And here, in my city, the Nazis slaughtered a family because of events that started with love and jealousy and a slip of the tongue.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“None of these are the miracles I was looking for. But they’re miracles nonetheless” ― Monica Hesse, They Went Left
“The absence of pain is not the same as the presence of happiness".” ― Monica Hesse, They Went Left
“I found a girl who wasn't the girl I was looking for. I let go of a friend I'll still miss every day. I'll go back to work. I'll get better. I'll get better slowly. I'll find all the secret, hidden things.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Here is the thing about my grief: It’s like a very messy room in a house where the electricity has gone out.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Lucky has become such a relative term, when the standards to meet it involve only not being treated like a criminal in your own home city.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“let go of a friend I’ll still miss every day. I’ll go back to work. I’ll get better. I’ll get better slowly. I’ll find all the secret, hidden things.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Maybe we can’t barter our feelings away, trading good deeds for bad ones and expecting to become whole.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
“Fear. That’s right. That was the odor I couldn’t place before. That’s the smell of my beautiful, breaking country.” ― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat
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