J.A. Redmerski, The Edge of Never
19 quotes
"Yesterday I thought about why I felt the need to get up at exactly the same time as the day before and do everything I did the day before. Why? What compels any of us to do the things we do when deep down a part of us just wants to break free from it all?"
"Parents have this twisted belief that anyone under the age of about twenty simply can’t know what love is, like the age to love is assessed in the same way the law assesses the legal age to drink. They think that the ‘emotional growth’ of a teenager’s mind is too underdeveloped to understand love, to know if it’s ‘real’ or not.That's completely asinine. way."
"I hate to say it, but shit really does happen. You just have to get over it. Beat the hell out of it by doing things that make you happy."
"Best friends, no matter what they do or how much they hurt you, it only hurts as much as it does because they are your best friend. And none of us are perfect. Mistakes were made for best friends to forgive; it’s what makes being a best friend official."
"It’s not only about sadness. In truth, sadness really has little to do with it. Depression is pain in its purest form and I would do anything to be able to feel an emotion again. Any emotion at all. Pain hurts, but pain that’s so powerful that you can’t feel anything anymore, that’s when you start to feel like you’re going crazy."
"I wonder if the ocean smells different on the other side of the world."
"I don’t know what I’m doing, or where I’m going, but I do know that I want to do whatever it is and get there soon."
"I want to do everything with you"
"There was no logic or any sense of purpose except that I knew I had to do something other than what I was doing, or I might not make it through this."
"Just because one person's problem is less traumatic than another's doesn't mean they're required to hurt less"
"His face spreads into a warm smile. “As a matter of fact, no, I have never slept under the stars – are you gettin’ all romantic on me, Camryn Bennett?” He looks at me with a playful sideward stare."
"Just that dwelling and planning is bullshit, you dwell on the past, you can’t move forward. Spend too much time planning for the future and you just push yourself backwards, or you stay stagnant in the same place all your life. Live in the moment, where everything is just right, take your time and limit your bad memories and you’ll get wherever it is you’re going a lot faster and with less bumps in the road along the way."
"Parents have this twisted belief that anyone under the age of about twenty simply can’t know what love is, like the age to love is assessed in the same way the law assesses the legal age to drink. They think that the ‘emotional growth’ of a teenager’s mind is too underdeveloped to understand love, to know if it’s ‘real’ or not.That's completely as"
"The moment you tell someone else is the moment you become a whiner and the world’s smallest violin starts to play. The truth is, we all have problems."
"Oh, this is going to be fun; he actually thinks he's teaching me something."
"I say that I'm not into you like that, Camryn, because..," he pauses, searching my face, looking at my lips for a moment as if deciding whether or not he should kiss them again, "...because you're not the girl I could only sleep with once."
"I’m starting to get used to this feeling of not caring about anything."
"I’m not a follower. I never have been. But I’ll definitely become someone I’m not for a few hours if it’ll make me blend in rather than make me a blatant eye sore and draw attention."
"Just remember to always be yourself and don’t be afraid to speak your mind or to dream out loud"