Rating: 5 out of 5

I smiled, I cried, I wished I had letters from my parents to read and re-read. I cared about the characters. I wanted to know what happened to them. I still do.

Read whilst struggling with a tension headache and helped a lot.

Highlighted passages:

that this is the one thing that sets us apart from other animals, the one thing that makes us human. Hope.

Books are a bit like time travel, aren’t they? They can pick you up out of your life and put you in someone else’s.

Be kind to people, just be kind. You never know what other people are going through, so whenever you can, however you can, be kind. Be true to yourself. When I say that, I mean just live life the best way that you can, honestly, decently.

always, always let the person you love know, every single day, how much you love them, and you will be just fine.

I don’t know how long I watch the rise and fall of her chest, or listen for her every breath; it doesn’t matter. It’s timeless, this moment.

Originally posted to my Goodreads account