Top 400 Gayle Forman Quotes (2024 Update)
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401. “Adoram fotografiile alea. Intotdeauna iti taiau capul pe jumatate sau erau intunecate de degetul cuiva, dar pareau sa prinda ceva veritabil.”

— Gayle Forman

402. “They can’t explain it. But that doesn’t make it any less real.”

— Gayle Forman

403. “Kim doesn’t ask any more questions after that. They sit there in silence, each lost in their own thoughts, and it reminds me of how Adam and I can be together but quiet and separate and I realize that they’re friends now, friends for real. No matter what happens, at least I have achieved that.”

— Gayle Forman

404. “But it was such a calming silence; it made me relax and feel closer to him than any heart-to-heart would have.”

— Gayle Forman

405. “Ira may be the Giving Tree, but the boy with the ax who chops him down, branch by branch – that’s me.”

— Gayle Forman

406. “The words he writes to his music, they’re poetry.”

— Gayle Forman

407. “I cannot scream until my throat hurts or break a window with my fist until my hand bleeds, or pull my hair out in clumps until the pain in my scalp overcomes the one in my heart.”

— Gayle Forman

408. “I thought of what Mom sometimes said to me when I was feeling insecure: “Fake it till you make it.”

— Gayle Forman

409. “You don’t need to be good; you just need to be committed.”

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410. “Like us,” I repeat. “Are the answers to all life’s questions in books?”

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411. “I’m pretty sure that when babies are born in Oregon, they leave the hospital with birth certificates – and teeny-tiny sleeping bags.”

— Gayle Forman

412. “As he played on, the energy magnified; the tuning fork going crazy now, firing off vibrations all over, until my entire body was humming, until I was left breathless. And when I felt like I could not take it one more minute, the swirl of sensations hit a dizzying crescendo, sending every nerve ending in my body on high alert.”

— Gayle Forman

413. “She says that the world is divided into the people who imagine their own funerals and the people who don’t, and that smart and artistic people naturally fall into the former category.”

— Gayle Forman

414. “After he leaves, we both kill a few minutes drowning our fries and the conversation in ketchup.”

— Gayle Forman

415. “It makes me happy to imagine them drinking tea or going to the movies together, still connected to each other by the invisible chain of a family that no longer exists.”

— Gayle Forman

416. “I love that you’re fragile and tough, quiet and kick-ass. Hell, you’re one of the punkest girls I know, no matter who you listen to or what you wear.”

— Gayle Forman

417. “Shouldn’t I stay? Soldier through it? Maybe if I’d had some practice, maybe if I’d had more devastation in my life, I would be more prepared to go on. It’s not that my life has been perfect. I’ve had disappointments and I’ve been lonely and frustrated and angry and all the crappy stuff everyone feels. But in terms of heartbreak, I’ve been spared. I’ve never toughened up enough to handle what I’d have to handle if I were to stay.”

— Gayle Forman

418. “You make a habit of talking to statues?” “Yes. And pigeons. Now, are you going to ask?”

— Gayle Forman

419. “When the lights come up after the concert, I feel drained, lugubrious, as though my blood has been secreted out of me and replaced with tar.”

— Gayle Forman

420. “As far as I was concerned, I wrote songs; chords and beats and lyrics, verses. and bridges and hooks. But then, as we got bigger, people began to dissect the songs, like a frog from biology class until there was nothing left but guts- tiny parts, so much less than the sum.”

— Gayle Forman

421. “Then she stepped through security. She never came back.”

— Gayle Forman

422. “Toate relatiile sunt dure. La fel ca in muzica, uneori exista armonie, iar alteori – o cacofonie sinistra. Nu-i cazul sa-ti spun asta tocmai tie.”

— Gayle Forman

423. “And I bet she’ll be a stronger person because of what she lost today.”

— Gayle Forman

424. “Eu deixo-te ir. Se ficares.”

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425. “They evolved into birds.”

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426. “I think I’m kind of getting the concept of closure. It’s no big dramatic before-after. It’s more like that melancholy feeling you get at the end of a really good vacation. Something special is ending, and you’re sad, but you can’t be that sad because, hey, it was good while it lasted, and there’ll be other vacations, other good times. – Adam.”

— Gayle Forman

427. “Teddy had taken his shirt off and had streaked himself with mud. Dad said he looked like one of the boys from Lord of the Flies.”

— Gayle Forman

428. “Quando eravamo soli potevamo parlare per ore o starcene semplicemente a leggere un libro, ciascuno con il proprio ipod, senza per questo sentirci distanti.”

— Gayle Forman

429. “I mean, does anybody read anymore?”

— Gayle Forman

430. “Kim ever so slightly rolled her eyes, which made me want to throw a dictionary at her.”

— Gayle Forman

431. “There was a kind of tough that could swim in the cold Pacific, and then there was the kind of tough Frankie was.”

— Gayle Forman

432. “Her hands were freezing, just like they always were, so I warmed them, just like I always did.”

— Gayle Forman