Quotes from All Your Perfects
Fun fact; I never wanted to read this novel. I read it's summary and I decided that it was a tad bit too sad for me. I mean a couple battling infertility, I couldn't relate. So, why subject myself to feel that.
It was only a certain turn of events that made me start this book. It was such a hard time for me.
Anyway, I started this book as a reprieve which I am still glad for. It was seriously one of the best books I've ever read. It wasn't perfect; the ending wasn't perfect at all, yet somehow it was as perfect as realistically possible. I have cherished every word of this hook. Cried almost at every page. Laughed at every other page. Fell in love with both protagonists and in the midst of it, developed a different outlook for my life.
So, yeah this book does hold a special place in my heart and I've handpicked the best quotes here for you!
It always works that way with men, doesn’t it? They somehow look manlier into their thirties and forties than they did in the pinnacle of their youth.
"A person can’t confidently proclaim what they would have done or how they would have felt in a situation they’ve never been in."
"We stare at each other, both of us dry-eyed and full of years’ worth of things we should never have kept bottled up."
"Why keep fighting for someone who is no longer fighting for you?"
"I promise to love you more when you’re hurting than when you’re happy."
"I realize now that sometimes two people can lose their hope or their desire or their happiness, but losing all those things doesn’t mean you’ve lost."
"Avoidance sounds like such a harmless word, but that one word can cause some severe damage to a relationship. We avoided so much in our marriage, simply out of fear. We avoided communicating. We avoided talking about the challenges we faced. We avoided all the things that made us the saddest. And after time, I began to avoid the other half of my life altogether"
"I started out our life together with certain expectations, and when those expectations weren’t met, I had no idea how to move forward."
"A person can’t confidently proclaim what they would have done or how they would have felt in a situation they’ve never been in."
"We stare at each other, both of us dry-eyed and full of years’ worth of things we should never have kept bottled up."
"Why keep fighting for someone who is no longer fighting for you?"
"I promise to love you more when you’re hurting than when you’re happy."
"I realize now that sometimes two people can lose their hope or their desire or their happiness, but losing all those things doesn’t mean you’ve lost."
"Avoidance sounds like such a harmless word, but that one word can cause some severe damage to a relationship. We avoided so much in our marriage, simply out of fear. We avoided communicating. We avoided talking about the challenges we faced. We avoided all the things that made us the saddest. And after time, I began to avoid the other half of my life altogether"
"I started out our life together with certain expectations, and when those expectations weren’t met, I had no idea how to move forward."
"Why can’t you be oblivious to a woman’s emotional state like most men?”
He smiles and pulls me to him. “If I was oblivious to your emotional state, I would merely be a man in love with you. But I’m more than that. I’m your soul mate and I can feel everything you’re feeling.”
He smiles and pulls me to him. “If I was oblivious to your emotional state, I would merely be a man in love with you. But I’m more than that. I’m your soul mate and I can feel everything you’re feeling.”
"it’s hard to admit that a marriage might be over when the love is still there. "
"People are led to believe that a marriage ends only when the love has been lost. When anger replaces happiness. When contempt replaces bliss. But Graham and I aren’t angry at each other. We’re just not the same people we used to be."
"It’s strange how I can miss a person who is still here. It’s strange that I can miss making love to a person I still have sex with."
"It’s becoming more difficult to pretend I enjoy his touch. I don’t enjoy it—I only need it. There’s a difference. It makes me wonder if he pretends just as much as I do. Does he want me as much as he professes to? Does he wish I wouldn’t pull away? Is he thankful I do?"
"It’s like I was so desperate to marry him, I lost my voice. My opinions. Me"
"It didn’t make sense. I loved him, but I don’t think it was the kind of love that could withstand a marriage.”"
"I don’t think many people can read people. They just think they can.”
"I don’t even try to offer him reassuring words. Sometimes situations don’t have a positive side. They just have a whole lot of sad sides."
"Sometimes people meet and none of the surface-level stuff matters because they see past all that.”
"It’s weird,” he says. “I used to be fine when I was alone. But now that I have you, I’m lonely when I’m alone.”"
"A lot of people can’t pinpoint the exact moment they fall in love with another person.
I can.
It just happened.
"Sometimes he says the sweetest things. Words I want to write down and keep forever so that I’ll never forget them. "
"It’s like I was so desperate to marry him, I lost my voice. My opinions. Me"
"People are led to believe that a marriage ends only when the love has been lost. When anger replaces happiness. When contempt replaces bliss. But Graham and I aren’t angry at each other. We’re just not the same people we used to be."
"It’s strange how I can miss a person who is still here. It’s strange that I can miss making love to a person I still have sex with."
"It’s becoming more difficult to pretend I enjoy his touch. I don’t enjoy it—I only need it. There’s a difference. It makes me wonder if he pretends just as much as I do. Does he want me as much as he professes to? Does he wish I wouldn’t pull away? Is he thankful I do?"
"It’s like I was so desperate to marry him, I lost my voice. My opinions. Me"
"It didn’t make sense. I loved him, but I don’t think it was the kind of love that could withstand a marriage.”"
"I don’t think many people can read people. They just think they can.”
"I don’t even try to offer him reassuring words. Sometimes situations don’t have a positive side. They just have a whole lot of sad sides."
"Sometimes people meet and none of the surface-level stuff matters because they see past all that.”
"It’s weird,” he says. “I used to be fine when I was alone. But now that I have you, I’m lonely when I’m alone.”"
"A lot of people can’t pinpoint the exact moment they fall in love with another person.
I can.
It just happened.
"Sometimes he says the sweetest things. Words I want to write down and keep forever so that I’ll never forget them. "
"It’s like I was so desperate to marry him, I lost my voice. My opinions. Me"
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Till next time xoxo
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