Source: War and Peace
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep; Slowly, and then all at once.”
John Green book The Fault in Our Stars
Hazel Grace Lancaster, p. 125
Compare Ernest Hemingway, speaking about the process of going bankrupt: "'Gradually and then suddenly.'"
The Fault in Our Stars (2012)
“we laughed until we had to cry, we loved until we said goodbye.”
Melissa de la Cruz (1971) American writer
“Freely we serve
Because we freely love, as in our will
To love or not; in this we stand or fall.”
John Milton (1608–1674) English epic poet
“Freely we serve. Because we freely love, as in our will to love or not; in this we stand or fall.”
Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Variant: You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
“That's how children deal with terror, they fall asleep.”
Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner
Source: The Kite Runner
“It was a way of recognizing places of enchantment: people falling asleep like this.”
Jonathan Franzen book The Corrections
Source: The Corrections
