Quotes from book

Along for the Ride

“I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was going, even if it took a little while to get there.”

“Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.”

“You just walk over there and into the office and say, 'Hey, be my prom date,'" he said. "It's that simple.”

“Morning would come before we knew it. It always did. But we still had the night, and for now, we were together, so I just closed my eyes and drank it all in.”

“But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it.
-Eli”

“Impulsiveness can be charming but deliberation can have an appeal, as well.”

“It was so easy to disown what you couldn’t recognize, to keep yourself apart from things that were foreign and unsettling”

“I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying.”

“It’s the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.”

“What," I said, "is that a crime here or something? Like only buying one thing at the Gas/Gro?”

“Sometimes, you get things right the first time. Others, the second. But the third time, they say, is the charm.”

“Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.”

“I told you, everyone understands a quest.”

“If you're not getting hurt, you're not riding hard enough.”

“I trailed off and he didn't push me to finish. I was finding that I liked that.”

“That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person.”

“Who says there has to be a point?" He asked. "Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do.”

“You didn't fail. You just opted out. There's a difference.”

“…It’s not just where you go, but how you choose to get there.”