“Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.”
Source: Love Is the Higher Law
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Love Is the Higher Law
Bestselling author David Levithan (Every Day; Boy Meets Boy; Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) treats the tragic events of September 11th with care and compassion in this novel of loss and grief, but also of hope and redemption. First there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . . The lives of three teens—Claire, Jasper, and Peter—are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents’ frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he’s okay. Peter, a classmate of Claire’s, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him. Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. As each gets to know the other, their moments become wound around each other’s in a way that leads to new understandings, new friendships, and new levels of awareness for the world around them and the people close by. David Levithan has written a novel of loss and grief, but also one of hope and redemption aAs histhe characters slowly learn to move forward in their lives, despite being changed forever, one rule remains: love is indeed the higher law. A MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD WINNER From the Hardcover edition.
“If goodness can't come from bad things, it makes bad things unbearable.”
Source: Love Is the Higher Law
“This is what a memorial is: standing still, staring at something that isn’t ther”
Source: Love Is the Higher Law
Source: Love Is the Higher Law
“Here's what breaks us: Even though we know better, we still want everything to be all right.”
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“I had no idea what I wanted, only that I wanted something, which is the worst kind of wanting.”
Source: Love Is the Higher Law
Source: Love Is the Higher Law
“If you start the day reading the obituaries, you live your day a little differently.”
Source: Love Is the Higher Law
