Quotes from "The Truth About Forever" by Sarah Dessen (inside cover)
"For everyone else, though, this seemed perfectly normal. They honestly seemed to think that things would work out. And the weirdest thing was, they did. Somehow. Eventually. Although even when I was standing right there I couldn't say how." Page 6
"...but I'd long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren't guaranteed or promised. You were lucky, more than blessed, if you got a goodbye at all." Page 21
"Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense."
"But under it all, our grief remained. Sometimes she took more of it, sometimes I did. But always, it was there." Page 87
"Delia's directions were like Delia: clear in places, completely frazzled in others." Page 97
"I wasn't anybody. And I liked it. It was selfish but true." Page 134-135
"'And if I were you, I'd be glad to be rid of him. Because anyone that can make you feel that bad about yourself is toxic, you know?'" Page 135
"'Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you.'" Page 136
"'It's all in the view, Macy. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You can never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.'"
"'Be afraid and be alive.'" Page 353
"'Incident?' Caroline had said as Lorna turned back to her map. 'This isn't an incident. This is the end of the world.'
'Nah,' Bert told her as he passed behind her with a trayful of wineglasses, 'the end of the world would be much worse than this.'
Caroline looked at him. 'You think?'
'Oh yeah,' he said. 'Absolutely.'" | 
