Cat Patrick

“There was an awkward silenceUntil I throw a rock at it”

“Real mature London,Thanks a lot”

“When I finally accept it, the truth stings. But there's no time to dwell on it, and there are only two choices: I can remind myself about someone who is not a part of my life, or I can leave him out of my notes to save myself from going through this all over again tomorrow.”

“Trying not to think about it is only making it worse.”

“Anger is manageable; sadness is heartbreaking.”

“Funny how possibility can lift you. Funny how reality can slam you down.”

“I've been stung by bees before, but it's never been this bad. It's like having PMS bloat throughout my whole body instead of just my midsection.”

“He hacked the FBI mainframe as a teenager and once sent an email from a former president's account, just because he could.”

“for me, reading is remembering. the simplicity of knowing what's coming isn't so simple after all.”

“Olvidar es un lujo, nadie vendrá a llevarse las cosas que quisiera no haber visto, las cosas que quisiera no haber conocido. Tendré que vivir con ellas.”

“Para mí, leer es recordar.”

“Nothing fixes a thing so intently in the memory as the wish to forget it”

“Carefree, peaceful... those words reminds me of you." Matt says without hesitation, surprising me with his frankness.”

“The simplicity of knowing what’s coming isn’t so simple after all.”

“Tomorrow is Monday so it must be the weekend”

“For me, reading is remembering.”

“....LondonLane: I’m sure I don’t remember everything. I remember the future the way you remember the past. You remember the really good and bad and forget some of the middle, right? LJH6678: Sure. LondonLane: Same with me. Why? LJH6678: Do you remember us having sex?...LJH6678: Well? LondonLane: Truth? LJH6678: YES! LondonLane: Yes.....Luke learned that he’s going to die young today and all he wants to ask me about is sex?”

“Jo Lane had in fact lived there for five years until she moved on. “Where did she go?” I asked innocently, not getting it. “I’m so sorry to be the one telling you this, but Jo passed last winter,” the young nurse said. “She died,” she added, probably because of my dazed look.”

“I can’t stay away from you,” he whispers...“Don’t stay away from me, then,” I whisper back...”

“I think it’s just the whole package. I can’t pick you apart. I just love all of you. I think I always have.”

“Okay, fine, we were married elsetime. Anyway, we died of whatever you die from, let’s say natural causes. But we were in love, so our souls keep finding each other in whatever forms our bodies take.”

“Luke and I stay nestled together until he nudges me. We’d better get going, he says gently.I guess I dozed off. I’m not letting you fall asleep without a note again. Why not? I ask, stretching. I kiss him on the cheek and add, with a sly smile, you don’t have to worry, Luke. I’ll remember you in the morning.”

“The boy in the closet is your boyfriend. He loves you and will tell you all about last night.”

“Tears upon tears splat on to the lined pages in my hands as I read about a nightmare come true. Quickly, I wipe away the saltwater so it won't fade the ink. Because even as my chest caves in and makes me hate the chipper birds and everything else, I know that I needed to read this today, and I need to read it again tomorrow.For me, reading is remembering.”