This Will All Be Over Soon, by Cecily Strong

“Because who knows: […] the worst year of your life could turn out to be the best year of your life.” – pg. 45

“I could stay in really well because I went out really well.” – pg. 61

“I miss all the things I never thought I’d have to miss.” – pg. 89

“I keep feeling as if suddenly my own life is not as random but is full of all these connections and coincidences.” – pg. 91

“There is a person out there who has loved me more than anyone and I’ve loved him more than anyone. But he is just a person out there. And that’s how our story has to end.” – pg. 151

“I don’t want to ever be stuck in that very sad trap of thinking your happiness lives in your memories.” – pg. 209

“It makes me feel like time is still linear and the math is linear, in that this much time has passed so that means I must have learned x. But I don’t know what I’ve learned or what I know.” – pg. 253