Me Before You

there is not much that makes me happy any more, but you do.

I did the only thing I could think of. I leant forward, and I placed my lips on his.

Some mistakes … just have greater consequences than others

What if I had misread this whole situation,

‘You know, you can only actually help someone who wants to be helped,’ she said.

live boldly. Push yourself. Don’t settle.

hadn’t realized that music could unlock things in you, could transport you to somewhere even the composer hadn’t predicted.

I could have looked at his face all night. The way his eyes wrinkled at the corners. That place where his neck met his shoulder. ‘What?’
‘Sometimes, Clark, you are pretty much the only thing that makes me want to get up in the morning.’

‘You know, you can only actually help someone who wants to be helped,’

There are normal hours, and then there are invalid hours, where time stalls and slips, where life – real life – seems to exist at one remove.