Be true, be brave, stand. Come on back and we'll see if you remember the simplest thing of all – how it is
Stanley Uris: When you're a kid, you think that you'll always be... protected, and cared for. Then, one day, you realize that's not true. If you open your eyes, you will see what we're going through.
"There is no such thing as bad people. We're all just people who sometimes do bad things." This quote is from Chapter One, and it takes place during Ryle and Lily's first conversation, when Lily says that her father abused her mother. Ryle's quote could serve as a central thesis of the novel.
Just because we didn't end up on the same wave, doesn't mean we aren't still a part of the same ocean. Fifteen seconds. That's all it takes to completely change everything about a person. Fifteen.
Quote by Jack Kerouac: “It all ends in tears anyway.”
In the last line of the novel, Atlas tells Lily she can stop swimming. This elucidates the idea that Lily has come through the terror and pain of both her adolescence and her relationship with Ryle, and is ready to enjoy the good life that Atlas and Lily dreamed of as teenagers.
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." 69. "I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you. Something just motivates you to keep moving."
"Try to stop me and I'll kill you all! Drive you crazy and then kill you all! You can't stop me!
Image via Warner Bros. Finally, Pennywise is beaten into submission. He scurries away, utters the word "fear," and partially disintegrates before falling into the void.
Be true, be brave, stand. Come on back and we'll see if you remember the simplest thing of all – how it is to be children, secure in belief and thus afraid of the dark. What can be done when you're eleven can often never be done again. No good friends, no bad friends; only people you want, need to be with.
Hi Kathie! Besides being a rock song by Meatloaf, it's a common expression used by poker players that is often said when someone has a winning hand, a good sequence of cards, because the other players will weep (cry) over their loss.
If the line “Laughter through tears is my favourite emotion” makes you nod your head, then you must see the play from which it comes: Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias, now revived at the Hope Theatre.
Quote by Erin Entrada Kelly: “Crying is good for the soul.
Quote by Colleen Hoover: “It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.”
When Allysa catches her breath, she tells Lily that she knows how much Ryle loves her and has grown because of her presence in his life. Allysa admits that as Ryle's sister, she wants Lily to take him back.
18+ This book is one that is for readers above the age of 18, as it contains a lot of adult material. There is a ton of sexual content within the novel (detailed below), and the book centers around the topic of domestic abuse. Abuse scenes are graphically described and can be disturbing at times.
“A strong woman knows she has strength enough for the journey, but a woman of strength knows it is in the journey where she will become strong.”