Love Letters to the Dead is a 2014 youth novel written by Ava Dellaira. It's about Laurel, a high school student girl whose sister just died and tells what his life is like and how and why he writes letters to deceased people. A youthful book but suitable for anyone who likes this topic.
If you like the young adult novel or you think you might like it, then don't miss these phrases taken from the Spanish version of the book “Letters of love to the dead”. His phrases will not leave you indifferent since probably They will win you over from reading the youth novel and adding it to your home library.
Love letters to the dead: some phrases that you will like
- We grow old, but my intention is that we never abandon our principles. May we never be old enough to remember who we are now, together.
- Being a rock star is the intersection between who you are and who you want to be.
- Because once you are afraid of one thing, you can be afraid of a lot of things.
- I know that it is very difficult to understand the great love that someone can feel for us, especially when we are afraid of being ourselves or when we do not even know for sure who we are. It is hard to believe that the other person will not abandon us.
- Many human experiences defy the limits of language.
- I love traditions because they keep memories of the past alive.
- I would like to know where you are now and why you left. It is very difficult for me to be myself, since I do not remember exactly who I am. But now, I must figure it out as soon as possible because otherwise I could sink into an abyss.
- I know that it is very difficult to understand the great love that someone can feel for us, especially when we are afraid of being ourselves or when we do not even know for sure who we are.
- I wish I knew where you are. I know you have died, but I firmly believe that human beings cannot completely disappear.
- Do you think we put ourselves in danger on purpose so that someone can save us? Do you know what it is to really know a person more than anyone else in the world, because you have shared everything and you understand it in depth? And then you reach for it and suddenly… it disappears. You thought it was the work of fate and that it belonged to you, but you were wrong. You want to protect her, but you can't.
- I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we're afraid that if we try, we won't be as good as everyone imagines we could be.
- But staying together isn't always the best when we can't be good for each other. Not always everything works exactly the way we want it.
- I have not yet discovered the meaning behind the world. Perhaps it is better if it covers more than we can conceive. I believe that the concept of beauty is not reduced to what is beautiful, but to something else, which is what defines us as human beings.
- After something really bad actually happens, the next worst thing is that people feel bad about it. It's like confirmation that something is terribly wrong.
- Maybe what growing up really means is that you don't just need to be a character who goes where the story tells him. It is knowing that you could actually be the author.
- Do you know that feeling, like when you think you know someone, more than anyone else in the world? You know you know them because you've seen them forever. Then you try to contact them and suddenly they are gone. You thought they belonged together (…). You want to protect them and you can't.
- I want people to know me, but if someone could see inside me, if someone saw that everything I feel is not what it is supposed to be, I don't know what I would do.
- If the doors of perception were cleared, everything would appear as it is, infinite.
- I can't revive you. But I forgive myself. And I forgive you. May, I love you with all my being. For so long I always wanted to be like you. But I had to realize that I am someone too, and now I can bring you with me, your heart with mine, wherever it may be.
- Nirvana means freedom. Freedom from suffering. I guess some people say death is just that. So congratulations on your freedom, I guess. The rest of us are still here, fighting all that has been broken in us.
- When we can tell the stories, no matter how bad they are, we stop belonging to them. They turn from us.
- I don't think anyone has a perfect family to begin with. And that's why I think that's why we built our own. An average weirdo ball. This is how I feel with my friends.
- The truth is beautiful, no matter what it is. Even if it's creepy or bad. It is beauty for the simple fact of being true. And the truth is bright. The truth makes you more than yourself.
- When we say things, sometimes we hear silence, or echoes. (…) And that's really lonely. But that only happens when we weren't really listening. It means that we are not ready to listen yet. Because every time we speak there is a voice. It is the world answering.
- The universe is bigger than anything that can fit in your mind.
- I know I wrote letters to people who no longer have addresses in this world, I know they are dead. But I listen to them. I listen to all of you. We are here. Our lives matter.
- When you set an intention, you can create transformation.
- I would have given him every part of me if he wanted it that way.
- We kissed and I felt that if my shadow could stay within his, then he could overshadow everything he didn't want to remember.
- A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself, especially to feel or not to feel. Whatever you are feeling at any moment, it is fine with them. That's what true love boils down to, letting a person be who they really are.
- When we are in love, we are both completely in danger and completely saved.
