An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak Quotes

“Sometimes, sad things serve as a gentle reminder that we still feel.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“When you care about someone, you worry about them, no matter what. That’s just the way it is.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“I just mean…not everything that makes us hurt needs to be forgotten or banished. It hurts because it mattered. And things that mattered once, will always matter,”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“They aren’t fireflies… But they still give us a little”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“I think that’s the difference between a disaster and an adventure,” he says. “It’s the people you experience them with.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“Beautiful things never last, and that's why fireflies flash.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“Things that make us sad aren’t all bad. Sometimes, sad things serve as a gentle reminder that we still feel.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“Deceptive Cadence: When you think something is coming to an end, it’s actually the beginning of something beautiful.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“But, I suppose the trouble with hope is that it’s nothing more than a feeling, and feelings are fleeting. Names are eternal, but feelings don’t last forever.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“What’s he look like?” “Like he was this-close to getting a role on Sons of Anarchy,”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“Lucy! Your dog puked up a dildo!”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“Beautiful things never last, and that’s why fireflies flash.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“I know that life’s truest treasures live inside the unexpected moments. The little curveballs that sweep us off our feet and steal our breath.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“But, I suppose the trouble with hope is that it’s nothing more than a feeling, and feelings are fleeting. Names are eternal, but feelings don’t last forever. And neither do we.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“You think you know what’s coming, but you never really do. And sometimes, when you think something is coming to an end, it’s actually the beginning of something beautiful.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“Love can be a fulfilling, enchanting thing, but it can be a thief, too. It can drain you, suck you dry, strip you bare.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“Love can be a fulfilling, enchanting thing, but it can be a thief, too. It can drain you, suck you dry,
strip you bare.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“Vulnerability is a gateway to attachment. Once someone unearths all your scratched, damaged bits, there’s no hiding them away again. They’re just there, out in the open, every flaw and defect on display. You lose a sense of control—and whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing, depends on the person doing the unearthing. It depends on how much you trust them with your imperfections.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“You say disaster, I say adventure.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“A girl as sweet as you shouldn’t look like sin,” he murmurs, voice full of grit. “Brings me to my goddamn knees.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“but I’ve come to realize that home isn’t just four walls and a roof,”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

“sometimes they don’t even realize it. They stop noticing when the leaves change.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak