"You and Peter and Max. It feels like the end of the world right now. Because you're sixteen, and everything feels like the end of the world."
Except the literal end of the world, which generally felt like a clusterfuck with a blood chaser.
"And I know that you think you and Peter, or you and Max, are different, destined, forever. I won't say you're not, because maybe in some worlds that's a real thing. But it never has been in mine. Me, Yana, Piotr, all of my friends, everyone we've ever thought was the One turned into a creep, left, or died.
"I'm twenty-two and I just figured out that I like girls as much guys."
She took a breath--and another sip of coffee. "You and Peter, we talked about this. You're living in each others' pockets. So of course every single thing that happens feels like it's proof of forever. And it has to, because someone told you that loving one person for your whole life is how this works and if you don't have that, there's nothing worth living for.
"Do yourselves a favor, honey. Don't make Peter or Max or anyone the anchor of your destiny. That's the surest way to lose them, and the fastest path to insanity."
Re: Liz & Kitty
Except the literal end of the world, which generally felt like a clusterfuck with a blood chaser.
"And I know that you think you and Peter, or you and Max, are different, destined, forever. I won't say you're not, because maybe in some worlds that's a real thing. But it never has been in mine. Me, Yana, Piotr, all of my friends, everyone we've ever thought was the One turned into a creep, left, or died.
"I'm twenty-two and I just figured out that I like girls as much guys."
She took a breath--and another sip of coffee. "You and Peter, we talked about this. You're living in each others' pockets. So of course every single thing that happens feels like it's proof of forever. And it has to, because someone told you that loving one person for your whole life is how this works and if you don't have that, there's nothing worth living for.
"Do yourselves a favor, honey. Don't make Peter or Max or anyone the anchor of your destiny. That's the surest way to lose them, and the fastest path to insanity."