L'été où je suis devenue jolie, tome 3 : L'été devant nous

Une dispute est un incendie. On croit la contrôler, on croit être capable de l'éteindre
à tout instant et pourtant, sans qu'on ait le temps de réagir, elle a acquis sa propre
existence et se propage; impossible alors de l'endiguer.

Peut-être est-ce le privilège des premiers amours. Ils possèdent à jamais une part de votre coeur.

Certains actes sont irrémédiables.

"When did you know you were in love?"
I didn't have an answer to that question. It was like gradually waking up. You go from being asleep to the space between dreaming and awake and then into consciousness. It's a slow process, but when you're awake, there's no mistaking it. There was no mistaking that it had been love.

Alors non, il ne m’a pas offert ni fleurs ni chocolats. A la place, il m’a donné la lune et les étoiles. L’infini.

- B.C. + J.F. = pour toujours.
- Pour toujours, ai-je répété d’une voix guillerette.
Aux côtés de Jer’, l’éternité ne me faisait pas peur.

Je ne voulais pas découvrir un jour une marque sur son visage et en ignorer l’origine. Je voulais être à ses côtés. C’était ce visage que je vouais voir tous les jours.

It's a known fact that in life, you can't have everything. In my heart I knew I loved them both, as much as it is possible to love two people at the same time. Conrad and I were linked, we would always be linked. That wasn't something I could do away with. I knew that now-that love wasn't something you could erase, no matter how hard you tried.

"I see you again, and everything I planned goes to shit. It's impossible. I love Jere more than anybody. He's my brother, my family. I hate myself for doing this. But when I see you two together, I hate him too." His voice broke. "Don't marry him. Don't be with him. Be with me."

"That night, I didn't sleep at all. I stayed up, thinking about what to do. What was the right thing to do? Because I knew I loved you. But I knew I shouldn't. I didn't have the right to love anybody then. After my mom died, I was so pissed off. I had this anger in me all the time. I felt like I was going to erupt any minute?"
He drew his breath in. "I didn't have it in me to love you the way you deserved. But I knew who did. Jere. He loved you. If I kept you with me, I was going to hurt you somehow. I knew it. I couldn't have it. So I let you go."