Fredrik Backman

A Novella

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

Eslie

“How did you fall in love with her?” the boy asks.

“She got lost in my heart, I think. Couldn’t find her way out. Your grandma always had a terrible sense of direction. She could get lost on an escalator.”

“Tell me that that’s what it’s like to fall in love, like you don’t have room for yourself in your own feet.”

Hana 

"But the universe gave you both Noah. He's the bridge between you. That's why we get the chance to spoil our grandchildren, because by doing that we're apologizing to our children."

Jillian Roberts

“What’s on those pieces of paper?” the boy asks.  

“Those are all my ideas,” Grandpa replies.  

“They’ve been doing that for a long time.” 

this is just the preface, and already freddy b. has me sobbing. oh he'll always be my favourite author. 

Tali ⋆.˚🦋༘⋆

I’m dealing with slowly losing the greatest minds I know, about missing someone who is still here.

“It rained for a long time here when your Grandma died. I never quite got it back in order after that.”

“Those who hasten to live are in a hurry to miss."

“Why are you holding my hand so tight, Grandpa?” the boy whispers again.

“Because all of this is disappearing, Noahnoah. And I want to keep hold of you longest of all.”

i am literally sinking and drowning in my own tears rn. what the fuck???

“Do you remember what you said, when we first fell in love, that sleeping was a torment?”

“Yes. Because we couldn’t share our sleep. Every morning when I blinked awake, the seconds before I knew where I was were unbearable. Until I knew where you were.”

i love, love, love when the title of a book is used in some way and form within the story itself. in a smooth way 

“I know that the way home is getting longer and longer every morning. But I loved you because your brain, your world, was always bigger than everyone else’s. There’s still a lot of it left.”

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