Hope keeps you alive. - Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall
"Hope keeps you alive."
"Hope keeps you alive."
"In my dream I know I am falling. But there is no up or down, no walls or sides or ceilings, just the sensation of cold and darkness everywhere. I am so scared I could scream. But when I open my mouth, nothing happens. And I wonder if you fall forever and never touch down, is it really still falling? I think I will fall forever."
"They say that just before you die your whole life flashes before your eyes, but that's not how it happened for me."
"Things change after you die, though, I guess because dying is the loneliest thing you can do."
"And it's the funniest thing: as soon as I see it, the whistling in my ears stops and the feeling of terror drains away, and I realize this whole time I haven't been falling at all. I've been floating."
"Aquí hay algo más que recordar: la esperanza te mantiene viva. Incluso cuando estás muerta, es lo único que te mantiene viva."