Why Do We Fall Quotes Novels & Stories

They didn’t say anything. They didn’t need to. They had fallen. They had broken. They had rebuilt. And now—they were still falling.

You can’t He raised a finger. Elena stopped. He turned his attention back to Maya. “You’re learning,” he said. “But don’t mistake tolerance for ignorance.” Her blood ran cold. “You think I don’t see patterns?” he continued. “You think I don’t notice when old attachments resurface?” Maya said nothing. Silence had become her shield. He leaned closer. “People who don’t know their place,” he murmured, “tend to suffer unfortunate consequences.” Her stomach twisted violently.

"Three, two, one—" We fell.

I'm not gonna follow your orders. I pushed him away which took him by surprise. He almost fell down when he stumbled backwards but he managed to keep his balance. Dang it. He should have fallen down and bruised some parts of his body. Maybe then, he would have learned from his mistakes. Sometimes, when a person thinks highly of himself and starts flying up in the sky, he should be yanked down back on earth and has a taste of what the earth feels like again. Only then would he realize that he has been flying a little bit too higher for his own good.

"Why do we love? Why do we dream? Why are we failing? Why do we forgive? Perhaps because love is the force that keeps us alive, because it is love that has guided us from the beginning. Why do we love? Why do we hope? Why do we suffer? Why do we forget? Perhaps because loving is the most human thing possible... I have no other answer, I only know that I love you and you love me. Why do we love? Why do we dream? Why do we suffer? Why do we forget? Love is the force that makes everything possible, give me your love and I will move mountains, perhaps because loving is the most human thing possible... I have no other answer, I only know that I love you and you love me. Why do we love? Why do we

I was surprised when I felt a hot tear roll down my cheek. I murmured softly to myself, "It was just a freak accident," and I meant every word. A quote attributed to Shakespeare advises people to "Do as the heavens have done, forget your evil; with them forgive yourself." I was finally able to understand what was being said. Everything made a lot more sense to me now that I've gained this fresh perspective.

Maybe this one time I will allow myself to fall, because I know, without a doubt, Winter will catch me when I fall. ***

I sat in my office looking out at the skylines, the people, and cars commuting below. 'What if I was to drop a quarter from this high? Could it really give someone a concussion? Or was that just a myth?' 'I doubt it. Just like everything else, the quarter would be subjected to gravity and speed up as it fell, but the velocity wouldn't be enough. So a chair maybe?' Just the thought of a chair 'accidentally' falling on someone was funny to me.

And I think about what she said in the shower. I love you. The words still echo. I haven't said them back. I don't know if I can. Not yet. But I know one thing. I'm falling. I'm falling further, deeper, more irrevocably every day. And tomorrow, I'll fall even further. I accept it. I don't want anything else.

"How are you?" "I asked her for help." Daniel was quiet for a moment. "Help with what?" "Everything. The basement. The memories. The way I've been living — or not living. I asked her to help me figure out how to climb out." "That's huge, Nick." "It felt like falling." Daniel's voice softened. "Sometimes falling is the first step to flying. Or whatever that quote is. Mom used to say it." Nick almost smiled. "Mom says a lot of things."