http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ-nKUpZPOo
This is a link to the song You Are Goodbye by Holly Conlan. I believe this song is a great representation of how Vera could have been feeling about Charlie at any given moment.
Not to many people know this about me but I love quotes. I have a huge notebook filled with them. They come from movies, songs, famous people...but mostly they are just from the internet somewhere and I see them, like them, and write them down. This blog post is going to contain quotes from this notebook of mine that somehow relate to my third quarter novel: Please Excuse Vera Dietz.
"They didn't agree on much, in fact they rarely agreed on anything. They fought all the time, and they challenged each other everyday, but despite their differences-they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other."-The Notebook
This quote from this famous movie describes, I think, how Charlie and Vera's relationship was. They did fight very often mostly because Charlie did some mean things to Vera. But no matter what, they always found their way back to each other. They never really lost each other throughout the entire High School change.
"You wonder why I don't talk to you anymore and please believe me it's not because I don't want you, it's just that everything I want to say I can't tell you anymore" -unknown
This quote is something I believe Vera would have been extremely relatable to. Charlie hurt her in so many ways and eventually she had the strength to rise above and move on. Even when she made that decision, however, he still crossed her mind constantly. The part about "everything I want to say I can't tell you anymore", Vera had said that in one way or another many times throughout the novel. Charlie was her best friend since they were kids and he changed into a completely different person- a person Vera did not know.
"I believe in fate. That everything, every single thing happens for a reason. The wrongs and the rights, they all shape our future. I believe no matter how much we might feel regret for the things we do, no matter how sad we may be for things that happen to us, in the end what happens, happens. And there is absolutely nothing anybody can do about it. There is nothing to do but embrace the change and make the best of what's been given to us"-unknown
This quote reminded me of Vera's attitude almost all the time. She was never angry at the world for what went on in her life. She was mad at Charlie and her mother mostly and those are perfectly understandable. She had this amazing ability to just accept things. All that happened to her she just accpeted no problem. No questions at all, she knew she couldn't do anything to change it. That is an amazing quality I think most people wish to possess.
"Life is a roller coaster, a never ending cycle. Every person is unique and beautiful in their own way. Each individual has a beauty that's unexpressed. Beauty is within. You love a person for how they make you feel, for their courage and compassion. I believe we always go back to the people that were there in the beginning. You create so much of a history with certain people that they become a part of you. They're always in your heart"-unknown
The part of this quote that really reminded me of the book was about how you love a person for how they make you feel and also the part saying we always go back to the people that were there in the beginning. Both of those ideas rang very true in the novel. Vera used to say often how Charlie was not perfect. He was very scraggly looking and sloppy acting. He was rude a lot. However, he was adventerous and has a fantastic spirit. That is what made Vera fall in love with him. And also, the part about how we always go back to the people who were there in the beginning reminds me how Charlie no matter who he turned into, would always keep showing up in Vera's life.
"If you want to succeed in life, remember this phrase: The past does not equal the future. Because you failed yesterday, or all today, or a momeny ago, or for the last six months, the last sixteen years, or the last fifty years of life, doesn't mean anything. All that matters is...what are you going to do right now?"
This reminds me of how Vera felt about her mother. She had in her mind from a young age that she was just going to turn out like her mother no matter what she did to prevent it. She drover herself crazy with this thought because she just had a lot of hatred towards her mother because of what happened.
"I think that you find your own way. You have your own rules. You have your own understanding of yourself, and that's what you're going to count on. In the end, it's what feels right to you. Not what your mother told you, not what some actress told you. Not what anybody else told you but that still, small voice"-Meryl Streep
I believe Vera would have been able to relate to this quote in many ways. She is incredibly independent. Therefore, she has her own rules as the quote suggests. I also know her attitude was that she can change her life if she wanted to..she had the power to. She was just nervous about fate stepping in and her being able to do nothing about it. The part of this quote where it says it doesn't matter what your mother says would have really hit home to Vera Dietz.
"What they say, life goes on, is mostly true. The mail is delivered, and the Christmas lights go up and down from the houses, and the ladders get put away, and you open yet another bos of cereal. In time, the volume of my feelings would be turned down in gentle increments to near quiet, and yet the record would still spin, always spin"-unknown
Vera lost her best friend in the entire world and the boy she loved at the exact time. It would take a long time for her to move on from something like that happening, if she ever could. That is what this quote is explaining-hurt fades but the feeling never leaves completely. Vera's hurt would disappear but Charlie will always be in her heart.
"I'm not asking for an I love you, I would settle for a simple hello"-unknown
This quote instantly made me think about how Charlie treated Vera for so long. Vera was well aware of her feelings for Charlie and she knew she loved him. However, he completely ignored her and would have nothing to do with her for days, weeks even. And she desperately wanted to talk to him almost all the time. I think this is something Vera would say.
"You're never alone. I'll be in every beat of your heart when you face the unknown"-unknown
Change of pace, this quote is something Charlie would say. At the end of the novel when Charlie is in heaven, he only watches Vera. He doesn't care about his old friends anymore and he hates his family. Vera is the only person he ever cared about. He makes this clear at the end of the novel in his own dead-person ways.
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