Here Mia finds herself getting weaker and weaker, and then she knew the inevitable was coming for her. I’m not choosing, but I’m running out of fight. Soon Mia discovers that choice isn’t made all the time, she discovered that sometimes things happening to us force a choice on us without us knowing. With Mia having to make only one choice between staying or leaving everything becomes weird for her. Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.Ĭhoice is the theme ‘If I Stay’ centers on. Throughout her stay at the hospital, Mia felt that everyone wanted her to stay, and no one understood what she felt but with her grandfather’s statement, she found relief and knew he understood her plight. Here Mia’s grandfather tells her that letting go is not a sign of weakness but a sign of humanity. I want you to stay more than I’ve ever wanted anything in my life.’ His voice cracks with emotion. Here Mia talks about how love is probably the only thing that makes one hang on to life even in the face of overwhelming pain and suffering. This quote defines love as an entity and not just an emotion. It never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it. Though the love she felt was cut short by her parents and brother’s demise, Mia still felt that there was still love in the world. Here Mia talks about the one thing that rescues people from pain and hardship, Love. Because love, it never dies, it never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it. Adam’s desperation was so strong that he finally convinced Mia to stay.Īnd that’s just it, isn’t it? That’s how we manage to survive the loss. Adam wanted Mia to make her dreams come true he wanted her to have a life. He felt desperate to talk to Mia about her staying. However, no one felt more desperate than Adam. Throughout the book, desperation was rampant in Mia’s family. I can lose you like that if I don’t lose you today.
I was talking to Liz and she said maybe coming back to your old life would be too painful, that maybe it’d be easier for you to erase us. But if you need me to go away, I’ll do that, too. I’ll quit the band, go with you to New York.
Throughout the book, Gayle Forman speaks to the reader through the voice of the pained characters. ‘ If I Stay‘ quotes centers on emotion and the will to act.
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