A line from a book about a found family that hit me hard

I was reading 'The House in the Cerulean Sea' last month, and there's this part where the main character, Linus, is talking to one of the kids. The kid asks him, 'Do you think we're a family?' and Linus, who's spent his whole life alone, just says, 'I think we're something better. We chose each other.' I read that line on my lunch break at the park and just sat there for a minute. It wasn't in some big, dramatic scene. It was quiet, on a page about making tea and setting the table. But it stuck with me because it put into words that feeling you get when your friends are your real home, you know? It's not about blood, it's about who shows up. Has a small moment in a book or show ever hit you like that?

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jessicaw546mo ago

That line gets me every time.

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daniel5116mo ago

Yeah, that line is in the book, but Linus actually says it to Arthur, not one of the kids. Still hits just as hard though. What was your quiet moment, @jessicaw54?

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elizabeth_williams3mo ago

Love that scene. Totally changes the meaning when it's Arthur he's talking to.

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