“I cannot give you a fairytale, but life isn’t meant to be a fairytale. Life isn’t supposed to be about being happy all the time. Life is supposed to be full of experience, and I can give that to you. We will learn and grow and push each other beyond what we thought capable of us. And we will become better people because of it. There will be all kinds of suffering, but we will feel pleasure with the same intensity, if not deeper. A lot of pleasure, darling. Sometimes we’ll hurt each other, make mistakes, and drive each other mad. Then there will be times when we can’t pull away from each
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