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Because, with her, life tastes good.
“But for me, love is about more than just falling in love once. Real love is about falling in love every day. Love is about staying in love, and loving who your partner is and loving yourself in those moments. It’s about being with someone who sees you as you are, yet also is someone you trust to be by your side as you become who you want to be, as you take chances, without holding you back. That’s why I kind of hate that idea of a white-picket-fence future, two kids and a dog, all of that. Because that’s a safety net and someone else’s dream. I feel like real love is about the continual
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What’s her version of love?
Cam fading away right in front of her: because she understands how easy it would be for him to step away.
“Remember, always. This is what no one tells you about love: it’s cursed. It claws the insides out of you, it changes and twists everything you want until you’re living, breathing for someone else. When they’ve gone and left, there’s nothing left of you.”
Don’t fall in love. You’ll only be left behind.
He can’t let all the ways he’s broken break her, too.
You don’t have to have yourself figured out to be perfect for someone, so long as that person is ready to figure things out with you. It helps to have the same goals for long-term compatibility, but you don’t need to have every single answer to be in love.”
“I want to be the person that you’ll never forget.”
“Your chance to set this right is very limited.” Mr. Yoshino raises an eyebrow. “You, and each of us, are constantly changing people. We are the same people, but we are never the same as before. You choose every day who you love.
But maybe depth isn’t measured by time, but by memories.
