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while words can be wielded as weapons, the things we leave unsaid can leave deeper scars.
it has always irritated me that he’s got dimples. It’s just so unfair. Dimples are meant for adorable and kind human beings, not this piece of shit.
don’t need more money,” I tell him. “I just need a chance with my wife.”
“Stop focusing on what he says and start paying closer attention to the things he does. Not everyone expresses their affection with words, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. You just need to know where to look.”
“What do you think you’re doing?” “You, if I’m lucky.”
“Don’t do that,” he says, his tone pleading. “Don’t dismiss your needs simply because I failed to meet them.”
“The things we say often are a cause for regret,” he says, his tone bittersweet, “but I’m learning the hard way that though words can hurt, the words we leave unspoken can cut just as deep.
but I can’t keep walking the same road and expect my destination to change.
back. I didn’t fight so hard to survive only to not really live the life I nearly lost.”
“It’s okay to not be okay,” Valeria says. “Healing takes time,
‘Happily Ever After’ isn’t a moment, it’s a choice, one we must make over and over again, every single day. It’s a commitment to each other, a promise to keep working toward happiness, to never take it for granted or forsake it in favor of our fears and insecurities.
“You are going to fail her at least a few times. It’s inevitable when you share a whole lifetime with someone, Enzo. Things aren’t always going to be perfect. What matters most is how you handle your mistakes, and whether or not you learn from them. You’ll both fuck up occasionally, but each time it happens, you’ll become stronger together too.”
me. I used to think that marriage was an end goal, that I’d get to keep her forever if I could just get her to marry me, and I wish things were that simple. You have to earn the right to be with someone every day, in little ways that show them you care, that you love them, that you still choose them, long after you say ‘I do’.
