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“The curse of being in the right place at the right time is that sometimes there isn’t a right thing to do.”
“People say stupid shit when there’s no accountability for running their mouths,”
I’d instinctively known if I ever got my hands on her, I’d never let go.
I couldn’t imagine a lifetime when I would ever tire of looking into his eyes.
We were a foregone conclusion.
Ballet is a lifetime of development, of never settling for the skills you have now, knowing that you might be phenomenal, but still striving for that unattainable feeling of perfection.”
“So while sure, it makes me jealous that there are a couple of guys here who have seen you naked, I actually feel sorry for them because they’ll never have you again.”
First means nothing. Last means everything.”
“Truth always differs depending on who’s telling the story, and in complicated situations, there are countless variations. But when it comes to that summer, in every single variant, I’m the asshole who wasn’t strong enough to hold on to her.”
Messy is good, love. Messy is where the best parts of life happen. You don’t have to be in control at all times. It’s okay if you fall apart. I promise I will be right here to put you back together if you just let me.”
“When you don’t give your body time to heal, it will take the time from you.”
Truth is different depending on who’s telling it.
staring too long through the lens of how other people perceive you is bound to start distorting how you see yourself.
Allie puts everyone else’s needs first, always has, and she’s not going to put mine first. If that means I have to watch from a distance as she lives her life without me, then it fucking sucks, but so be it. I love her enough to let her go.”
Why are you brave for everyone but yourself?”
“Dreams aren’t stagnant, Allie. They grow. They shift.”
You need to stop hiding behind what everyone else wants, because you’re the only one responsible for your happiness.
you can have everything you want if you’d just get out of your own way.”
Anything less than me waking up next to you every morning would feel fucking glacial.” Her smile lit up her whole face. “Then wake up to me every morning.”
“I love you. I’m always going to love you. This is me holding on. I don’t want five minutes—I want a lifetime.”