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“I will have a life, and it will be phenomenal. I will find him, and he will be mine. And to do that, I have to let you go.” My gaze climbs up his chest to his face—his oh-so-heartbreaking face. “But I’m okay with you never letting me go. I hope you think back to this moment when your life feels lonely. And if you only remember one thing, let it be this. On a random Wednesday, the world’s most fascinating woman stopped by your work and offered you sex. But you turned her down.”
Are you even alive if you don’t let your heart pursue its purpose in life?”
I can want nothing but the best for him while selfishly wishing I were what’s best for him.
A woman’s heart isn’t merely complicated; it’s the reason humanity still exists. We are the nurturers, the peacemakers. We know when silence is more profound than any spoken word. And we know that pain is not love’s enemy; it’s the existential foundation that keeps humanity rooted in this world. It’s the sole motivation to do better, get better, and be better.
“You were put on this earth to do more than fight fires. I’d give anything to find someone who made me want to risk losing my home. Losing my friends. Losing everything. That kind of love is a goddamn gift. You don’t let her walk away.”
She doesn’t actually have to be yours for you to love her.”
“Yet here I am. Fumbling my words and wallowing around outside my comfort zone because I made you my person, and you don’t fit in my life, but my life no longer fits me without you.”
That’s the thing with love; it’s untimely, unannounced, and underestimated. It’s not a choice. It’s a state of being.
“If you were normal and didn’t have an awful past, do you think you could love me?”
“Jaymes, if I were normal, I’d love you enough. The problem is, I’m not normal, so I’d love you too much.”
“You deserve everything, Jaymes. You deserve everything beautiful in this world. You deserve everything I want to give you but can’t.”
“You’re right. I deserve everything,” she seethes. “So do the right fucking thing, and give it to me.”
“Don’t love me like a martyr,” she whispers thickly, strangled with emotion. “Love me like a hero. Jump without looking back.” Her eyes pinch shut, releasing more tears while she inhales shakily. “Fight for me. Save us.”
He can’t give me everything because he has nothing left to give.
They’re not waiting for you to die; they’re waiting for you to live.”
You’ve done everything right. Never forget that you are worthy of everyone who chooses to love you.”
She’s the breathtaking horizon. The canopy that slows my fall. The perfect place to land. She’s the quietude after the last flame dies.
“I will love you like a hero. Jump without looking back. I will fight for you. I will save us.”
Sometimes, for something beautiful to take to life and grow, everything around it has to be sacrificed.
All we see is the destruction, but if you wait long enough—if you’re patient—magic happens.”
