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Grief seemed to chase away the comfort of sleep,
I know I’m dead and all, but that doesn’t stop me from asking you to do crap for me. It only stops me from nagging you about it until you get it done.
a short brunette who never let a jeans size get in the way of enjoying brownies or skipping a day of cardio.
The tears stopped, receding to whatever corner of his heart they’d been hiding in.
Honestly, he’d never completely figured Natalie out in real life; no way was he going to break that code now that she was reduced to nothing but memories
see their
hearts healing each other.
He enjoyed a life where getting the wrong color straw or having a sandwich cut
the “bad way” was the end of the world.
making the hours feel like an instant.
He allowed himself to fall into this trap frequently.
Avoidance had always been Luke’s greatest defense against pain.
I couldn’t hide from what was happening inside my body.
they had so many useless applications on them, so many things that consumed time like it was endless. Well, it wasn’t endless.
was more the lack of something.
Somehow they survived the late winter storms and premature springs. If only humans were more like trees.
Thinking only hurt, only made tears of fury cloud his vision.
It always amazed him how something that is broken on the inside can look so perfect on the outside.
It’s the end that marks a beginning, not the first day.”
It was beauty out of chaos,
not sure it was wise to rid himself of too many inhibitions when he was a proud owner of so many.
curled up on the knobby wooden step, turning into himself,
Maybe he was like that house, so changed that all those bad things from years ago didn’t matter anymore. Though he was fairly certain he was more like Natalie’s old house, a teardown that needed to be built again.
Pacifying the monster inside her husband was easier than slaying it.
knowing the demons you conquered only made me love you more.
Counting regrets would only lead to new ones.
Apparently a precursor to feeling free was feeling sore for a few weeks first.
The kids were worth more than his pain.
took having to save someone else to motivate her to leave. Why was saving herself
he couldn’t love anyone the same way he loved her.
it’s what you say when there’s nothing you can do to help besides want to.
