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We’ve been through so much, and I can see our road paved with more bumps, our fight filled with more battles—but ones we’re finally equipped to face.
I’m the raging blizzard and the fucking wildfire. There is nothing that will stand in my way of what I want and what I will achieve.
Love isn’t a weakness,”
Rose captivates me to the point where she has all of my attention. My eyes, my mind, my heart.
“Je t’aime.” I love you.
Yeah but I was her best friend, and in a year or two, I might not be anymore. And it’s so stupid because people make friends all the time, but it still feels like I’m losing something.
She probably will make other friends, but you’re not losing anything when that fucking happens. You still have a friend. He was right. She’ll still always be my friend. No matter what happens
“‘You have a place in my heart no one else could ever have.’”
I’m allowed to be hurt.
“One day at a time.
“Tu es absolument magnifique.” You’re absolutely beautiful.
“Not all things can be altered from desire, passion, and wisdom. Some things just happen. Like love and death and life. Some things just are.”
“How breathtaking dreams are when you meet them.”
We can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive.’”
“The greatest medicine on Earth isn’t a pill. It’s compassion.
Sometimes the world looks bleak. Like every road is barricaded. Like pounding through walls to reach a happy future takes too much effort. Like it’s not in the cards for me. Then I remember it’s not impossible. This is temporary. This feeling will go away soon. Just wait. The walls will dissolve. Just wait. The sun will rise again. Just wait.
“Je t’aime.” I love you.
Great, wondrous things happen in your dreams, so every time you shut your eyes, think about all the places you’ll go. All the creatures you’ll meet.”
“I’m alive,” I whisper, “for these kinds of moments.”
“But every day that I grow older with you is fucking priceless.”
I can even admit that my love for my father never bled away. Despite everything. He could gut me with a knife, and I’d still love him.
There’s no hate in my heart for my dad.
I cling to Lo. Our eyes, our bodies, and our souls—they never abandon each other.
“I give my time to the people who are most important to me.
“We did it.” “We did all of it,” he clarifies. This room. This love. Our future. Our dynasty.
she reinforces my defenses, my belief in myself. It’s not really a girl who fixes me. It’s an army of people who I love and who love me.
want to keep my eyes wide open for the little things. A smile. A laugh. A story. I don’t want to close my eyes and wait for the year to end.
“Your worth isn’t dictated by the number of friends you have. You can have zero friends and still be the most amazing, spectacular person in the whole galaxy.
“Because the love friends give you isn’t even comparable to the love you give yourself.
Friends come and fucking go. Family is forever.”
“It won’t be hard. Dad loves you like…so much.”
“I fucking love you, sweetheart.” She glows like a million suns.
“I believe the human brain is capable of great and terrible things. We’re dreadfully complicated creatures.”
“I’ve always loved winning, but I would lengthen the time it takes us to reach the end, just to spend one more second with you.”
We draw our gazes to our children. Fire and water upon them. We tell all seven the one word that has breathed inside of us from the moment we met. We say, “Ensemble.” Together.
“Wherever you go, I’ll go.”
I remember all my theories about friendships. Somehow, someway—I managed to keep this special one close, despite distance and years of time. This one survived.
I’ve never been wanted or truly loved in the way that I know I deserve to be loved.
We’re alive. We’re alive. God, we’re all fucking alive. In this present moment. In this place together.
