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Maybe that’s what love is, something so beautiful and perfect that you can only feel it.
when you’re in a hole this deep, is love a big enough ladder to climb out?
“All this shit will only make us stronger, like a scar that has healed over. That skin is stronger than the area around it. It’s been to war and won. That’s us.”
I’m yours, E. You’re mine. We are two people that get it right most of the time, but, on occasion, we fuck up. I’ll take full responsibility for causing this, but I’m also taking responsibility for ending it.
They say the truth hurts. That’s not true. The truth blisters, and I feel it in every cell in my body.
never want to be that girl, the one the guy stays with out of pity. If you didn’t want me . . .”
“Does this mean you are moving back in?” “I think it’s time for the rest of me to come home,” I say, kissing the top of her head. She yawns, her heartbeat evening out. “The rest of you?” “My heart was always here,” I whisper.
even when you can’t walk in someone else’s shoes, you do have to try them on.”
Love fully, even when it gets hard. Give forgiveness, even when you aren’t sure the other guy deserves it. And in every friendship you’re in, don’t forget to actually be friends.”
It’s the little things. I knew that before the accident, but I know it more now. It’s not about money, it’s not about cramming in a week’s worth of work in one day. It’s not about getting from point A to point B and it’s surely not about getting irritated over the little things in life.
