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B. Celeste
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February 19 - February 21, 2021
After years of wanting the same person, I wonder if I really can. Thinking about every ...
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Parents aren’t supposed to rely on their children, it’s the other way around.”
“I’m not asking you to forgive me, Isabel. The shit I’ve put you through will be something I regret for the rest of my life. All I’m asking is that you find happiness. Do what you want.
Fall in love.
Just be happy, Issy. Not for me. Don’t do shit f...
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I remember what I said I’d do while I was here—live, be happy, and not let anything get in the way of doing something great. This could be the first step at keeping that promise. Mom and Dad will be proud.
Using people gets you nowhere but in a tangled mess of what-ifs and unrequited feelings.
Let him see that you can’t be controlled or manipulated or beat down by old choices. Stop crossing oceans for people who won’t even jump over puddles for you.”
If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that I appreciate people who don’t hide behind masks and lies.
“The escape you came here for is from a guy, huh? Well, let me tell you something, kid. Laura, that’s the girl I followed here, has always wanted to be famous. When she met a rising star one day in town, it didn’t matter that I came hundreds of miles to be with her. I thought she’d come back because that’s what people in love do. But love isn’t that simple, there are all different kinds. I suppose we were in lust, or some lower level of love that made it easy for her to leave when the moment suited her.” My chest feels heavy.
“Was it easy coming here and leaving him?” “No, of course not.” “That’s a good sign then.”
“There are many kinds of loves out there, but it’s the real thing that’s hard to find, because it’s extremely rare,”
“Sometimes you meet that one person in your life who holds all of that love for you and then some.”
“Could those people hurt you?” He taps the edge of the table. “They’re the only ones who have the power to hurt us. But it’s only us who has the power to forgive.”
promises are the foundation of any good relationship—it could have been anything from romance to business.”
Promises aren’t what make the foundations of good relationships, commitment is.
“We all have pasts, kid,”
For the first time in my life, I realize that some people aren’t worth the pain.
And the following day, it took one book purchase to make me realize that everything was going to be okay.
caring takes too much energy.
“Having a family means sacrifice sometimes,” she tells me. “But it’s a sacrifice I will make one hundred times over to have you in my life, sweetie.”
Your life hasn’t been easy, so you deserve to find happiness.
But I know more than anyone that people only accept help when they admit they have a problem.
Then what is risking your life worth?” That’s why they’re called risks. “It’s worth everything.”
I just wanted it to end. Everything. All of it.
Death never claimed me even when I begged for it, because there was always something more for me out there; love of all kinds that I used to believe I didn’t deserve.
