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“You are so lovely once you actually speak, not boring at all. You should be more outgoing. You are too wonderful to live so quietly. You need to get loud every once in a while.”
Although it seemed like such a simple thing, for the first time in my life I realized the importance of an introduction. An introduction by a mutual friend buys instant credibility, especially when the mutual friend was universally liked—as
He was more than fascinating, he was engaging, a curious and beautiful specimen. I found myself wanting to interact with him.
His cold regard frightened me, but I was more brave than he was scary.
People fill their minds with trivial things because they cannot face horrible truths.”
“Not everyone is capable of fighting the great fights. Not everyone is brave and strong and powerful. Let people have their causes. Allow them their victories, when victories can be had, without begrudging the wrongs that they right. Attending to injustice, no matter how small, is always a worthy cause.”
“Don’t let me in,” he said, his voice back to its emotionless baseline. “I might ravish you or force you into a hasty, unsuitable marriage.”
That was a bad idea…it was a bad idea that sounded really, really great.
But instinct told me Greg wouldn’t be easy. As well, my feelings for Greg felt meaningful, messy, heady, intricate, and not entirely safe. He was not safe. Caution and sense told me that eventually these feelings would make me do something stupid, turn me into a fool, act against my best interests and better judgment.
Aside from my fixation on another man, the date was nice.
But I want to be your only source of romantic situations from this point forward.”
“Then you’ve known only weak men. And weak men deserve conniving women.”
conversing with him felt akin to breathing, natural and necessary.
His hands were a frequent source of thought derailment; sometimes I’d catch myself staring at his fingers and knuckles, and I’d lose my breath.
Burdens are weightless, worlds change, and love endures when both people are contributing their maximum.”
“Because if it’s possible to have a partner who gives all of themselves without reservation, who looks forward to working and sacrificing for me just as I look forward to doing the same for her, who can’t help but love ferociously, brutally, and unconditionally—and even perhaps without reason or sound judgment—that’s what I want. Because that’s how I plan to love in return.”
“I’m not good enough for you, Fe. But…” he shrugged, giving me his crooked smile, “no one else is either. So I might as well take you for my own. Marry me.”
