Reminders of Him

by Colleen Hoover

happiness isn’t some permanent thing we’re all trying to achieve in life, it’s merely a thing that shows up every now and then, sometimes in tiny doses that are just substantial enough to keep us going.

the more I’m around them, the less I want to be among them.”

Are you gonna live in your sadness or are you gonna die in it?”

woman in her sixties named Mona,

He smells like limes and bad decisions.

just waiting on me to make some kind of move, or decision, or mistake.

witty and vicious. It’s a dangerous combination.”

I can’t stop thinking about that fucking pigeon.

I’ll treat each of my relationships with the same level of significance and respect I give to the naming process.