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War was such a spiteful bitch; she took everything we loved and handed us back a folded flag in return, telling us the honor of their sacrifice was a just and equal payment. It wasn’t.
“The fire you have within you is impossible to kill. The first breath you take when you’re free of all this, it will come roaring back. That’s what is so impossibly beautiful about you.”
“Because you needed me to. You’re so busy taking care of everyone else, you can’t see that someone needs to take care of you. So tell me what you need, and I’ll be that for you.”
“Whatever you need me to be,”
“Because it means I have a part of you no one else does. Like my own little secret side of you.”
“You’re swimming in a pretty big shit fest. Just don’t forget to ask for help when you need it. Don’t carry this all on your own.”
“We’re taking it slow until you say so, because I can’t bear to hear a ‘no’ from you. But here’s your only warning: I’m going to chase the fuck out of you.” The promise dripping from his voice was enough to set my thighs on fire.
like rainy days and reading on the couch.
“Because I’m masochistic enough to care about you,
He was perfect, and I was helpless.
Don’t ever apologize for showing me who you are.”
determined not to leave anything unsaid in my life.
You’re the only one I’ve ever wanted here. This is my space, and you’re a part of me. No one else ever has been.”
I would never put my heart in the hands of someone who threw his life away in a foreign country, fighting for people who didn’t even want us there, and left for months at a time.
I would never love a man whose love could destroy me.
“Maybe love this exquisite, this powerful isn’t meant to last forever. Maybe we’re meant to burn so brightly for each other right now to light whatever path we’re heading down, but there’s no sustaining a fire like this.”
Realize that every moment you have is worth every drop of sweat and tears you can give it.
