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“He drove me up the wall sometimes, but he challenged me like no one else did. He pushed me outside my comfort zone while making me feel safe enough to do so, and he’d made me laugh, cry, and feel more than anyone else I’d ever met.”

“I know you think happily ever afters are unrealistic, Luna, but they don’t have to be. You just have to believe in them enough for yourself.”

“Ugh. I loved my friends, but obviously, they were biased. They were all disgustingly in love, and while they’d gotten their happily ever afters, they didn’t count. They wanted to be in love, and they didn’t self-sabotage just by virtue of who they were. I would never be the soft, loving type that did well in relationships, and I was perfectly happy being alone. Perfectly. Happy.”

“…she was the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen. It had nothing to do with her looks and everything to do with who she was. Smart, fierce, and so damn mine.”

“Beautiful, brilliant, and so damn caring beneath that mask you present to the world. You can try to hide it, but it’s too late. I’ve seen the real you, with all its perfect and broken pieces, and I love every single one of them.”

“Luna is short for mi luna. My moon. Because no matter how dark the nights got, you were always there, shining so brightly that I always found my way through.”

“If I put enough time and effort in, I was positive I’d kick baking’s ass. There was no way a little sugar and flour could beat me, but I didn’t like baking, and I didn’t have to be good at everything (even though I could be if I wanted).”

“Isa, love, stop talking to Sloane behind my back,”

I miss them already 😩

“…You can hold on to your grudge forever and let it consume you, or you can put the past where it belongs and move forward.”

“…you couldn’t find a clit if the woman drew you a map and marked it with a giant X.”

“Our lives weren’t perfect, but here, together, we were at peace.”

“It’s never too late for change. If you’re unhappy with the road you’re traveling, you can choose a new one at any time.”

“Wait.” “When you said you booked the hotel, you booked the whole hotel?”

“I like supporting family businesses.” “I also like privacy.”

“Xavier was the only person who could make me forget about my rules and like it. It was disturbing.”

“There was nothing sexier than a man who was good with children.”

“This was my greatest high. Her, sated and happy, in my arms. Nothing in the world could ever beat this moment.”

“I liked to play before eating.”

“Good girl.”

“We hadn’t kissed since the library. I wanted to take things slow, but when I was near Sloane, what I wanted was irrelevant. I didn’t want her. I needed her. Desperately. I needed her the way the ocean tides needed the moon, and I would give anything for her to feel a fraction of the same way toward me.”

“I was the odd one out. I didn’t mind it; I would rather be single and content than in a relationship and miserable. But there were slivers of time when I wondered how it would feel to exist in the world knowing there was someone who loved me totally, unconditionally, and whole-heartedly for who I was instead of who they wanted me to be.”

“I’m afraid of letting someone in again. I’m afraid of getting my heart broken. I’m afraid that, if you get to know the real me, you’ll find me unlovable like everyone else, and it’ll hurt so much more because it’s you.”

“I don’t want a kiss or a one-night stand,” he said. “I want you. I want to know you outside work. I want to take you on real dates. And I don’t know if it’ll work out in the end, but I want us to at least try.”

“…Why are you being so insistent about this?”
“Because I want you.”

“And when he let out a tortured “fuck” and dipped his head, molding his mouth to mine, it didn’t even occur to me to pull away. This was the world, and I never wanted to leave.”

“Fact #3: If I didn’t at least try, I would regret it forever. Out of all life’s questions, what if was one of the worst.”

“…I wished she were here…”
“After having her around twenty-four-seven for over a week, I missed her.”

“The greatest gift we have is time. Use it wisely.”

“Be proud of the person you’ve become and the person you’ll grow into.”

“life ebbs and flows, and there’s always room for change. Humans have the capacity for growth until they leave this earth, so never feel like it’s too late for you to take another road if you’re unhappy with the one you’re traveling.”

“The world is big enough for all of our dreams. There’s potential in each and every one of us, and I hope you fulfill yours to the point of happiness.”