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Afterlove
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“: don't worry about dying, because while you're worrying about that, you won't notice the tiny thousand ways that you die every day.
Everything someone tells you to grow up.
Each time someone tells you to be realistic.
Every time someone tells you that you're too much and not enough, all at once.
Don't listen to them.
You don't need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than who you used to be." Pgs 355-356”
― Afterlove
Everything someone tells you to grow up.
Each time someone tells you to be realistic.
Every time someone tells you that you're too much and not enough, all at once.
Don't listen to them.
You don't need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than who you used to be." Pgs 355-356”
― Afterlove
“She throws her head back and laughs and it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“Not everyone knows how to say I love you so learn to hear the different ways they tell you. They say it all the time.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“We found each other in life.
And we found each other in death.
So I will find you now, whatever’s beyond the sea.”
― Afterlove
And we found each other in death.
So I will find you now, whatever’s beyond the sea.”
― Afterlove
“When I say I love you, Ash, I don't mean that I love you in the way that I love Basquiat or oat milk lattes, I mean that I love you. All that you are and all that you will be and I can't wait to find out who that person is.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“And maybe she isn't the one. Maybe we'll burn bright for a few weeks then collapse in on ourselves, but Mr. Moreno says that's how galaxies are made anyway.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“It doesn't feel like it now, but one day you'll be scared of becoming the person you are today.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“The day I met you, it was like a light turned on and I could see everything in magnificent, magical technicolor. You didn't fix me, only I can do that, but you made me care about stuff again, you know?”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“Then she's gone and as I watch her go, hips swinging and hair ablaze, it feels like dying all over again.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“I am the first and last and nothing inbetween. The mad one. The wild one. The one who sees things that aren't there. I am to be unloaded on, to be bled on and cried all over. I am the one they experiment with. The one they can let go with because I'll never tell. I am the one they have saved in their phone as Alfie or Harry or Luke. The keeper of secrets and soother of guilt. But I am never the one.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“But that's the trouble with best friends, isn't it? They know everything and forget nothing, no matter how much you want them to.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“No girls until after your GCSEs." I'm so startled that I just gape at her as she hands it back. I'm used to it-it's what she always tells Rosh and me: No boys until after your GCSEs- but she said it. She may have waited until my father wasn't in the room, but she did. I heard her say it and I want to grab her
and hug her because I don't think I've ever loved her so much.
Girls.
Maybe she's coming around after all.”
― Afterlove
and hug her because I don't think I've ever loved her so much.
Girls.
Maybe she's coming around after all.”
― Afterlove
“When I say I love you, Ash, I don't mean I love you in the way I love Basquiat or oat milk lattes, I mean I love ”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“But here she is and here I am and when she turns to look at me over her shoulder, her eyes even brighter in the dim light as we head under the bridge, I know that I'd follow her off the edge of the fucking earth.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“: don't worry about dying, because while you're worrying about that, you won't notice the tiny thousand ways that you die every day.
Every time someone tells you to grow up.
Each time someone tells you to be realistic.
Every time someone tells you that you're too much and not enough, all at once.
Don't listen to them.
You don't need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than who you used to be." Pgs 355-356”
― Afterlove
Every time someone tells you to grow up.
Each time someone tells you to be realistic.
Every time someone tells you that you're too much and not enough, all at once.
Don't listen to them.
You don't need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than who you used to be." Pgs 355-356”
― Afterlove
“Don't worry about dying, because while you're worried about that, you won't notice the thousand tiny ways that you die every day.
Every time someone tells you to grow up.
Each time someone tells you to be realistic.
Every time someone tells you that you're too much and not enough, all at once.
Don't listen to them.
You don't need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than who you used to be.
It doesn't feel like it now, but one day you'll be scared of becoming the person you are today.
Actually, you'll but scared that you never stopped being that person.
People come and go. Some are cigarette breaks and others are wildfires.
Some people take more than they give. They take it and they never give it back and it doesn't matter how tightly they hold you or how often they kiss you, it will never be enough to replace what they took.
Don't let them.
If they want to leave, let them.
You can miss someone, but not want them back.
You can want to know why, but still ignore your phone when they call.
But never regret something you once wanted.
Because if you let it, like Dev says, it will grow and grow until there's no room for anything else.
For anyone else.
There's a difference between those people and the one who love you, even if you question it because they don't say it in the way you need to hear it. Not everyone knows how to say I love you, so learn to hear the different ways they tell you. They say it all the time. Even if it's just, "Don't forget your gloves" or, "Have you eaten anything today?"
Make sure you're listening.
It's okay to take the songs you skip off your playlist.
It's okay not to finish the book if it feels like a closed door, not a window.
It's okay not to get married, if you don't want to.
It's okay not to have kids, if you don't want them.
It's okay not to know all of this yet.”
― Afterlove
Every time someone tells you to grow up.
Each time someone tells you to be realistic.
Every time someone tells you that you're too much and not enough, all at once.
Don't listen to them.
You don't need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than who you used to be.
It doesn't feel like it now, but one day you'll be scared of becoming the person you are today.
Actually, you'll but scared that you never stopped being that person.
People come and go. Some are cigarette breaks and others are wildfires.
Some people take more than they give. They take it and they never give it back and it doesn't matter how tightly they hold you or how often they kiss you, it will never be enough to replace what they took.
Don't let them.
If they want to leave, let them.
You can miss someone, but not want them back.
You can want to know why, but still ignore your phone when they call.
But never regret something you once wanted.
Because if you let it, like Dev says, it will grow and grow until there's no room for anything else.
For anyone else.
There's a difference between those people and the one who love you, even if you question it because they don't say it in the way you need to hear it. Not everyone knows how to say I love you, so learn to hear the different ways they tell you. They say it all the time. Even if it's just, "Don't forget your gloves" or, "Have you eaten anything today?"
Make sure you're listening.
It's okay to take the songs you skip off your playlist.
It's okay not to finish the book if it feels like a closed door, not a window.
It's okay not to get married, if you don't want to.
It's okay not to have kids, if you don't want them.
It's okay not to know all of this yet.”
― Afterlove
“She really is beautiful. Not oil-painting beautiful or billboard beautiful [...] The sort of beautiful that keeps you up at night, scared that you're going to fuck it up because you're not ready.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“Everyone is friends. Everyone is in love. Nothing else matters but midnight because next year will be different. We will be different. It's our year.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“She's so near that I feel the heat of her next to me, and I warn myself not to make it more than it is. I haven't done
this often, but I've done it enough to know how this ends. All the girls in the rainbow T-shirts who kiss girls to impress boys but would die if anyone called them a dyke. The girls with the careless smiles and thirsty hearts who draw lines only they can see and move goalposts when I'm not looking. All
those things said and unsaid, never to be spoken of again. All the times I said "okay" when I really wanted to say "I don’t want to be friends."
The ghost girls who are there, then not there, who let themselves give in to that itch of curiosity, just for a moment,
and make me feel something, only to conclude that it isn't for them. The ones who are bored or scared or both, who'd rather tell me that they were drunk than let me know that they felt something as well because all they want is a quiet life. Someone they can love without it being brave. Someone they can invite
over for Sunday lunch and go with to prom.
I am the first and last and nothing in between. The mad one. The wild one. The one who sees things that aren't there. I am to be unloaded on, to be bled on and cried all over. I am the
one they experiment with. 'The one they can let go with because I'll never tell. The keeper of secrets and soother of
guilt. But I am never the one. I am not to be loved. Not out loud, anyway. Maybe, one day, if I'm lucky, I'll be a what if? Or worse, the one before the one. The one that made them realize that it wasn't just a phase. But, for the most part, I will barelv be a footnote in the book of that quiet life they want so much.”
― Afterlove
this often, but I've done it enough to know how this ends. All the girls in the rainbow T-shirts who kiss girls to impress boys but would die if anyone called them a dyke. The girls with the careless smiles and thirsty hearts who draw lines only they can see and move goalposts when I'm not looking. All
those things said and unsaid, never to be spoken of again. All the times I said "okay" when I really wanted to say "I don’t want to be friends."
The ghost girls who are there, then not there, who let themselves give in to that itch of curiosity, just for a moment,
and make me feel something, only to conclude that it isn't for them. The ones who are bored or scared or both, who'd rather tell me that they were drunk than let me know that they felt something as well because all they want is a quiet life. Someone they can love without it being brave. Someone they can invite
over for Sunday lunch and go with to prom.
I am the first and last and nothing in between. The mad one. The wild one. The one who sees things that aren't there. I am to be unloaded on, to be bled on and cried all over. I am the
one they experiment with. 'The one they can let go with because I'll never tell. The keeper of secrets and soother of
guilt. But I am never the one. I am not to be loved. Not out loud, anyway. Maybe, one day, if I'm lucky, I'll be a what if? Or worse, the one before the one. The one that made them realize that it wasn't just a phase. But, for the most part, I will barelv be a footnote in the book of that quiet life they want so much.”
― Afterlove
“The day I met you, it was like a light turned on and I could see everything in magnificent, magical technicolour. You didn't fix me, only I can do that, but you make me care about stuff again, you know?”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“I look at her and there's this moment, this moment where my whole world divides into Before Poppy and After Poppy and I know then that I will spend the rest of my life comparing the two.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
“Maybe we’ll burn bright for a few weeks then collapse in on ourselves, but Mr. Moreno says that’s how galaxies are made anyway.”
― Afterlove
― Afterlove
