In the past and for forever, you are my favorite person. Always have been. Always will be. I love you. Everything that you are.
It was like someone let all the air back into my life when I had no idea I was even suffocating.
When our fingers touch, I feel something else trapped in my chest other than my voice. Maybe it’s a few extra heartbeats. Maybe it’s an erupting volcano.
The tears are nothing new, but they’re different this time. I’m not crying over something that never came to be. I’m crying for something that’s coming to an end.
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood. – Elbert Hubbard.
Sometimes things seem good and perfect in the moment, but when you get hours of reflection afterward, the perfection can morph into something else.
We’re all just a bunch of sad people doing what we have to do to make it until tomorrow. Some of us sadder than others. Some of us more willing to forgive than others. Grudges are heavy, but for the people hurting the most, I suppose forgiveness is even heavier.
Secrets are my only form of currency.
I know what love is, because I spent my whole life knowing what it isn’t.
Kindness doesn’t sink as deep into your skin as the damage does. The damage stains your soul so bad, you can’t scrub it off.
We go forward. That’s it. It’s that simple.
One more chapter and I’ll stop. That’s it.
I love you, Layla. That love doesn’t fluctuate with numbers on a scale.
I can’t explain the mind of a writer to you, Jeremy. Especially the mind of a writer who has been through more devastation than most writers combined.
You’re forgiven, Kenna.
Every single second with her felt like an awakening. Like I’d never really opened my eyes until she came along. I was blind but now I see.
Her face is a work of art. I wish there was a picture of it hanging on a wall in a museum somewhere so I could stand in front of it and stare at it for as long as I wanted.
I am going to be the best person I can be for your daughter. I promise. I’m going to give her the best life, and when she asks about her mother, I’m going to tell her what a wonderful person you are. I’ll make sure she grows up knowing how much you love her.
People say you fall in love, but fall is such a sad word when you think about it. Falls are never good. You fall on the ground, you fall behind, you fall to your death.
I open the Notes app and click on the most recent one. As soon as I see the two words at the top, I drop the phone, pressing it facedown on my thigh. “Atlas.” “Lily.