I probably didn’t notice because sadness is like a spiderweb. You don’t see it until you’re caught up in it, and then you have to claw at yourself to try to break free.
I realize now that sometimes two people can lose their hope or their desire or their happiness, but losing all those things doesn’t mean you’ve lost.
But I just wish you could like yourself as much as I like you.
God, I hate feelings. Or I hate my conscience. The two are constantly at war.
But people need to put themselves first sometimes. If you aren’t living your best life for yourself, you can’t be your best self for those in your life.
Why do I feel like love and irritation go hand in hand with you?
The things that knock you down in life are tests, forcing you to make a choice between giving in and remaining on the ground or wiping the dirt off and standing up even taller than you did before you were knocked down. I’m choosing to stand up taller. I’ll probably get knocked down a few more times before this life is through with me, but I can guarantee you I’ll never stay on the ground.
I don’t want him to be looking at me, wearing the expression that mirrors my own feelings.
I can spend my time focusing on the perfect version of the life I’ll never have or I can spend my time enjoying the life I do have.
The points are not the point; the point is poetry.” – Allan Wolf.
I can’t think of a single instance where I’ve ever been looked at like he’s looking at me right now.
I don’t know when Owen began moving his hand away from the back of my head, but it’s slowly moving down my back, making my arms and legs feel so weak, I question their existence.
That’s what love is, Ben. Love is sacrifice. I got this tattoo the day I felt that kind of love for your father. And I chose it because if I had to describe love that day, I would say it felt like my two favourite things, amplified and thrown together. Like my favourite poetic line mixed into the lyrics of my favourite song. You’ll know, Ben. When you’re willing to give up the things that mean the most to you just to see someone else happy, that’s real love.
The world was her manuscript. No surface was safe.
This isn’t one of your fairy tales, Fallon. This is real life, and in the real world you have to bust your ass for the happy ever after! When you find love, you take it. You grab it with both hands and you do everything in your power not to let it go. You can’t just walk away from it and expect it to linger until you’re ready.
He’s looking at me like he was in that picture. Full of heartache. Or maybe this is what Jonah looks like when he loves something so much it hurts.
A happy Atlas was near mind-blowing. It made me want to uncover every single thing about this world that he likes and give it all to him.
Live. If you mix the letters up in the words like and love, you get live. You can use that word.” He laughs again, but this time it’s a laugh of relief. He wraps his arms around me and he kisses me with nothing but a hell of a lot of relief. “I live you, Sky,” he says agains my lips. “I live you so much.
I turn and face her and she does the same, but not before looking down at her feet first, because she’s still embarrassed that I saw her connect with my art. I love that she looked at her feet first, because I love that she’s embarrassed. In order to be embarrassed, a person has to care about the opinions of others first.
You have a tattoo of a woman’s necklace on you back, Silas.” She’s smiling now. “Very lumberjack-esque.” She’s enjoying this. “Yeah, well. You have trees on you back. Not much to brag about. You’ll probably get termites.