But your life is yours, singular and sacred, and you should be with the person who makes it feel that way every blessed second you live it.
We were stars, we were music, we were time.
At the end of the day, I can’t force any of you to treat people the way you should. But it should be on your conscience that whatever law I pass won’t do much unless each of you takes it upon yourself to show kindness to your fellow citizens.
For the first time maybe ever, it didn’t matter if I looked beautiful or not. I felt it.
Life was just a collection of small decisions.
You can be brave and still be feminine. You can lead and still love flowers.
I will never forget your fire. I can’t wait to see what you do.
I instantly dragged my fingers across a shelf of book spines, in love with each one already. Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, there was always a story in which someone overcame their darkest hour. I wasn’t alone.
What was so wrong with me that I got rejected simply for being myself?
It’s a strange thing to discover how much you matter to people you didn’t really know you mattered to.
It’s possible, my love, that you are the sun, and I feel your warmth as if I walk in the rays of your happiness, even from here.
Thank you,” he whispered. “At least I can know for certain that, for one brief moment of our time together, you and I felt the same thing.
And you, you make me feel like I could do the stupidest thing in the world, and you’d still like me how I am.
And for you to be my wife is all I want in the world. I love you. I was afraid to admit it for a long time, but I know it now.
Don’t tug your ear with anyone else. That’s mine.
That’s why you can’t give up. Heroes don’t give up.
I’d waited an eternity for this. I’d have waited all over again if I had to. I was meant to kiss this boy, designed to be held by him.
I looked at his face, unsure of how many more of his smiles I’d have.
We’ll figure this out, I promise. I won’t let you sink.
And I’m not fighting. My plan is to enjoy the food until you kick me out.