You get to be wiser by storying the world and seeing it through other forms of consciousness than your own.
Aidan ChambersAnd when someone else speaks your name you feel pleased. You feel wanted. You feel there. Alive. Even if they're saying your name with dislike, at least you know you're you, that you exist.
Aidan ChambersThere are times when you don't know yourself. There are times when you don't want to know yourself. There are times when you want to be what you have never allowed yourself to be before.
Aidan ChambersHowever much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself. Never give it all. You can never be yourself otherwise.
Aidan ChambersLove, being in love, isnโt a constant thing. It doesnโt always flow at the same strength. Itโs not always like a river in flood. Itโs more like the sea. It has tides, it ebbs and flows. The thing is, when love is real, whether itโs ebbing or flowing, itโs always there, it never goes away. And thatโs the only proof you can have that it is real, and not just a crush or an infatuation or a passing fancy
Aidan ChambersAll the time I think I can never love you more than I already do. And then you do something or say something, and I love you more than ever. Like just now. Like now. How is it possible? Can you love someone more and more and at the same time, all the time, love them as much as it's possible to love someone?
Aidan Chambers