She spilled rice on my knee, and she smiled. I wanted her to spill a thousand things on me, lava, acid, bricks, anything, and smile each time

Please believe him. Keep your heart open to him. He can make you happy. He has always loved you, and you once loved him with all your heart.

I sometimes think the stronger you feel about someone, the harder it is to picture their face when you are away from them.

I allowed myself to suffer how jarringly destructive the present feels and how fragile the past.

He tricked himself into thinking that she would look into his eyes and remember, that love would conquer all.

Let me love you, but don't love me back. Do love me and let me hate you for a while. Let me feel like I have some control, because I know I never do.

He was the strangest of strangers in that he was also her oldest friend.