It’s more that I’m afraid of time. And not having enough of it. Time to figure out who I’m supposed to be… to find my place in the world before I have to leave it. I’m afraid of what I’ll miss.

Knowing where she was in the world, even if he never touched her, gave him a deep satisfaction, and he half despised himself for being satisfied with so little.

Exactly! We run or we lose ourselves in something, somebody, anything to try and ease our pain.

I like that you let yourself be surprised

She loved her mother and depended on her mother, and yet every single word her mother said annoyed her.

You are not going to die, I know I said I'd let you, but I can't.

There are some people who fall in love over and over.