It was one of those moments when you feel the future so much that it humbles the present.

She is my first and only love. Most people know that their first love will not be their only love. But for me, she is both.

aloof, adj. It has always been my habit, ever since junior high school, to ask that question: “What are you thinking?” It is always an act of desperation, and I keep on asking, even though I know it will never work the way I want it to.

I notice you, I want to say. Even when no one else does, I do. I will.

I want love to conquer all. But love can't conquer anything. It can't do anything on it's own. It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf.

i wish i were someone else, even though i know i'll never, ever be able to get away from what i've done and what's been done to me.

He was my first boyfriend, and I made him my everything - he was my new life, my new love, my new compass point. I guess that's the danger with firsts - you lose all sense of proportion.