His books are kept on freestanding shelves hung at different angles on a sea-green wall. They defy gravity, as good books should.

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.

instead i head to the computer and it's like i turn into a little girl who's just seen her first rainbow. i get all giddy and nervous and hopeful and despairing and i tell myself not to look obsessively at my buddy list, but it might as well be projected onto the insides of my eyelids. at 8:05 his name pops up, and i start to count. i only get to twelve before his IM pops up.

I feel the universe is telling me something. And it doesn't even matter if it's true or not. What matters is that I feel it, and believe it.

How sad it must be for you to be nothing more than a hollow statue, to have your tomb preserved and your story forgotten.

Falling in love with someone doesn’t mean you know any better how they feel. It only means you know how you feel.

They defy gravity, as good books should.