And when someone grows up knowing so little of what real love feels like, whether from family, or friends, or the love of a companion, that person starts to believe that they weren’t meant to be loved, that good things will never happen to them. They start to believe that whenever something good does happen, it’s inevitable that something bad will come along to replace it.

Laugh, I Nearly Died," Andrew answers. "You've probably never heard that one before.

I could die in this bed with him right now, wrapped in his arms and I would never know that I had died.

Two people unable to cry finally cry together and in the world ended today, we would be fulfilled.

I have never lived the way I lived during my short time with you. For the first time in my life, I’ve felt whole, alive, free. You were the missing piece of my soul, the breath in my lungs, the blood in my veins. I think that if past lives are real then we have been lovers in every single one of them. I’ve known you for a short time, but I feel like I’ve known you forever

I think that if past lives are real then we have been lovers in every single one of them. I've known you for a short time, but I feel like I've known you forever.

let yourself cry, OK? One of the worst feelings in the world is being unable to cry and eventually it…starts to make things darker.