And no relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.

That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person.

It's nice to have options even if you can't take them.

From what I could see, the hardwood was just fine. Then again, I'd just see a windmill and an open sky, too, never feeling the need to conquer either. You think it's all obvious and straightforward, this world. But really, it's all in who is doing the looking.

Behind the camera, I was invisible. When I lifted it up to my eye it was like I crawled into the lens, losing myself there. and everything else fell away.

Love is so unpredictable. That's what makes it so great.

In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at the same time, this collection of weeks when anything was possible.