“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”
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“She worries over the way her love for me comes and goes, appears and disappears. She doubts its reality simply because it isn't as steadily pleasurable as a kitten. God knows it is sad. The human voice conspires to desecrate everything on earth.”
― Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction
― Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction
“In my mind, I'm probably the biggest sex maniac you ever saw.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more. It's not so good, that way.”
― Nine Stories
― Nine Stories
“I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
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