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“In my head I know I've been in love before, but it doesn't feel like it. Being in love with you is better than the first time. It feels like the first time and the last time and the only time all at once.”
― Everything, Everything
― Everything, Everything
“Wanting just leads to more wanting. There’s no end to desire.”
― Everything, Everything
― Everything, Everything
“I love you,” I say to him, only it comes out, “Hey.”
“So damn much,” he says back, only it comes out, “Dude.”
He still won’t meet my eyes.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
“So damn much,” he says back, only it comes out, “Dude.”
He still won’t meet my eyes.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
“I was happy before I met him. But I’m alive now, and those are not the same thing.”
― Everything, Everything
― Everything, Everything
“what is bad for the heart is good for art. The terrible irony of our lives as artists.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
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