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“Because trying not to love him was like trying to hold his breath - eventually, Sirius's lungs would start burning, body screaming for air, and he would open his mouth, and it would all flood back in.”
― Rollercoasterwords, All the Young Dudes: Sirius's Perspective - Volume Two: Years 5-6

“He cursed himself for not being able to thank them properly - for feeling everything so strongly, but being unable to put any of it into words. What was the point of all that reading if it didn't give you the words when you needed them?”
― MsKingBean89, All the Young Dudes - Volume Two: Years 5 - 7

“When you find love, you take it. You grab it with both hands and you do everything in your power not to let it go. You can't just walk away from it and expect it to linger until you're ready for it.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“Now, Sirius was no longer the boy from those fantasies. He was no longer young, and beautiful, and full of life. He was no longer the person Moony had fallen in love with - though he remembered that person, as if from far away. He remembered being loud, and vibrant, and reckless. He remembered the love he'd held for mischief, and for his friends; he remembered laughing with his head thrown back, sweeping his hair behind one ear, smirking with that devilish confidence that he'd always projected.
But that boy felt more like a dream than anything else. And Sirius couldn't bear the thought of going to Moony now, as he was, and watching the fantasy wither before his eyes. Who could be expected to love a black hole, where there had once been a star?”
― Rollercoasterwords, All the Young Dudes: Sirius's Perspective - Volume Four: 'Til The End