“Sometimes the people you loved left you halfway through a story. Sometimes they left you without a goodbye. And, sometimes, they stayed around in little ways. In the memory of a musical. In the smell of their perfume. In the sound of the rain, and the itch for adventure, and the yearning for that liminal space between one airport terminal and the next. I hated her for leaving, and I loved her for staying as long as she could. And I would never wish this pain on anyone.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
“Sometimes the people you love don’t leave you with goodbyes—they just leave.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
“Because the things that mattered most never really left. The love stays. The love always stays, and so do we.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
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