“You’re a sacrificer. I don’t even know if that’s a real word, but that’s what you are. You do things you don’t want to do to make life better for the people around you. Like being the designated driver. That doesn’t make you boring. It
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“I. Was. Taken. By. Him. Addicted to him.”
― Verity
― Verity
“I found my person when I found you, and I’ve never really needed or wanted anyone else since. Rightly or wrongly, I poured every emotional part of myself into us. I adopted your hopes and dreams and loved them as though they were my own. I cared about you so much, I had nothing left to give anyone else, even myself.”
― Rock Paper Scissors
― Rock Paper Scissors
“Looking back, I realize how crazy it is that I fell for him so fast. But it was only crazy because it never stopped. Had I woken up the next morning and slipped out of his apartment, it would have ended as a fun one-night stand, and I wouldn’t even be recalling any of this all these years later. But I didn’t leave the next morning, so it became more. With every day that passed, that first night with him was further validated. And that’s what love at first sight is. It isn’t really love at first sight until you’ve been with the person long enough for it to become love at first sight.”
― Verity
― Verity
“You were always enough for me, but I never felt as though I was quite enough for you. Maybe that can change. Maybe if I try to love you a little less, the scales might tip in my favor, and you might love me a little more?”
― Rock Paper Scissors
― Rock Paper Scissors
“Who are you?” Ryan asked after a moment. “I don’t know.” “You’ve lived a lot of life.” Ryan spoke as though that truly meant something, as though he was insecure about his own lack of experience. “So? Experience isn’t always living. Living is knowing who you are and what you want.”
― Color Me In
― Color Me In
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