“First loves can fuck you up.”
― Amplified
― Amplified
“Isn't it supposed to be like this?" He smiled. "The glory of first love, and all that. It's incredible, isn't it, the difference between reading about something, seeing it in the pictures, and experiencing it?"
"Very different," I agreed. "More forceful than I'd imagined.”
― Twilight
"Very different," I agreed. "More forceful than I'd imagined.”
― Twilight
“Something about first love defies duplication. Before it, your heart is blank. Unwritten. After, the walls are left inscribed and graffitied. When it ends, no amount of scrubbing will purge the scrawled oaths and sketched images, but sooner or later, you find that there’s space for someone else, between the words and in the margins.”
― Where You Are
― Where You Are
“But maybe that isn't so bad. You can't love anyone that way more than once in a lifetime. It's too hard and it hurts too much when it ends. The first boy is ialways the hardest to get over, Haven. It's just the way the world works.”
― That Summer
― That Summer
“The first kiss can be as terrifying as the last.”
― The Island of Eternal Love
― The Island of Eternal Love
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