ONO

“Do you have any more questions for me?” His eyes dip down as he takes in a slow breath. “Or can I kiss you now?”
― Hannah Bonam-Young, People Watching

“It might make me sound like a selfish bastard, but I like that you’re careful with everyone else but me. I like feeling special to you, Prudence Welch. I like being your friend.”
― Hannah Bonam-Young, People Watching

“I wondered if I'll miss him the most when I find myself in the arms of another man someday. If my bones will cry out for him. I tried to convince myself that I won't. That my body will feel as perfectly designed to fit against another man as it does with Milo. I failed and repeated this step many times.

Deep in my soul I know that if someone were to ask me to be their wife someday, my first thoughts would be of Milo. Not wondering if he'd be coming back, because I can't afford that hope, but instead what he'd think of it all. If he would like the man down on one knee. If he would laugh at his jokes or find him handsome or think he was worth my time.

I'm terrified that I could go on to have a full life with a marriage, children, and even grandchildren, but my last breaths would be spent with the memory of Milo asleep on my chest.

And I reminded myself, over and over, how lucky I am to have found love. Even if it cannot stay. Even if I cannot follow. Even if it must come to an end.”
― Hannah Bonam-Young, People Watching

“I'm new to it, sure, but I know love when I see it. Love has surrounded me all my life. Love has danced in my kitchen and mowed the lawn and painted back steps and tucked me into bed since I was a child. And there's no denying that look in Milo's eyes.”
― Hannah Bonam-Young, People Watching