I’d rather be stupid and happy than hold the knowledge of the world and its misery.
“But his feelings for me… Those were fragments of truth scattered among the lies.”
― Fragments
― Fragments
“He and I are the calm eye of a friendly, familial hurricane. And I hope the storm will never pass.”
― Him
― Him
“Everyone else asked, but you could tell their minds were already somewhere else once the question was asked. As if they were waiting for the obligatory “I’m fine” before they could respond to you in kind.”
― Take Me Apart
― Take Me Apart
“Because I fucking love you!” he shouts in my face, and I falter. “I’ve loved you since the second I saw you, and I don’t understand it! I don’t want to feel this shit… This twisted up ball of need in my chest like fucking disease. I don’t even know if it really is love, that’s how fucked up I am. I never knew what this felt like… until you.”
― Fragments
― Fragments
“For the rest of his life”
― Heated Rivalry
― Heated Rivalry
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