“For ten years I thought I was preparing to destroy you, when really I was preparing to love you.”
― I Hope This Doesn't Find You
― I Hope This Doesn't Find You
“When you care about someone, you want to be inconvenienced—you wouldn’t mind being
inconvenienced by them every day for the rest of your life. That’s what love is. That’s all love really is.”
― This Time It's Real
inconvenienced by them every day for the rest of your life. That’s what love is. That’s all love really is.”
― This Time It's Real
“And everything about this moment is so lovely and so fragile in its loveliness that I’m almost afraid to hold it. Afraid that the spell will break.”
― If You Could See the Sun
― If You Could See the Sun
“You have to understand...If you knew the effect you had on me, how often I think about you, the things I would do for you...I wouldn't stand a chance against you ever again. You would have taken everything from me," he goes on in a rush, like the words are burning him from within, like he has to get it out before the pain becomes overwhelming. "Not just a debating championship or some points for a test or a fancy award or a spot in a competition—but my whole heart. My pride. God, my sanity. It would all be over. You would annihilate me.”
― I Hope This Doesn't Find You
― I Hope This Doesn't Find You
“This whole time, it's been you, and I didn't even realize. In retrospect, it makes sense, doesn't it? In order to beat the enemy, you have to understand them intimately. You have to observe them, learn their weaknesses, memorize their every word, track their progress, predict their next move. For ten years, I thought I was preparing to destroy you, when really I was preparing to love you.
All of which is to say I hope this finds you.
And I hope you find me too.”
― I Hope This Doesn't Find You
All of which is to say I hope this finds you.
And I hope you find me too.”
― I Hope This Doesn't Find You
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