“You like someone who can't like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot. ”
― Will Grayson, Will Grayson
― Will Grayson, Will Grayson
“A person doesn't know true hurt and suffering until they've felt the pain of falling in love with someone whose affections lie elsewhere.”
― Her Imperfect Groom
― Her Imperfect Groom
“Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.”
― A Lion Among Men
― A Lion Among Men
“Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?”
― The Angel Experiment
― The Angel Experiment
“I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together in the most innocent sense of the phrase. But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was hurricane.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
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