Lauralee

“She had hoped. And hope broke more hearts than any man ever could.”
― Cora Carmack, Roar

“You two are the most in-love not-dating people I’ve met.”
― Kasie West, The Distance Between Us

“As a kid, I would count backwards from ten and imagine at one, there would be an explosion–perhaps caused by a rogue planet crashing into Earth or some other major catastrophe. When nothing happened, I'd feel relieved and at the same time, a little disappointed.

I think of you at ten; the first time I saw you. Your smile at nine and how it lit up something inside me I had thought long dead. Your lips at eight pressed against mine and at seven, your warm breath in my ear and your hands everywhere. You tell me you love me at six and at five we have our first real fight. At four we have our second and three, our third. At two you tell me you can't go on any longer and then at one, you ask me to stay.

And I am relieved, so relieved–and a little disappointed.”
― Lang Leav, Love & Misadventure

“Sometimes the truth is a secret you're keeping from yourself because living a lie is easier.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End