Shannon

“Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?'

The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly.

Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.'

Didn't you mean them?'

At the moment.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

“Tore up my heart and shut it down. Nothing to do, nowhere to be. A simple little kind of free. Nothing to do, no one but me, and that's all I need. I'm perfectly lonely.”
― John Mayer, John Mayer - Battle Studies

“Everybody is a stranger, but that's the danger in going my own way.”
― John Mayer, John Mayer - Battle Studies | Easy Guitar with Notes and Tab | Easy Guitar Arrangements for Beginners | 10 Hit Songs from John Mayer’s 2009 Album | ... for Beginners

“Honesty was a tough customer... Once you started allowing yourself some honesty, it couldn't easily be contained or limited to one part of your life. It was like poison ivy or a bossy houseguest. Once it was there, you couldn't tell it what to do. You had to really fight to keep it from taking over. ”
― Ann Brashares, The Last Summer of You and Me