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“I think it's hard for you to fall in love because you like control, and you can't control what another person does or feels, so you keep all your cards.”
― F*ck Love
― F*ck Love
“You’ve been silent your whole life. You were silent when we met, silent when you suffered. Silent when life kept hitting you. I was like that too, a little. But not like you. You are a stillness. And I tried to move you. It didn’t work. But that doesn’t mean you didn’t move me. I heard everything you didn’t say. I heard it so loudly that I couldn’t shut it off. Your silence, Senna, I hear it so loudly.”
― Mud Vein
― Mud Vein
“What’s the difference?” I asked him. “Between the love of your life, and your soulmate?”
“One is a choice, and one is not.”
― Mud Vein
“One is a choice, and one is not.”
― Mud Vein
“Because I’m not brave enough to change with everyone watching me. I want to do it alone. I want it to be real.”
― F*ck Love
― F*ck Love
“Every time you want to remember what love feels like, you look for me.”
― Mud Vein
― Mud Vein
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