“What do I have to show for this life? Her. It’s her. Loving her. That’s all I’ve got, and he’s saying I’ve not even fucking done that well. Everyone has markers for their life. Ways they remember certain things and times. Stakes in the ground. She’s mine. My whole life, all dotted with and by things I remember about her. She’s how I frame the world.”
― Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark
― Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark
“Perhaps Joe and I can carry on loving each other, even when miles of air and experience separate us. Not in the way of wanting to wake up in the same bed, Or needing to speak to each other when something goes wrong. But as a quiet love that endures out of respect for the impact he had on my life.”
― Notes on Heartbreak
― Notes on Heartbreak
“He lets out my favourite laugh that feels like a cup of tea on a rainy day, and his face looks the kind of happy I always want it to with a smile that touches his eyes.”
― Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark
― Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark
“The only thing the sport gives us are moments. But what the hell is life, Peter, apart from moments?”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“Love can make people want to grip on to each other so tight that they have to pull apart before they hurt each other anymore”
― Notes on Heartbreak
― Notes on Heartbreak
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