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eventually, I realized I couldn’t hate myself into someone I liked. So I decided to give accepting myself a try.”
“Loss is the cost of loving”
― Call Us What We Carry
― Call Us What We Carry
“He plucked the book from my hands, inspected the cover. “I recognize this one. Haven’t you read this, like, a hundred times?”
“Twenty, actually,” I said, snatching it back. “Today marks the twenty-first time.”
He grinned. Shook his head.
“What?” I asked.
“Nothing. Nothing at all,” he said, jerking his chin toward the book on my legs.
“Read to me.”
"Why?”
“Because you go somewhere else when you read. I want to go there with you.”
We sat there and I read aloud, my back to Brett’s chest. He pulled me a little closer, held me a little tighter. And this time, we escaped together.”
― The Upside of Falling
“Twenty, actually,” I said, snatching it back. “Today marks the twenty-first time.”
He grinned. Shook his head.
“What?” I asked.
“Nothing. Nothing at all,” he said, jerking his chin toward the book on my legs.
“Read to me.”
"Why?”
“Because you go somewhere else when you read. I want to go there with you.”
We sat there and I read aloud, my back to Brett’s chest. He pulled me a little closer, held me a little tighter. And this time, we escaped together.”
― The Upside of Falling
“Perhaps pain is like a name, made to sing just for you.”
― Call Us What We Carry
― Call Us What We Carry
“Since the world is round
There is no way to walk away
From each other, for even then
We are coming back together.”
― Call Us What We Carry
There is no way to walk away
From each other, for even then
We are coming back together.”
― Call Us What We Carry
“When I watch you sleep," he said shakily, "I feel overwhelmed that you exist.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
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