“But grief isn’t a competition. It’s not an identical pain that we all meet one day when death finds us. It’s a monster, personalized by our love and memories to devour us just so. Grief is suffering, tailored.”
― Bloodmarked
― Bloodmarked
“...honestly I'm having a proper full-on GAY PANIC.”
― Heartstopper: Volume Two
― Heartstopper: Volume Two
“I thought… I just really liked you as a friend… a best friend… because, like, I want to hang out with you all the time and I just love everything about you… but I kept wanting to… I don’t know… hug you and hold your hand and then yesterday, when you suggested it, I- I really wanted to kiss you.”
― Heartstopper: Volume Two
― Heartstopper: Volume Two
“That's the choice. I love him, with all that, because of all that. On purpose. I love him on purpose.”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
― Red, White & Royal Blue
“History, huh?”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
― Red, White & Royal Blue
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