Michelle Teoh

“There are many things that can keep you in a relationship," I say. "Fear of being alone. Fear of disrupting the arrangement of your life. A decision to settle for something that's okay, because you don't know if you can get any better. Or maybe there's the irrational belief that it will get better, even if you know he won't change.”
― David Levithan, Every Day

“Every time you love someone, you put not just
your faith in them, but your faith in everything
to the test.”
― David Levithan, The Realm of Possibility

“there was a time before you
but I can't remember it now
a time before your beauty and I
were formally introduced
I'm sure I lived without you
but I don't remember how
can't imagine living without
these feelings you've produced

just one glance
and my life was redrawn
just one word
and my vocabulary changed
I asked the time
and you said 'what's the hurry?'
you asked my name
and I almost forgot”
― David Levithan, The Realm of Possibility

“There’s always a gap between the burn and the sting of it, the pain and the realization.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight