Pete

“So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“If we must part forever,
Give me but one kind word to think upon
and please myself with, while my heart's breaking.”
― Thomas Otway, The Orphan: Or the Unhappy Marriage

“He knew what it was like to love one who did not--or could not--love you back. But he'd had no choice. None of them did.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Revelations

“I didn't let her go. She went. It's not my fault.
She did it.
She could undo it.
This is feeling so fucking famliar.
Why do we even bother? Why do we make ourselves so open to such easy damage? Is it all loneliness? Is it all fear? Of is it just to experience those narcotic moments of belonging with someone else?”
― David Levithan, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist