Angel Botello

“Perhaps it’s just easier to smile and pretend everything is fine, rather than admit my heart’s a little swollen from losing something that wasn’t even mine.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“Life is too short for games unless it’s a game of cards.
Don’t text back right away; if you like them, pretend you don’t; and don’t you dare say I love you first. Well screw all that.
I will text you back in three seconds; I will tell you that I like you; and if I love you, I’ll tell you every chance I get.
Life is unpredictable, and I’d rather play every card as honestly as I can than have a deck full of regrets and what-ifs.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“Of course it hurt that we could never love each other in a physical way. We would have been far more happy if we had. But that was like the tides, the change of seasons--something immutable, an immovable destiny we could never alter. No matter how cleverly we might shelter it, our delicate friendship wasn't going to last forever. We were bound to reach a dead end. That was painfully clear.”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.”
― Paulo Coelho