“I thought - think it's brave to believe in love. I mean, the lasting kind. To try for that, even knowing it can hurt you.”
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― Beach Read
“She learned to let it out, bit by bit, and that sometimes, it was okay to let a little ugliness into your story. That it would never rob you of all the beauty.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
“I hoped that what he was understanding right then was that I saw him. That he didn’t have to do anything special, figure out a mysterious code to unlock the secret parts of him. That he just had to keep being here with me, letting me discover him bit by bit like he’d been doing with me since we met.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
“Sure, he wasn't a bright light, but he wasn't the cynic I'd thought either. He was a realist who was a little too afraid of hope to see things clearly when it came to his own life. But he was also exceptionally good at sitting with people through their shit, making them feel less alone without promises or empty platitudes.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
“I hadn't felt like this in years—that almost painful weight of wanting, that paralyzing fear that any wrong move would ruin everything.”
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― Beach Read
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