“So what I'm trying to say is you should text me back.
Because there's a precedent. Because there's an urgency.
Because there's a bedtime.
Because when the world ends I might not have my phone charged and
If you don't respond soon,
I won't know if you'd wanna leave your shadow next to mine.”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
Because there's a precedent. Because there's an urgency.
Because there's a bedtime.
Because when the world ends I might not have my phone charged and
If you don't respond soon,
I won't know if you'd wanna leave your shadow next to mine.”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
“I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“We have these impossibly high standards and we'll probably never live up to our perfect fantasies of our future selves.”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
“We had everything to say to each other, but no ways to say it”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“I miss dreaming forwards," Anna said.
"What?"
"I dream backwards now. You won't believe how backwards you'll dream someday.”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
"What?"
"I dream backwards now. You won't believe how backwards you'll dream someday.”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
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