Pauline

“There's just this empty shell, pretending to be human."

"That's not true." I wished she could see herself the way I saw her- not some cold, distant model, but the girl who'd IM'd me and kept me from being alone. You're the most sincere, passionate, real person I've ever met."

"I don't think that person exists anymore"

"She does," I said. "I'm talking to her”
― Todd Mitchell, The Secret to Lying

“That's the gap," I said . Then I held out my hand and reached across.

Ellie reached back, wrapping her slender fingers around mine. "So are you disappointed that I'm not the perfect girl you thought I was?"

"No. I like you much better now - bed-head and all.”
― Todd Mitchell, The Secret to Lying

“Someone once told me love isn’t perfect—or predictable.”
― Lauren Morrill, Meant to Be

“There is no old Adam Young, there is no new Adam Young, merely different colors and different brushstrokes over the same canvas.”
― Adam Young