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“People come together, and for a tiny space of time...it’s beautiful and raw, because you can’t think and you don’t want to. You just feel... The moments are what we remember.”
― Kill Switch
― Kill Switch
“What do you want?”
He looks up now, his eyes locked on mine. “You, Ava. I want you. On your good days and your bad days - especially your bad days. I want you to let me in. I want you to come to me and look at me the way you’re looking at me now, and know that I’m all in. I just want you.” His voice cracks. “God, Ava. I want you so fucking bad, it’s killing me.”
― Heartache and Hope
He looks up now, his eyes locked on mine. “You, Ava. I want you. On your good days and your bad days - especially your bad days. I want you to let me in. I want you to come to me and look at me the way you’re looking at me now, and know that I’m all in. I just want you.” His voice cracks. “God, Ava. I want you so fucking bad, it’s killing me.”
― Heartache and Hope
“You make me feel driven. You make me hungry and on fire and wanting to slow down time instead of wanting to rush through it. It’s you I look for when I walk in the doors in the morning. Not her. You.”
― Hideaway
― Hideaway
“Have you ever been involved in a situation where you felt like the other person needed you so they could live?" I asked. "But you couldn't stay there because they were taking the oxygen you needed to breathe?”
― Teardrop Shot
― Teardrop Shot
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