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“Don’t fall in love with my words, Helena. Anyone can learn to gather them up like flowers and lay them at your feet.”
“And, what do you lay down?”
“Myself.”

“When our eyes met, it was as if I was looking into myself. And I couldn't look away. He smiled. And I smiled right back. I couldn't help it, as if we were each other's reflection. As if we recognized in one another that part of us that has no words. And I knew.”

“There are no words. None. None that can penetrate deep inside me, that can travel the line inside me that goes to you. You can only recognize it. Like seeing your reflection in the water. It's something you feel. And then know.”

“I mean it. Most sincerely.
Time forces me to be direct. I don't have the luxury of a more measured courtship, Helena. And courting is exactly what I intend to do with the short time I've been given. You asked me what keeps me here. You are why I stay. But if you don’t trust my words, that’s all right. For me there are no words.” Love lives in a place deep inside you where there are no words!!!!!!

“Out of its embrace..and into another.” Charming