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“A comet landing in the arms of its favourite star.”

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A “fuck it” moment from Reed Madsen is everything to me. 💙

“You look exactly like how I remember you. Just...”
“Just what?”
His eyes rolled over me, head to toe. “Older.”

This one, single line put me in the fucking ground. Dead. The power in that word.. the meaning… I cannot handle it. I cannot be normal about this book.

Hoppity the bunny 🐇😭

“You were right.
Thank you, Halley Foster.
You’ve made me a better man.” 😭😭😭

5 fucking stars. I can’t I can’t I can’t I can’t.

“I’ll try to take pictures that aren’t all black and white. I’ll swim in the ocean, all while wishing you were on the same side of the waterline with me. I’ll try, Reed,” I rasped out. “I promise I’ll try.”

That little nod to the beginning is DEVASTATING.

“You just had to be so perfect. […] You had to be everything I’ve dreamed about, every wish I’ve made on falling stars and birthday candles and pennies in mall fountains, and you had to make me fall in love with you. How could I not? It was so damn easy. You made it easy. […] Falling for you has been the easiest thing I’ve ever done. Everything else? Painful. Torturous. But loving you… Effortless.”

“No, I’ll go. This is silly. You can’t just uproot your life when I’m the lifeless one. I have nothing keeping me here. No real home, no purpose. Please… let me go.”
“I am letting you go, Comet.”

Punch. To. The. Gut. 🥺

He gave her blue morning glory flowers no no no he loves her!!!!! I can’t bear it 😭

“I wanted her here, in my bed, in my home, imprinting her golden light on every lacklustre inch of my world.”

“My Wonderwall.” 🥺🥺🥺