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21 " What does requited love look like? I want to see it. "
― Saffron A. Kent , The Unrequited
22 " Words have the power to make things true. "
23 " Loving myself means fighting for myself, fighting for my sanity, and I will fucking fight. "
24 " We shouldn’t look for love stories where there are none to be found. "
25 " I hear the shatter of my heart. I hear that sound from long ago when I broke the bottle of that expensive champagne when Caleb left. But this time around, the sound is like a gunshot, more jarring and deafening. It’s the sound of my castle falling through the air and crashing to the ground. "
26 " I fucking love you too.” She beams even though her eyes are wet. “So that’s what it feels like.” “What?” “When someone says those three words back to you. "
27 " Unrequited love and insomnia are longtime friends of mine. They might even be siblings—evil and uncaring with sticky fingers. "
28 " I put so much stock into what I don’t want to be that I forgot what I could be. I’ve "
29 " Bravery is like falling in love. You don’t know if the person will reciprocate, but still you fall. "
30 " In this moment, we’re more than soul mates. We inhabit each other’s bodies. We are one. One skin. One heart. One need. "
31 " I’d be careful then. Bad things happen to those who trespass,” he says in a voice that steals my own. "
32 " I was meant to live in the shadows and secrets. I can be Thomas’ secret, for a little while, at least—until I absorb all of his pain and set him free. "
33 " My heart is not an organ. It’s more than that. My heart is an animal—a chameleon, to be specific. It changes skin and color, not to blend in, but to be difficult, unreasonable. My heart has many faces. Restless heart. Desperate heart. Selfish heart. Lonely heart. Today my heart is anxious. "
34 " Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the courage to do something despite it — taking that first step despite the danger of falling, creating a piece of art knowing that people might not appreciate it. Bravery is like falling in love. You don’t know if the person will reciprocate, but still you fall. "
35 " I’ve thought about her heart a lot too. It’s big and fierce and soft and bright. It’s like a star or the moon or the entire fucking sky, and she’s giving it to me. She’s giving me the sky. "
36 " Thomas,” she says, her breaths coming out hard and fast. I’ve never admitted it to her, but I love the way she says my name, like no one has ever said it before, like she invents me anew every time she says it. It’s fucking magical, and she calls me magic. "
37 " I’m only going to say this once: there’s a difference between writing and creating art. Anyone can write, but only a few can create art, and for that, you need to find your own voice. Reading is good. Read as much as you want, but make your own rules. Don’t just follow. Strive to create something that comes from you. Strive to create your art, not recreate what someone else did, because frankly, you should rather want to be dead than be a rip-off.” He "
38 " Say something. No, wait—say something helpful, not one of your sarcastic comments that help no one but you. "
39 " I think anybody who’s in love with anyone is a perfect match. I don’t believe in crap like There’s somebody better for you out there. I don’t want better. I want the guy I’m in love with. There "
40 " I feel especially drawn to them. He is a writer. He writes, with those hands. They are little gods, aren’t they? They create things, words, poems. "