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I know there are epic tales of romance, where love means you're supposed to die. Where it's all about sacrifice. But I don't want to die. I don't want Stephen to die. I'm looking for the scenario where we both get to live. Where we can continue this marvel that is love and discovery and trust.
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It doesn't have to be on Valentine's Day. It doesn't have to be by the time you turn eighteen or thirty-three or fifty-nine. It doesn't have to conform to whatever is usual. It doesn't have to be kismet at once, or rhapsody by the third date. It just has to be. In time. In place. In spirit. It just has to be.
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I get it. The things you hope for the most are the things that destroy you in the end.
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If you let the world in, you open yourself up to the world. Even if the world doesn't know that you're there.
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But I guess you don't see the planets when you're staring at the sun. You just get blinded.
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When I say, "Be my lover", I don't mean, "Let's have an affair." I don't mean "Sleep with me." I don't mean, "Be my secret." I want us to go back down to that root. I want you to be the one who loves me. I want to be the one who loves you.
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Making love without noise is like playing a muted piano-fine for practice, but you cheat yourself out of hearing the glorious results.
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Sometimes memory tricks you. Sometimes beauty is best when it's distant.
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I learn about the highs and lows of living with the same mother for your entire life, about how no one can make you angrier, but how you can't really love anyone more.
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There are all these moments you don't think you will survive. And then you survive.
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We gather the things we learned, and they don't nearly add up to fill the space of a life. You will miss the taste of Froot Loops. You will miss the sound of traffic. You will miss your back against his. You will miss him stealing the sheets. Do not ignore these things.
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There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you're in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.
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This is a difference between us: you desire what other people have, while I desire the things I used to have, or think I might have one day.
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The clock always ticks. There are times you don't hear it, and there are times that you do.
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I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt.
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How sad it must be for you to be nothing more than a hollow statue, to have your tomb preserved and your story forgotten.
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I love you-I do-but I am afraid of making that love too important. Because you're always going to leave me, A. We can't deny it. You're always going to leave.
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There is something so intimate about saying the truth out loud. There is something so intimate about hearing the truth said. There is something so intimate about sharing the truth, even if you are not entirely sure what it means.
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When is a night over? Is it the start of sunrise or the end of it? Is it when you finally go to sleep or simply realize that you have to? When the club closes or when you everyone leaves? "It's over when you decide it's over," she says. "When you call it a night. The rest is just a matter of where the sun is in the sky.
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Indelible, adj. That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between my eyes, down my nose, over my lips, my chin, my neck, to the center of my chest. It was so surprising. I knew I would never mimic it. That one gesture would be yours forever.
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I find I very rarely live up to my words. And since you know me primarily through my words, there are oh so many ways I can disappoint.
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Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.
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Deep down? That sounds like settling to me. You shouldn't have to venture deep down in order to get to love.
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You wanna-I dunno-get coffee or something sometime?" Justin smiled "Not coffee. But yes." "Not Coffee it is, then." "Yes, Not Coffee.
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To get something you must give something away. To hold something you must give something away. To love something you must give something away.
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Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is exploitation of the strong by the weak.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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September 7, 1972
(age 51)
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