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The first time you see each other ugly cry.

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Loving deeply meant that I forgot what it felt like to happy alone.

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He washed in with the hurricanes, and as much as she tried to fight the future, fate was always going to find her.

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She doesn’t need you, but she does want you.

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Sometimes, love is snuggling onto shoulders during train rides home, resting hands on thighs during long road trips, squeezing sweaty palms on planes.

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We have been the one who cared more in the past, and quite frankly, we are exhausted. We don’t want to bother putting in effort that will not be returned. We don’t want to bother to send texts that are going to be ignored. We don’t want to bother to get attached to someone who is only temporary.

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How could you let that go? Let us go? Where did I go? Where did you go?

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The thing is that if he likes you, you will know.

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When do you say “I love you”? When do you meet the parents?

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We were best friends and joked about getting married if we were still single when I hit 30. Fell in love when I was 22 instead!