Kate Bailey

We laid next to each other for a while after that, limbs intertwined, the playlist still on repeat, the candles burning out. The sun was rising. My real life was dawning again. She was falling asleep, but my eyes were peeled open and staring at the ceiling.

What they want in the future vs. what they expect right now, and what they really mean when they say, “well, I’m not sure…”

3. You know you don’t really love them, but you’re holding on to the love they give.

Sarah Palin never said “You can see Russia from my house.”

If you ate something today.

If you ask them why they love you, they give you reasons that are anything other than “I just do.”

They don’t get defensive when you say you’re upset, they get concerned and want to talk about it.

To realize that the mind is the most important sex organ.