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I’d rather be broken than sit in a bubble and watch the world pass me by. I’d rather get hurt than never know how it feels to touch the hands of a person who loves me. I’d rather fail then never try to build a foundation with someone, or start a project, or believe in a dream.

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This ‘almost relationship’ didn’t even have time to flourish, so how did it die before it had a chance to live?

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When someone doesn’t return affection, the chance at love stops right there. It wilts into something else. Something that can feel just as powerful as love. And that, my friends, is infatuation.

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When it was good, it was so good. And that’s the burn. That’s why this leftover bruise is something you keep touching. When he texts, you remember.

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If I’m not the one for you, let me go now. Because if you don’t, I’m just going to fall harder.

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I believe in falling for people too quickly. I believe in saying what you feel when you feel it, instead of trying to push aside genuine emotion.

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You do not tell them. You won’t ask for something they cannot give. You won’t risk losing someone you love so much.

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You showed up when my heart was at its most cynical. You came about when I rolled my eyes at commercials for sappy movies because, CLEARLY, that stuff is fairytale nonsense.

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If you want a Great Love, you need to fail first. If you want a Great Love, you need to experience the wrong kind of love.

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Baby, I know I’m the alternate.
I know I’m the stand-in.
But right now, Prince is singing
and it’s hard to remember what my mother said.