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Want more. Expect more. People are not projects. Stop trying to change the ones who aren’t willing or able to change themselves.

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This is my favorite love story. This moment.

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After college, marriage seemed more like the logical next step than anything either of them was passionate about doing. So marry they did, in a low-key ceremony that had all the enthusiasm of two people signing a cell phone contract.

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One day, you’re going to be the best thing that’s ever happened to someone and they’re going to love your randomness and quirks and the things that make you YOU.

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Here in the space between is the tale of their illogical story and how across countless boundaries, obstacles, and culture, they somehow understood each other in a way that surpassed language itself.

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Maybe it was me.

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Give me yourself so that I can love every part of you, so that I can stand beside you when the storms come, so that we can make meaning of this life, even when it hurts.

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I don’t want a superhero, a prince charming, a savior. I don’t want anything other than an imperfect soul intertwining his arms, his hands, his heart with me.

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I want a city kind of love. The kind of love that never stops moving, that’s alive and pulsing with rhythm and energy.

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“I could get used to this,” I said. I guess that was my way of telling you, “The harmony of this very moment is making my love for you grow roots.”