“You’re like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again.”

“This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world. It makes you want to choose the characters, build the scenery, guide the plot. The person you love sits across from you, and you want to do everything in your power to make it possible, endlessly possible. And when it’s just the two of you, alone in a room, you can pretend that this is how it is, this is how it will be.”

“I’m saying I’m in love with you! I’ve been in love with you this whole bleeding year!”

“Wherever you will go, I will let you down, But this lullaby goes on.”

“I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonstrative love I feel in me, and give back as good as I give.”

“I’m not sure this is a world I belong in anymore. I’m not sure that I want to wake up.”

“The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you’ve already stopped loving that person forever.”

“We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust.”

“I know my heart will never be the sameBut I’m telling myself I’ll be okay”

“Name one hero who was happy.”I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason’s children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus’ back.”You can’t.” He was sitting up now, leaning forward.”I can’t.””I know. They never let you be famous AND happy.” He lifted an eyebrow. “I’ll tell you a secret.””Tell me.” I loved it when he was like this.”I’m going to be the first.” He took my palm and held it to his. “Swear it.””Why me?””Because you’re the reason. Swear it.””I swear it,” I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes.”I swear it,” he echoed.We sat like that a moment, hands touching. He grinned.”I feel like I could eat the world raw.”

“Heaven would never be heaven without you.”

“What would you do if I kissed you right now?”I stared at his beautiful face and his beautiful mouth and I wanted nothing more than to taste it. “I would kiss you back.”

“I may not always be with you But when we’re far apartRemember you will be with meRight inside my heart”

“It’s dark now and I am very tired. I love you, always. Time is nothing.”