“Maybe just...Don't try to be what you think you should be. Be what you love.”

“I always knew you. And always will. Your soul calls to mine. It’s a feeling of coming home. Of peace. No magic can duplicate it.”

“Often in life the pleasure of the journey is only eclipsed by the ecstasy of the destination.”

“you gave me your hands, told me your past, and quickly became something that i couldn’t ignore.”

“You’re beautiful,” I say, and the honesty of my words stings. “You’re beautiful inside and out. I like how you challenge me. I like how I can never figure out what you’re going to do or say. I like how we’ve thrown weird shit in your direction and you take it like a pro.” I cup her face with one hand and caress her soft skin. “I like how you smile and how you laugh. I like how you love and defend your family and I like how you’re trying to love mine. I love how you trust. But mostly, Emily, I like how I feel when I’m around you.” Shit. My heart bursts as the words tumble out. “I’m falling for you.”

“To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return.”

“Why do we as humans always tend to remember the worse things about people? We may know someone for many years, know them as vibrant and healthy, yet when they fall ill and pass away, we can only picture them at their sickest, as though they were born and lived their whole lives wearing a death mask.”

“She would bloom where she was planted and let her roots close around the throats of her enemies.”