❝ He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking. ❞

❝ There is love in me the likes of which you’ve never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied in the one, I will indulge the other. ❞

❝ And all I loved, I loved alone. ❞

❝ The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you. ❞

❝ He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking. ❞

❝ And all I loved, I loved alone. ❞

❝ I wanted to ask
why, why the sun follows her
wherever she goes? ❞

❝ Love is madness,” I say. “Doesn’t everyone agree that you’d do anything, endure anything, to be with the ones you love? So either you’re willing to let them use you with any sort of cruelty, so long as they keep you— which makes you a fool— or you’re willing to commit any cruelty, so long as you get to keep them— which makes you a monster. Either way, it’s madness. ❞

❝ I’m sorry you were not truly loved and that it made you cruel. ❞

❝ If I breathe you in and you breathe me out, I swear we can breathe forever. ❞