for emma, forever ago

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The Kiss Thief

“No love is fully requited. No love is equal. No love is fair. There is always one side that loves more. And you better not be that side—because it suffers.” 

“Falling in love was so tragic. No wonder it made people so sad.” 

“This is why humans invented lies, I thought. No other animal in nature lies. The truth is ruthless. It cuts you open, shoving your face into the mud. It forces you to look reality in the eye and deal with it. To feel the real weight of the world that you live in.” 

“you’re worth more than the sums of your mistakes.” 

― L.J. Shen, The Kiss Thief

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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata

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“Tell me a truth, Senna." "I don't know how." "Then tell me a lie." "I don't love you." "The truth is for the mind," he says. "Lies are for the heart. So let's just keep lying.”

Mud Vein, Tarry Fisher

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Humans weren’t made to carry someone else’s weight. We can barely lift our own.” “Maybe lifting someone else’s weight makes yours a little more bearable

Mud Vein, Tarryn Fisher

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He kissed me with color, with drumbeat, and a surgeon’s precision. He kissed me with who he was, the sum of his life—and it was all encompassing. I wondered what I kissed him with since I was only broken parts.

Mud Vein, Tarryn Fisher

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We are lovers, fear and I. She calls to me, and I let her in.

Mud Vein, Tarry Fisher

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“There is a string that connects us that is not visible to the eye. Maybe every person has more than one soul they are connected to, and all over the world there are those invisible strings… Maybe the chances that you’ll find each and every one of your soul mates is slim. But sometimes you’re lucky enough to stumble across one. And you feel a tug. And it’s not so much a choice to love them though their flaws and through your differences, but rather you love them without even trying. You love their flaws.”

Mud Vein, Tarryn Fisher

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“What’s the difference?” I asked him. “Between the love of your life, and your soulmate?” “One is a choice, and one is not.”

Mud Vein, Tarryn Fisher