Oct 22, 2025
“I love that English uses the word falling to describe the initial rush of love, capturing the stomach-sinking danger of opening your heart over a chasm of what if. It feels like the greatest impossibility that anyone could love all those deep-inside, messy, jagged bits we try to hide from even ourselves. But after all, it’s the impact with the ground that hurts, not the fall, so I guess that’s why the best partners are the ones who cushion us as we … as we …”
Author's note from Fall for Him (2024) by Andie Burke
