September 2010
“When love exists, nothing else matters, not life’s predicaments, not the fury of the years, not a physical winding down or scarcity of opportunity.”
—Isabel Allende
“It feels like someone kicked you in the stomach, feels like your heart stopped beating, feels like that dream — you know — the one when you are falling and you want so desperately to wake up before you hit the ground, but it’s all out of your control. You can’t trust anything anymore, no one is who they say they are, your life is changed forever, and the only thing to come out of the whole ugly experience is no one will be able to break your heart like that again.”
—The Women
“Sometimes someone just means so much to you, that not even the truth can change your mind.”
—Neil Gaiman
“I don’t just want your heart. I want your flesh, your skin and blood and bones, your voice, your thoughts, your pulse and most of all your fingerprints, everywhere”
—Isobel Thrilling
“He didn’t say anything. Maybe there wasn’t anything to say. Instead, he wrapped his arms around me again, only this time he guided my cheek onto his chest and ran his hand over the back of my head, clumsy but comforting. I closed my eyes and listened to the thud of his heart until mine matched pace with his. Finally, he rested his cheek on top of my head and whispered, ‘We don’t have time to be sad.’”
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