The Book Nook

"But sometimes what you think is love is just a beautiful form of self-destruction. The worst thing in life is to give yourself away in exchange for nothing."

"Even if we don't last forever, if we end up never speaking again, I will always know that in this moment he was everything to me."

"I have given up everything for him. And I may not even have him. Maybe that's the lesson of adulthood. In the end, you've only got you."

"There's no point in effing up tomorrow in the hope of getting a yesterday back."

"It was such a comforting feeling to have so much understanding reflected back on a face that wasn't yours."

"He loved me. I knew heartache would be inevitable when he left, but I knew he loved me."

"I grab my phone and back into the center of the room, delivery truck style but without the beeps."

"I want to believe you, I do. But I'm afraid you'll leave me again. And I don't know if I could take that."

"Yet I can't make myself go to her. And she's clearly given up on me. I deserve her giving up. I gave up on her first, didn't I? 'More like you gave up on yourself.'"

"I gave my heart so completely, so fully to someone else, that when my heart was broken, those pieces I'd freely given away weren't mine any longer."

How could I possibly have given over so much of myself to someone who didn’t even want it?

"I have given everything up for him. And I may not even have him. Maybe that's the lesson of adulthood. In the end, you've only got you."

"It's not where you start that matters. It's where you end up."