"I kissed him passionately, I even wanted to bruise him, so that he would not be able to forget me."

...I mean that I was in love with the city, the way you love the first person who ever touches you and you never love anyone quite that way again.

All they were-all they had ever been-was a pair of sunflowers who each believed the other was the sun.

"I knew I did from that first moment we met. It was... Not love at first sight exactly, but - familiarity. Like: oh, hello, it's you. It's going to be you."

"Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter."

" His dark eyes took me in, and I wondered what they would look like if he fell in love "

" maybe one day you'll relate to the poems about being in love and being loved back. and not the ones about longing for it like it's something distant & unattainable for you "

"Do not be absent for too long and ask about how I am, details die with time and stories change."

" You have me. Until every last star in the galaxy dies. You have me "

" I choose you. And I'll choose you, over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat. I'll keep choosing you "

" It was real for me. I don't know what it was for you. But for me. It was real. It meant more than it should have. And I was willing to be with you forever "

" All that she could think was that she needed him. She needed his arms around her, needed him to hold her and whisper that they'd find a way to be together "

"moon dust in your lungs, stars in your eyes, you are a child of the cosmos and ruler of the skies."

" Because my love for you is higher than words, I have decided to fall silent "

" I’m learning to love the sound of my feet walking away from things not meant for me "

" Tonight, everyone's focus is on my art, but my focus is on him. He's the most beautiful piece in this entire room "