Mysterium

“Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.”

“I love you,’ he whispered, and that was the moment he knew what he was going to do. When you loved someone, you put their needs before your own. No matter how inconceivable those needs were; no matter how fucked up; no matter how much it made you feel like you were ripping yourself into pieces.”

“People shouldn’t have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty.”

“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.”

“Your flaws are perfect for the heart that is meant to love you.”

“You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your windows. So that’s why I’m scared when you say you love me.”

“If flowers can grow through blankets of melting snow, there is hope for me.”