when Clementine Von Radics said "I am afraid I will love you forever and we will never be in the same room again." and when Lemony Snicket said “I will love you if I never see you again, And I will love you if I see you every Tuesday.”

i want 2 be the kind of person whose bookshelves intimidate strangers. rows of spines whispering of ideas bigger than any one life. to speak of nietzsche as easily as i speak of the weather, to argue about dostoevsky with the same casualness as people gossip about celebrities. knowledge, when worn correctly, is the finest jewelry

oh to love and be loved in return, just once in this lifetime

three years later, at the ripe age of 23 i’ve finally fallen in love and am being loved in return. at times, i genuinely thought this would never happen. not sure i‘ve ever been this happy to have been wrong

the art of noticing

the art of understanding

A love filled with softness and tenderness