Orphic.

“Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when nothing changes a speck, when you don’t go anywhere or do anything or think one new thought. And then you can get hit with a day, or an hour, or a half a second when so much happens it’s almost like you got born all over again into some brand-new person you for damn sure never expected to meet.”

“I tell myself always to remember the sensations of this moment: hot sun on my skin, the mango ice cream, and his hand in mine.”

"Where does jealousy come from, if not an insecurity that I'll lose you because of him? But that's not how it works, no matter how many people believe it so. You're not something to be kept or taken, and love isn't some scarce resource to battle over. Love can be infinite, as much as your heart can open. I mean, when you think about it, love is fueled mostly by compatibility. Whether two people make each other happy by being close. So it'd be pointless for me to resent [him]. However compatible you are with him, it doesn't have anything to do with how compatible you are with me."

“it’s so good to sleep next to someone again and I’m not bothered if it doesn’t go further. I walk home… feeling more human, softer and rounded.”