Stains are even worse when youre the only one who can see them.

and when all the wars are over a butterfly will still be beautiful.

I am beginning to understand said the little prince. There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me...

To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is well a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense humbles us out of our self-righteousness and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.

Because love love is never finished. It circles and circles the memories out of order and not always complete.

I had never thought I could love another person this much. I also never thought Id live in such fear of losing another person. Was this how everyone in love felt Did they all cling tightly to their beloved and wake up terrified in the middle of the night afraid of being alone Was that an inevitable way of life when you loved so deeply Or was it just those of us who walked on a precipice who lived in such panic

Just for future reference dont use words like love anymore. Its a very sensitive word and it wears out quickly. Romeo barely says it but John Hinckley filled up a whole journal with it. To put it into your terms its a currency thats easily devalued. Pretty soon youre saying it whenever you hang up the phone or whenever you leave. It turns into an apology. Then its an excuse. Some assholes want it to be a bulletproof vest dont hate me I love you. But mostly it just means--more. More more--give me something more. A couple of years from now when youre on your own completely if you really fall in love if it really comes to that--and I pity you if it does--you have to look right down into the black of her eyes right down into the emptiness in there and feel everything absolutely everything she needs and you have to be willing to drown in it Kevin. Youd have to want to be crushed buried alive. Because thats what real love feels like--choking. They used to bury some women in their wedding dresses you know. I thought it was because all those husbands were too cheap to spring for another gown but now it makes sense love is your first foot in the grave. Thats why the second most abused word is forever.

How would your life be different ifYou approached all relationships with authenticity and honesty Let today be the dayYou dedicate yourself to building relationships on the solid foundation of truth and authenticity.

Herondales. Zachariahs voice was a breath half laughter half pain. I had almost forgotten. No other family does so much for love or feels so much guilt for it. Dont carry the weight of the world on you Jace. Its too heavy for even a Herondale to bear.

You are afraid of it because it is stronger than you you hate it because you are afraid of it you love it because you cannot subdue it to your will. Only the unsubduable can be loved.