Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.

If only she could be so oblivious again to feel such love without knowing it mistaking it for laughter.

Love who you love while you have them. Thats all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love youll never run out.

You can obsess and obsess over how things endedwhat you did wrong or could have done differentlybut theres not much of a point. Its not like itll change anything. So really why worry

But even when I stop crying even when we fall asleep and Im nestled in his arms this will leave another scar. No one will see it. No one will know. But it will be there. And eventually all of the scars will have scars and thats all Ill be--one big scar of a love gone wrong.

When you find somebody you love all the way through and she loves youeven with your weaknesses your flaws everything starts to click into place. And if you can talk to her and she listens if she makes you laugh and makes you think makes you want makes you see who you really are and who you are is better just better with her youd be crazy not to want to spend the rest of your life with her. Carter Maguire

Except fang. I glared at him. Go on try to stop me I dare you. It was like the old days when we used to wrestle each trying to get the better of the other. I was ready to take him down my hands curled into fist. I was just going to say be careful Fang told me. He stepped closer and brushed some hair out of my eyes. And Ive got your back. He motioned with his head toward the torpedo chamber. Oh my God. It hit me like a tsunami then how perfect he was for me how no one else would ever could ever be so perfect for me how he was everything I could possibly hope for as a friend boyfriend maybe even more. He was it for me. There would be no more looking. I really really loved him with a whole new kind of love Id never felt before something that made every other kind of love Id ever felt feel washed out and wimpy in comparison. I loved him with every cell in my body every thought in my head every feather in my wings every breathe in my lungs. and air sacs. Too bad I was going out to face almost certain death. Right there in front of everyone I threw my arms around his neck and smashed my mouth against his. He was startled for a second then his strong arms wrapped around me so tightly I could hardly breathe. ZOMG I heard Nudge whisper but still fang and I kissed slanting our heads this way and that to get closer. I could have stood there and kissed him happily for the next millennium but Angel or what was left of her was still out there in the could dark ocean. Reluctantly I ended the kiss took a step back. Fangs obsidian eyes were glittering brightly and his stoic face had a look of wonder on it.Gotta go I said quietly. A half smile quirked his mouth. Yeah. Hurry back. I nodded and he stepped out of the air lock chamber keeping his eyes fixed on me memorizing me as he hit the switch that sealed the chamber. The doors hissed shut with a kind of finality and I realized that my heart was beating so hard it felt like it was going to start snapping ribs. I was scared. I was crazily deeply incredibly joyously terrifyingly in love. I was on a death mission. Before my head simply exploded from so much emotion I hit the large button that pressurized the air lock enough for the doors to open to the ocean outside. I really really hoped that I would prove somewhat uncrushable like Angel did. The door cracked open below me and I saw the first dark glint of frigid water.

Sam came around the side of the car and stopped dead when he saw me. Oh my God what is THAT I used my thumb and middle finger to flick the multicolored pom-pom on top of my head. In my language we call it a HAT. It keeps my ears warm. Oh my God Sam said again and closed the distance between us. He cupped my face in his hands and studied me. Its horribly cute. He kissed me looked at the hat and then he kissed me again. I vowed never to lose the pom-pom hat.

I mean its not surprising really. Once you love something you always love it in some way. You have to. Its like part of you for good.

Tears are words the heart cant express