He smiles at me and I am suddenly seventeen again - the year I realize that love doesnt follow the rules the year I understood that nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable

Until this moment I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice along the very same fault lines.

Im lonely. Why do you think I had to learn to act so independent I also get mad too quickly and I hog the covers and my second toe is longer than my big one. My hair has its own zip code. Plus I get certifiably crazy when Ive got PMS. You dont love someone because theyre perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that theyre not.

I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone and they opened you only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.

You dont love someone because theyre perfect you love them in spite of the fact that theyre not.