Used book stores are one of few places where I feel like time freezes.

to look at her is to see the sun and the moon collide

Please don't hurt me.

6. When my psychiatrist asked me if I think I have OCD I said no, he said that was interesting.

You have no idea how happy I am that I found you first.

You are my forever

I think that meeting you was the best thing that has ever happened to me. I love you.

I am so in love with you, I would do anything you asked me to.

And if you have to crack her ribs to get to her heart just remember that broken bones heal and broken promises don't.

I could write the story of how we met About the stupid giggle I get every time your name shows up on my phone Or the butterflies I get in my stomach when you tell me you love me But that would be such a boring story One that everyone has heard a million times over I would rather take pictures of you sitting looking at nothing With little captions about the way your hair had fallen in your face Or lay on the grass with someone and tell them about the way your lips move when you talk I think the story of the way I imagine my fingertips brushing against your skin is so much more interesting

3043.6 miles

Long distance relationships are kind of like glass jars. I'm in one and you're in another. I can see you but the image of your face doesn't look the same through glass as it would in person and I can hear you but your voice is echoed and muffled because of the cover on your jar and you're right there but I can't touch you. I can't be with you. I can't sit on the couch with your head in my lap. I can't sit across the table from you at a cute café. I can't hold your hand while we walk down the street. But I can see your hands that I want to hold and I can see your lips that I wish I could kiss and I want to be with you. If I could break my glass jar I would but I can't and nobody can understand how frustrating it is to see exactly what you want right in front of you but not be able to have it. Our glass jars are 3043.6 miles.

stop falling in love with him

I know that her voice changes when she gets tired and I can always tell when she needs to go to sleep. And I know that she loves all the high school musical movies but the second one is her favorite. I know that there's a line in that song that will always upset her which is why I don't like when she listens to it. I know that she's terrified of cockroaches and she's scared of the dark and that her biggest fear is falling off of the Grand Canyon. And all of these things are small unimportant facts but those are the ones that stick in my head because I think they will always say most about her and I want to know everything.

a list of advice

1. I know your chest aches at the thought of it and I know it hurt you so badly but love, you're going to have to put that behind you because there is an entire world of opportunities right in front of you and you'll never know it if you're turned around watching past memories float away. 2. Babies never learn not to touch hot things because as soon as the sting goes away they forget that it hurt. Just remember that. 3. Hugging your knees might not ever be the same as being in his arms and whispering to yourself will not sound the same as his voice late at night. But those memories will haunt you dear, and it's not worth it. 4. Take a shower. Let the water run over your body and wash it all away. 5. Nobody's lips are ever going to taste the same so stop looking for someone to replace him.

I don't know much about love But I know that when your name shows up on my phone I get butterflies And hearing your voice say my name makes me tingly I know that your face is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen And that your smile makes me giggle like a child I know that the thoughts of holding your hand and touching your skin keeps me going And I'm pretty sure that's all there is to know about love.

I never needed anybody because needing people is stupid. If you need someone then you will always have to live in fear of losing them and what would happen if you did. But here you are and I need you so badly it hurts and now I live in fear everyday of losing you and what would happen if I did but it's not like what I thought. It's not painful or awful, it's wonderful. It's beautiful to love you so much that I need you.

I want to wake up and look over at you. I want to wake up next to you. I want to watch you as you open your eyes, squinted, because the sun coming through the curtain hits your face. I want to reach over and push away the hair that fell in your face. I want to hear your morning voice, groggy and soft. I want to be able to roll over and kiss you and hug you and cuddle you. I want to go to sleep knowing that this is what I’ll wake up to.