✨Lauren✨

“You shouldn’t have to apologize for what it is you’re feeling. You’re human and you are allowed to feel. Remember that.”

“I want so much that is not here and I do not know where to go.”

“Sometimes I pretend that I don’t care. But really, I care more than anyone else ever will.”

“I have a pretty good memory, but memories are time beings, too, like cherry blossoms or ginkgo leaves; for awhile they are beautiful, and then they fade and die.”

“You can hate a place with all your heart and soul and still be homesick for it.”

“That’s when you know you’ve found somebody special. When you can just shut the f*ck up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.”

“The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.”

“Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”

“Not everyone or everything deserves your energy.”

“When it’s mutual, a man and a woman know, instinctively, wordlessly. They may do nothing about it, but the knowledge of that shared desire is out there in the world - as obvious as neon, saying: I want you, I want you, I want you.”

“I always speak the truth. Not the whole truth, because there’s no way, to say it all. Saying it all is literally impossible: words fail. Yet it’s through this very impossibility that the truth holds onto the real.”

“A soulmate is someone who is willing to grow with you, who chooses to be with you until the end, and will love you through good and bad. It’s not about sunshine and laughter, it’s about mundane moments filled with unknowns.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.”

“Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.”