Overqualified
A source page for quotes linked to Joey Comeau.
“Relationships work best if we are honest about not wanting the truth.”
“The terrible things that happened to you didn't make you you. You always were.”
“I don't want to die alone, which I guess means I don't want to die.”
“You were my everything, which, upon reflection, was probably the problem.”
“I don't want a world without pain, or loss. I just want them to mean something.”
“I wish there was a word that meant goodbye for someone who was already gone.”
“Okay, now imagine I am falling in love with you. Can you picture it? Now picture that backwards.”
“My mother took off when I was little. I want to hunt her down and tell her how proud I am.”
“I know that I don't deserve you, but that's okay. Life's not fair.”
“It turns out that sometimes the future actually belongs to someone else.”
“Sometime when two people love each other, it's really unfortunate.”
“Death is not the end. Death is the credits rolling. The movie was over a while ago.”
“When I was just a little girl I asked my mummy, "what should I be?" "Fuck should," she said.”
“I love my puppy. I love that he is so young and full of life, and that he will still die first.”
“They should have included a picture of your smile in the space probe as a warning.”
“I wish there were a better than 'sorry'. But then, I'd probably need a better word than that.”
“I will always love you, or anyway, I will always have loved you now.”
“I want people to tell their children terrifying stories about the things we did for love.”
“My resolution this year is to get a dog and practice loving something back.”
“You don't love me, but you used to. I wanted to say thank you for that.”
“Man plans, and god laughs. Like the ant and the grasshopper.”
“I have loved since you. But when the new paint gets scratched, there you are underneath.”
“It must be nice, being perfect, but some of us have to live in this world.”
“Nothing can change the way I feel about you. I wish it could.”
“I wish I could give you everything you want and still be me.”
“When people say our love won't last forever, it sounds like they think anything will.”
“You and me will died the way we lived; telling ourselves stories to make it mean something.”
“Love is stupid. Happiness is admitting we aren't better than stupid.”
“We could have been perfect if only we'd met when we were both too young to know better.”
“If I could change anything about you, it would be a mistake.”