“Knowing him was sweatpants and suntans and riding in his Jeep until the sky turned pink and purple. Growing up with him involved the best days, fishing off his dock as crickets chirped in the background, watching outdoor movies until we fell asleep on his old bedspread. It was love. It was young. And I feel it all still, burning in the places it shouldn’t be. Even though he betrayed me.”
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“Time. I knew well enough that time numbed certain things”
“I can't live with my heart half-broken all the time”
“Love, considered as an animal appetite, cannot long feed on itself without expiring.”
“It occurs to me that hearts and souls and lives can themselves be sites of unimaginable suffering.”
“We were inseparable once. And today I hate even thinking about you.”
“Nobody's heart broke when we disappeared. We're easy to replace.”
“Jealousy still gave him a pang. The heart was a stupid thing.”
“I don't regret one moment of loving her, even though it still hurts that she's gone.”