Quotes from work

The Lover's Dictionary

“The mistake is in thinking there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.”

“Even if neither of us got what we wanted, we found freedom in the third choices.”

“After working for so long on being sure of each other, sure of this thing, suddenly we were unsure again.”

“I'm swimming in your cadences that you permeate my very language.”

“I still don’t know if this is a good quality or a bad one, to be able to be in the moment and then step out of it.”

“If there wasn't a word for it, would we realize our masochism as much?”

“Which is more stubborn, the love or the two arguing people caught within it?”

“You know, I'd get a tattoo with your name on it. Only, I want you to have the freedom to change your name if you want to.”

“elliptical, adj.
The kiss I like the most is one of the slow ones. It’s as much breath as touch, as much no as yes. You lean in from the side, and I have to turn a little to make it happen.”

“These kinds of fights can never be won - even if you're the victor, you've hurt the other person, and there has to be some loss associated with that.”

“You never let things go unanswered for too long. Emails. Phone calls. Questions. As if you know the waiting is the hardest part for me.”

“dissonance, n.

Nights when I need to sleep and you can't. Days when I want to talk to you and you won't. Hours when every noise you make interferes with my silence. Weeks when there is a buzzing in the air, and we both pretend we don't here it.”

“I never know what you really want, if I can give it to you, or if I’m already too late.”

“We walk into a bar, and you're aware of all the eyes on you.
We walk into a bar, and I'm aware of all the eyes on you, too.
For you, this translate into confidence. But me?
All I can feel is doubt.”

“gravity, n.

I imagine you saved my life. And then I wonder if I'm just imagining it.”

“There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.”

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I believe your exact words were: "You're getting too emotional.”

“Dispel, v.
It was the way you said, “I have something to tell you.” I could feel the magic drain from the room.”

“So I said I wanted you to stay, even though nothing could stay the same.”