"I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or fourth. But I remember the first moment I looked at you walking toward me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when I was with you."
"Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child’s smile, and a cup of excellent coffee."
"I have lost and loved and won and cried myself to the person I am today."
"Stop.
turn around
and collapse into me
like the waves
returning to the sea"