“I love you, and not in a friendly way, although I think we’re great friends. And not in a misplaced affection, puppy-dog way, although I’m sure that’s what you call it. And it’s not because you’re unattainable. I love you, very simply, very truly. You have all the qualities I’ve every looked for in someone. I know you think of me as a friend, and that crossing that line is the last thing you’d ever want to do, but I just had to say it. I can’t take it anymore.. I can’t stand next to you without wanting to hold you, I can’t look into your eyes without wanting to kiss you, and I can’t talk to you without wanting to say I love you. I know this will probably ruin our friendship, but I’ve never felt this way before. And if telling you this means we can’t be friends anymore, then I guess that hurts me. But I couldn’t let another day go by without telling you, regardless of what happens. I know some part of you is hesitating for a moment, and if there is a moment of hesitation, that means you feel something too. All that I ask is that you realize that… atleast for a second. There isn’t anyone, anywhere, who’s ever made me half the person I am when I’m with you, and I would risk our whole friendship for the chance to take it to something more… because it’s there between you and me, you can’t deny that. Even if we never speak again after tonight, please know that I am forever changed because of who you are and what you’ve meant to me.”
—Holden (Chasing Amy)
August 2010
“You have to pay attention, take the world in before you can accurately let it out again. There’s something to be said for silence, exile and cunning.”
—-As Simple As Snow by Gregory Galloway
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.”
—Arundhati Roy
