someone: hey are you doing okay?
me, planning my suicide and violently self-sabotaging: yeah why
once upon a time we were great lovers,
now we are not lovers, not friends, not enemies,
just strangers with some lovely memories
“There’s a Japanese phrase that I like: koi no yokan. It doesn’t mean love at first sight. It’s closer to love at second sight. It’s the feeling when you meet someone that you’re going to fall in love with them. Maybe you don’t love them right away, but it’s inevitable that you will.”— Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star
“Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away.”— Alice Hoffman, The Dovekeepers
