Fool.

Love can sometimes be magic.

But magic is just an illusion.

Something broken

Something broken finds its way back together again inside her when he said "It's an open invitation. No expiration date. I just miss you so much. You're everything I know I want."

Talking hands

A couple sat across her, signing their entire conversation. She averts her eyes and blushes. She feels like she's eavesdropping.

***

Sign language is so graceful, so polite. There's no probability of talking over each other unless you swat the hands away. And all you have to do to ignore the other person is to just close your eyes.

worse than death

For whatever dies between a man and a woman is greater than any single death.

Why does it matter?

"Why does my approval matter so much to you? You know you don't need it to do what you want."

She pursed her lips and scowled at him like he was bequeathed the answer to the meaning of life and blew his nose in it. "Because it's yours. That's all that matters."

Ain't Love Grand?

"She'll only break your heart, it's a fact. And even though I warn you, even though I guarantee you that the girl will only hurt you terribly, you'll still pursue her. Ain't love grand?"

- Nora Digger Dinsmoor, Great Expectations

No Choice

Of all the things you could've insisted on...

Of all the things you could've asked me for...

I wish you hadn't asked me to let you go.