

“Maybe I’ll always be scared. Maybe the fear of getting hurt, of being left alone,
will never truly go away. But even if it’s my default setting, I can fight it. So many beautiful things lie on the other side of fear.
Like love.
Like this.”
― This Time It's Real
will never truly go away. But even if it’s my default setting, I can fight it. So many beautiful things lie on the other side of fear.
Like love.
Like this.”
― This Time It's Real

“But aren’t small things exactly what friendships are made up of? Frayed string bracelets and late-night texts and compilations of your favorite songs? When you take those things away, what do you have left?”
― This Time It's Real
― This Time It's Real

“When you care about someone, you want to be inconvenienced—you wouldn’t mind being
inconvenienced by them every day for the rest of your life. That’s what love is. That’s all love really is.”
― This Time It's Real
inconvenienced by them every day for the rest of your life. That’s what love is. That’s all love really is.”
― This Time It's Real

“isn’t that what homes are made of? A collection of the things that shape you?”
― This Time It's Real
― This Time It's Real

“But certain joys, I'm discovering, are worth the potential pain.”
― This Time It's Real
― This Time It's Real

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