

“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”
― My Sister's Keeper
― My Sister's Keeper

“A mighty pain to love it is,
And 't is a pain that pain to miss;
But of all pains, the greatest pain
It is to love, but love in vain.”
― The Poems of Abraham Cowley
And 't is a pain that pain to miss;
But of all pains, the greatest pain
It is to love, but love in vain.”
― The Poems of Abraham Cowley

“Snape's patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Unrequited love is all right in books and things, but in real life, it completely sucks”
― Haunted
― Haunted

“Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited.”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
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