Fake Dates and Mooncakes

We have the destiny to meet across a thousand miles.

I shrug. “He lives in a huge mansion and drives a Ferrari. I ride a bike with a squeaky front wheel. Our worlds are as far apart as the sun and the moon.” “They align every now and then,” Aunt Jade points out. “Eclipses are pretty memorable.

Grief has a way of sneaking up on you when you're least expecting it. A song, a phrase, a scent...then you're falling into an empty space inside that you thought you'd patched. That you thought could bear the weight.

I'm not sure which knife on my place mat is for cutting the tension

the band plays an upbeat theme song I immediately recognize. I nudge Theo. “Hey, that’s from—” “How to Train Your Dragon.” He grins at my surprise. “What, you think I only know Vivaldi and Mozart?” I’m in love.

Giving your heart to someone is like learning to ride a bike. You’ll skin your elbows and knees, but the pain will pass. You’ll heal. And one day, the scars will be a memory, not of falling, but of getting up again.

For once, the guy I have a crush on isn’t either terminally straight or already taken.

Grief has a way of sneaking up on you when you’re least expecting it. A song, a phrase, a scent…then you’re falling into an empty space inside that you thought you’d patched. That you thought could bear the weight.

They align every now and then,” Aunt Jade points out. “Eclipses are pretty memorable.

Mom used to say there’s good in the worst of things, and bad in the best of them.

Żal ma w zwyczaju atakować właśnie wtedy, gdy człowiek najmniej się tego spodziewa. Wystarczy piosenka,słowo, zapach...i nagle wpadasz w bezdenną otchłań, którą, mógłbyś przysiąc, udało ci się zakopać. Przecież już się nauczyłeś, jak dźwigać ten ciężar, prawda?

I shrug. "He lives in a huge mansion and drives a Ferrari. I ride a bike with a squeaky front wheel. Our worlds are as far apart as the sun and the moon." "They align every now and then," Aunt Jade points out. "Eclipses are pretty memorable.