We are, as the philosophers put it, defined by our will to do better. We are perpetually striving. Read More
We often feel we have achieved some great feat by the deep, romantic loving of another person. We feel that because we have put ourselves out on a such a feeble limb, we are deserving of something. We are owed reparations for all that we lose when in love, like our freedom and our minds. Read More
That’s the trouble with dreamers. It’s never as good as what was, or what could be, or the coffee talk. It’s never now. It’s some other time and place. Read More
I think about (bleeped out) a lot when I hear certain songs. I wasn’t in love with him, but he was my best friend, and we liked to enter into the same kind of world. Read More
Thank goodness for the spring, though. For giving her back to herself. Read More
He said, “I’ve never realized how much I need you for the rest of my life more than I did in that moment.” Which made me feel sad, really. Because I feel like that in every moment. Read More
Anyway she was bored. Beneath her feet the crust of the earth was churning. Tectonic plates scraping against each other hundreds of miles beneath her. Read More
X stared at his text message. The music was building. Electronic synths climbing towards the chorus. Everything felt dramatic. She... Read More
To truly love, I’ve heard, you must love selflessly. But there is nothing selfless about love. Read More