Everything Leads to You

“But it feels different because wanting someone is not the same as loving her, and now I understand that Morgan does not love me.”

“When you really want to find someone, it isn't that hard. I should have known all along that she wasn't looking. I feel so stupid.
There's nothing stupid about wanting to be loved.”

“As much as I had wanted a love story out of a movie, I know now that movies can only hope to to capture this kind of love.”

“It's an ache. A heavy sadness. The kind that is brought on by heartbreak and then perpetuated by everything that reminds you of the way it's broken. The kind that feels impossible to shrug off or tuck away. But there is another feeling, too, surfacing, and soon I discover that it's the kind that makes the heartbreak almost something to savor because it is so simple and true.”

“There's still this thing that happens after you break up with someone. It barely takes anytime to work. All you have to do is continue with your life, and then when you find yourself in a room with her again it's as if you're a different person.”

“It sucks to lose your best friend, even if only to distance. Even when it isn't really losing her at all.”

“This is how it works. You bust your ass. Not everything goes your way, and then, after a while, you get to that point. You get to make your own decisions and people look to you for approval on their work.”

“What's the use in waiting until the right moment if that moment never comes?" I say. "What if the moment escapes you in a split second when your focus was elsewhere?”