“When you like someone, you have to allow yourself to be vulnerable enough to let them in. Love is messy.”
“To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.”
“When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.”
“And maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything.”
“What did it feel like, I wondered, to love someone that much? So much that you couldn't even control yourself when they came close, as if you might just break free of whatever was holding you and throw yourself at them with enough force to easily overwhelm you both.”
“...allowing yourself to be vulnerable makes you weak but also opens you to the nuances of beauty...”