“Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me.”
“quoting reminds me there are other people in the world besides only me. And other thoughts besides mine, and other ways of thinking.”
“It’s like they don’t even know how to stand beside each other without one groping the other. Their clinginess has always annoyed me.”
“Strengthen me, oh Lord, to always love others in the way that You love me.”
“I'm not losing you again. You're with me. I want you there beside me. Always.”
“His attempt to manipulate his way into a car ride with me was adorable, in a way, like watching a newborn fawn try to stand up.”