—NOW I KNOW YOU'RE LYING 

 

 

…It takes a lot to admit you’re a Silly Goose, even if you’re not one.

 

…I used to hate it when people would say, “It’s going to be okay.” Like, how do they know? 

Now I’d die to hear someone say it.

 

…“No, there’s nothing left, it’s only me and you, holding onto Heaven.”

 

…Unconditional love is really love at its bravest, at its weakest, and its most extraordinary.

 

…Paradise is what you make it, but then there’s the real paradise. Fuck, just look at it.

 

…People who live in the sun all the time are so lucky. But then so am I, here in the pouring rain.

 

…Some people are so kind and genuine that you can’t hug them hard enough.

 

…“Nothing lasts forever, nothing goes to plan.”

 

…Gosh, what a road. I’m still thinking about it.

 

…I think there’s this point where you look at your belly and you go, Heck with it, who cares? And then you just swell because it’s easier that way. I’m almost there.

 

…I’ve got voices in my head, but I have to remind myself that they’re not me.

 

…“I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.” Sylvia Plath

 

…“I love you, Dad,”—hearing that never gets old, no matter how many times its spoken, or typed.

 

…What I wouldn’t give for a hug.

 

…Numbers? I mean, why do they have to be such a thing?

 

…I look and I look and I look. Such a child, really.

 

…When I was a child, well, it was something else. Amen.

 

…Fuck off yesterday. Don’t you have someone else to pester?

 

…I’m ready for a nap, and I don’t nap. 

 

…Lean closer. Give me your shoulder and anything else you trust me with.

 

…How are your New Year’s Resolutions working out for you thus far? I’m 50-50, but still trying, and isn’t trying the point?

 

…“Here we go, growing old and tired in the silence. Never know ‘til you hear all the sirens.”

 

…The differences in people—sorting them out, the ability to do that calmly, without judgment, or malice—that’s really the key to everything.

 

...“I should go but if this is the end of the line, hold me close, and we can lay here one last time.”

 

…Tomorrow could be sunnier, but we’ve still got today, right?