"I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible.

And how it can actually ache in places you didnt know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... You still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes, you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade." I love what you are, and what you do and how you try. Ive seen your kindness and your strength that carries you through. Ive seen the best of you. Ive seen the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. And I love you. Ill give you everything I am and still fall short of what you've done for me. In this life that I live, I hope I can give love unselfishly. Ive learned the world is bigger than me. You're my daily dose of reality. Im never letting this one go. Because certain people enter our lives at the most peculiar times, for the most beautiful reasons. They seem to make such perfect impressions while leaving behind an everlasting impact. Some of the best things in life appear when you least expect them. Things you can never forget. I don't hate him. I loved him until I figured out it hurts a lot less to just not care. You don't expect him to turn up to your sporting match? No disappointments. You don't expect a call on your birthday? Don't expect to see him for months? No disappointments. You want us to go make up? Sink a few beers together? Nice family hug? Ive given him enough hugs. He's given me enough disappointments. House It's not that I don't care about your feelings, I do, it's just that you see, I know, I know what regret feels like and I don't want that for you. I know what it's like to look back, and wish. - Centre Stage Because the things you're afraid of are usually the most worthwhile. - Chasing Liberty We both had done the math. She added it all up and knew she had to let me go. I added it up, and knew that I had lost her. 'Cos I was never going to get off that island. I was going to die there, totally alone. I was going to get sick, or get injured or something. The only choice I had, the only thing I could control was when, and how, and where it was going to happen. So, I made a rope and I went up to the summit, to hang myself. I had to test it, you know? Of course. You know me. And the weight of the log, snapped the limb of the tree, so, I-I - , I couldn't even kill myself the way I wanted to. I had power over nothing. And that's when this feeling came over me like a warm blanket. I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow, I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. Im back. In Memphis, talking to you. I have ice in my glass.... And Ive lost her all over again. Im so sad that I don't have her. But Im so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what have to do now. I got to keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring? -Castaway You know what? You're a criminal. 'Cause you rob these kids of their creativity and their passion. That's the real crime! Well, what about you parents? Did - did the system really work out for you? Did it teach you to follow your heart, or to just play it safe, roll over? What about you guys? Did you always want to be school administrators? Was that your dream? Or maybe no, maybe you always wanted to be a poet. Maybe you wanted to be a magician or an artist. Maybe you just wanted to travel the world. Look, I - I - I - I lied to you. I lied to all of you, and Im sorry. Dad, especially to you. But out of that desperation, something happened that was so amazing. Life was full of possibilities. A - and isn't that you ultimately want for us? As parents, I mean, is - is that, is possibilities. Well, we came here today to ask for your approval, and something just occurred to me. I don't care. Who cares about your approval? We don't need your approval to tell us that what we did was real. 'Cause there are so few truths in this world, that when you see one, you just know it. And I know that it is a truth that real learning took place there. Whether you like it or not, it did. 'Cause you don't need teachers or classrooms or - or fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with a desire to better themselves; and we go that there. So you can go ahead, sign your forms, reject us and shoot us down, and do whatever you got to do. It doesn't really matter at this point. Because we'll never stop learning, and we'll never stop growing, and we'll never forget the ideals that were instilled in us at our place. 'Cause we are who we are and we'll be that forever and nothing you can say or do or stamp can take that away from us! Accepted It's an interesting time in your life because you're trying to act older and mature, but you really have no idea what you're doing. Youre scared, and it's okay to be scared. It's okay to not know completely what you want or what you should be doing and to stumble a little bit." - Milo Ventimiglia "You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That's where Ill always love you, that's where Ill be waiting." - Peter Pan People have scars, in all sorts of unexpected places. Like secret road maps of their personal histories. Diagrams of all their old wounds. Most of our wounds heal, leaving nothing behind but a scar, but some of them don't. Some wounds we carry with us everywhere, and though the cut's long gone, the pain still lingers.

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse, and when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad, they have to get better. I don't want to end up making promises that I have no intentions of keeping or say things that I don't feel. - Boy Meets World I want a guy who understands that Ill buy a happy meal from McDonalds just for the toy. And that Ill eat soup with a fork just for the challenge. I want a guy that accepts the fact that I cry when I watch Bambi. But most importantly, I want a guy who understands all my imperfections & still loves me for me. People don't keep journals for themselves. They keep them for other people, like a secret they don't want to tell, but they want everyone to know. You make me laugh like no one else can. And you must understand that it's not a fake laugh either, like I use with everyone else. With you, Im actually happy. It was the kind of kiss that I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life. - The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Shoot for the stars, because even if you miss, youll land among the clouds. It's funny how people only want me when they need me. They don't want me because they like me; they want me because they need someone to talk to. Well, what if one day I wasn't there? I bet you all their heads would explode. "Life- it isn't about who you've kissed, what sport you play, or which guy likes you. Life just isn't about that. It's about who you love and who you hurt. It's about staying close to those who love you. It's about believing in yourself, when no one else does. It's about having fun, living with no regrets. It's about seeing people for who they are and not what they have. It's about having heart. It's about living each day as if it were your last. When youre feeling sad, keep that smile, and act as if everythings okay. Make mistakes, and learn from them." You do your thing and I do my thing. You are you and I am I. And, if, in the end, we end up together, it's beautiful. -Topanga I want something real, something I can touch and hold onto. A love that makes my heart skip, and gives me that amazing feeling in the pit of my stomach. I want forever. Never say you've lost a friend, because if a friendship is capable of ending, it never existed. And they say we'll never see half as much as they did. It's true that we never saw Vietnam or World War II. We didn't see our mothers cry when Kennedy died, but we've lived our whole lives being told that we're just not good enough. But we've seen anorexia and bulimia because skinny just isn't skinny enough. We saw Columbine and watched the Twin Towers fall. We've seen a lot of greed and even more hate. Our generation fights a different kind of war, but we've seen just as much as them. Maybe even more. I want to be the girl that you see, and stop dead in the middle of a conversation just to look at. Remember that the sun always shines again after the rain. Maybe that's what you got when you stood over your grief, facing it finally. A sense of its depths, its area, the distance across, and the way over or around it, whichever you chose in the end. - The Truth About Forever In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you. The right person will still think the sun shines out your ass. Thats the kind of person worth sticking with. - Juno When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So, what the hell, leap! - Cynthia Heimel Stop talking about love. Every asshole in the world says he loves somebody. It means nothing. What you feel only matters to you. Its what you do to the people you say you love. Thats the only thing that matters. Its the only thing that counts Shes a disaster. She loses faith in herself every day. Her life is a mess and she doesn't even care. No one understands her. And people say stuff to put her down and no one even notices that she might be breaking inside. Or they never notice that maybe she needs a hug from someone; or someone to sit there with her and listen to her. Maybe that's all she needs.. Shes banged up, mentally and emotionally, literally and metaphorically. But every day she walks outside with a smile on her face because that's who she is. You know, we spend all this time building something up and then we don't enjoy it. We just sit there terrified someones going to come and take it from us. - Brooke Davis It sounds clich, but that little voice is sometimes the only voice that's speaking the truth. - Sara Bareilles

Follow the tugs in your heart. I think that everyone gets these gentle urges and should listen to them. Even if they sound absolutely insane, they may be worth going for. - Victoria Moran Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen Screaming is bad for the voice but its good for the heart. - Conor Oberst It is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. - Mahatma Gandhi In order to move on, you must know why you felt the way you did and why you no longer need to feel it. It seems like the simplest concept. Just push everyone away, and you'll never get hurt. However, the simplest isn't always the most effective. Someday, someone is going to find their way in, and they're going to leave you on your knees. We fall like shooting stars and autumn leaves, staying up later than the street lights, promising what never could be. You got to love music more than you love food. More than life, more than yourself. - August Rush Do you think it's possible to fall in love with a character in a book? I think I have... Or at least the idea of the character. Its easier to fall in love with an idea than a reality. Reality delivers too much disappointment. The fate of your heart is your choice. No one else gets a vote. - This Lullaby To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. - E. E. Cummings Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love, but in reality, love is the only thing in this world that covers up all pain and makes someone feel wonderful again. Love is the only thing in this world that does not hurt. Twilight Through my tears, I could hear her saying it was all going to be okay, and I know she believed this. But I was sure of something, too: it's a lot easier to be lost than found. Its the reason we're always searching, and rarely discovered: so many locks, not enough keys. But wasn't that always the way? Its never something huge that changes everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the universe while you're busy focusing on the big picture. The more I look around and listen; I realize that Im not alone. We are all facing choices that define us. No choice, however messy, is without importance in the overall picture of our lives. We all at our own age have to claim something, even if it's only our own confusion. I am in the middle of growing up and into myself. Weve all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes, we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep todays possibility under tomorrows rug until we cant anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying. -Greys Anatomy The important thing is not to be bitter over life's disappointments. Learn to let go of the past and recognize that everyday won't be sunny, and when you find yourself lost in the darkness of despair, remember: it's only in the black of night that you see the stars, and those stars lead you back home. So don't be afraid to make mistakes, to stumble and fall, because most of the time, the greatest rewards come from doing things that scare you the most. Maybe you'll get everything you wish for. Maybe you'll get more than you ever could have imagined. Who knows where life will take you? On the outside youre not that same naive kid anymore. Youve been through too much lately. But deep down, at your core, there will always be a part of you that rejects reality, which is eternally hopeful. -Dawson's Creek There is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again. Id rather do nothing and be happy than do something I know I don't love. -What Happens in Vegas. I know you're right, and I get it. But if you're always looking for reasons not to be with somebody, you'll always find them. I guess at some point you should let go and give your heart what it deserves. -One Tree Hill Its okay if you want to limit yourself, but don't let others do it for you. -Gracie I usually don't like thinking about the future. I mean, let's face it, you can't predict what's going to happen. But sometimes, the thing you didn't expect is what you really wanted after all. Maybe the best thing to do is just stop trying to figure out where youre going, and enjoy where youre at. - Scrubs

You can find the good in anybody if you just give them a chance, benefit of the doubt. Sometimes people disappoint you, sometimes they surprise you, but you never really get to know them until you listen to what's in their hearts. - One Tree Hill I guess if you don't jump, you'll never know if you can fly. Its not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear. Its like being between trapezes. Its Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. Theres nothing to hold on to. Life is the ability to feel so happy; you think your insides are going to explode. Its being so upset or disappointed, you feel as if your stomach just dropped ten feet out of place. Its running so hard, you can barely breathe. Its the feeling of panic when you know you've been caught doing something wrong. Its having that sudden rush before you kiss someone you care about. Its opening your eyes and feeling them sting because you spent the whole night crying. Its letting people go because new ones come in, and all the while realizing that life doesn't have a purpose unless you let it. You know me; I used to get caught up in everyday life, tried to make it through my day so I could sleep at night, tried to figure out my way through the maze of rights and wrongs but like you used to say, nothing feels like it's really worth it. Forget perfect, Im trying not to be worthless. This is what I don't understand something that is supposed to make you feel so complete; bring you such happiness, ends up like this. There were no fireworks or explosions. Just the taste of cheap beer, and the sadness you were trying to forget, well it takes over. Im never letting this one go, because certain people enter our lives at the most peculiar times; for the most beautiful reasons. They seem to make such amazing impressions while leaving behind an everlasting impact. Some of the best things in life appear when you least expect them. Things you can never forget. You can always tell when two people are best friends because they're always having way more fun than it makes sense for them to be having Maybe I was never as smart as I thought. Maybe we can never be as good as we were. Maybe you just didnt need me enough. Maybe were too clever to be falling in love like this Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, its not because they enjoy solitude. Its because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them. -My Sisters Keeper Sometimes you just got to put yourself out there and not worry about what happens. There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today. Every song ends, but is that any reason not to enjoy the music? -One Tree Hill I kind of just want that kiss, just for the thrill or just maybe to miss you when you go, just so I know that it can and it does get better than this I never used to be able to understand how someone could be afraid to show someone that they care about them. The whole concept didn't make any sense to me. Now I understand it a little too well. When you care about someone, you give them the chance to hurt you. After the way you played with my head, I couldn't stand to get hurt again. I can't get too close. Im afraid to care. Im afraid to feel. To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own. We do not get unlimited chances to have the things we want. And this, I know. Nothing is worse than missing an opportunity that could have changed your life Sometimes things can be too real. Too intensely real, too honest and bare, like the way you feel looking into the eyes of someone who loves you, or someone in pain. Or the way you feel when you hear beautiful music. It can be like looking into the sun. Youve just got to close your eyes. Even go inside for a while. Keep it all at arms length with words like crazy. Shes the self-preserved, pretty-but-doesn't-know-it kind of girl, reading her books and day dreaming all day, while he's the outgoing, spontaneous, gorgeous boy with the most amazing eyes you'll ever see. They grew up in two different worlds and he'll teach her how to stand up to those who look down to her, and she'll teach him how to love. The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. Life isnt supposed to make you feel good but it isnt meant to make you feel horrible either: its just going to make you feel. And she hugs him goodbye like its nothing, while all she wants to do is hold on forever but she lets go, smiles and walks away.

Did you also know she has 7 laughs? One when something really makes her laugh. One when she's making plans. One when she is laughing out of politeness. One when she is uncomfortable. One when she is making fun of herself. One when she's having fun with her friends. And one when she is thinking about you. - Win A Date With Tad Hamilton The friends who grew up with you deserve a special respect. The one who stuck by you shoulder to shoulder, in a time where nothing was certain, all life lay ahead, and every road led home. - The Wonder Years Whenever there is a mirror around, it is almost impossible not to take a look at yourself. Even though we all know what we look like, we all like just to look at our reflections, if only to see how we're doing. - Winnie the Pooh It is amazing, really, just how much pain the human heart can take. - Nora Roberts He knew that it would take more than an apology to get you back. He'd have to conquer the world first. He's been trying ever since. - Sweet Home Alabama And no relationship is perfect, ever. There are some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something in order to gain something greater. But the love we have for each other is bigger than those small differences, and that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest part. Love can make up for a lot. - This Lullaby ; Sarah Dessen Im so afraid because I am so profoundly happy. Happiness like this is frightening. They only let you be this happy if they are preparing to take someone from you. - The Kite Runner Summertime, I think, is a collective unconscious. We all remember the notes that made up the song of the ice-cream man; we all know what it feels like to brand our thighs on a playground seat that's heated up like a knife in a fire; we all have laid on our backs with our eyes closed and our hearts beating across the surface of our lids, hoping that this day will stretch just a little longer than the last one, when in fact it's all going in the other direction. - My Sister's Keeper; Jodi Picoult Could the people that we really like get together in this world and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work cause someone would leave. Someone always leaves, then we have to say goodbye. I hate goodbyes... I know what we need - we need more hellos. - Snoopy I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like Im nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize that you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. - When Harry Met Sally If you want to know what a man's really like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. - Sirius Black You don't know how it feels waking up every morning knowing the one you love is with the person totally wrong for him, yet you just want him to be happy even though it hurts. Hitch I guess what Im saying is that this all feels very familiar. But it's not mine to be familiar about. I just know that another kid has felt this. And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. And you know that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing "unity." It's like when you are excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to always feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means youre happy, too Its like seeing someone for the first time, and you look at each other for a few seconds, and there's this kind of recognition like you both know something. Next moment the person's gone, and it's too late to do anything about it. The infinite grandeur of our misery becomes confused with glory and almost with happiness, with cold haughty happiness. Was it out of pride or joy that I began to smile when the first white streaks of dawn turned my lamp pale and I saw I was alone in the universe? In some ways, youre pretty lucky. You opened your heart, you put yourself out there, you were ready to make that leap. Im envious; I wish I knew what that felt like. Youre a jerk, an asshole, and immature. You don't make sense and sometimes I just want to strangle you. But on top of that, I just want to let you know in my daydreams, in my sleep, infatuation turning into disease. You could cure me, see all you have to do now is please try. Give it your best shot and try. All Im asking for is love, but you never seem to have enough. I wish everyone in the world was a different colour. Some shades would be similar, but there would only be two of the same colour. The goal would be to match colours. Along the way there will be several people with similar shades, but none your true colour. But when you find your matching colour staring back at you, you'll know. That you're my everything Ive decided I need to be more spontaneous. Stop thinking about things so much and just do them. Or else nothing that I want is ever going to happen. Like today, there were so many things I wanted to do, that I should have done, but I waited too long and missed my chance. So tomorrow Im going to try much harder to just do the things that I want, not think about it, so hopefully it will be better.

Ive found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare said, "Journeys end in lovers meeting." What an extraordinary thought. Personally, I have not experienced anything remotely close to that but I am more than willing to believe Shakespeare had. I suppose I think about love more than anyone really should. I am constantly amazed by its sheer power to alter and define our lives. It was Shakespeare who also said, "Love is blind." Now that is something I know to be true. For some quite inexplicably, love fades; for others love is simply lost. But then of course, love can also be found, even if just for the night. And then, there's another kind of love: the cruellest kind. The one that almost kills its victims. It's called unrequited love. Of that, I am an expert. Empty fields move me so much more than rooms filled up with friends. The way the trees look dead reminds me that there's more to life than living. Maybe giving up isn't bad, but part of letting go of you. It's just a big deal. It's kids. I mean, I know it's just one. But if you really want a famiy, something that's like forever.. Forever scares a lot of us. It's said that the saddest thing a man will ever face is what might have been. But what about the man who's faced with what was, or what may never be, or what can no longer be. Choosing the right path is never easy, it's a decision we make with only our hearts to guide us, but sometimes we find our way to something better. Sometimes we fight through the regret and remorse of our mistakes, our malice and our jealousy, and the shame we feel for not being the people we were meant to be. And that's when we find our way to something better, or when something better finds its way to us. Sometimes, when you're young, you think nothing can hurt you. It's like being invincible. Your whole life is ahead of you when you have big plans. But you don't need plans. Just find that perfect match, the one that completes you. But as you get older, you realize it's not always that easy. It's not until the end of your life that you realize the plans that you made were just plans. But in the end, when you're looking back instead of forward, you want to believe that you made the most of what life gave you. You want to believe that you're leaving something good behind. You want it all to have mattered. She's struggling a bit. I guess that's what happens when you fall in love. All her songs were gone. Her voice. All of it. So I tried to find new songs to fill that quiet. But none of them ever really have. Now she's gone. And there's just silence. I want her to look at me the way she used to and see a better man than maybe Ill ever be. And then I want to be that man. I will be. I want to believe in it all again. Music and art and love. I want to believe that Ive made the right choices and that Im on the right path and that there's still time to fix the mistakes that Ive made. And I want hope. I needed to know if she could forgive me. I needed to know if I still had a chance to be great in her eyes. And she did, she forgave me. That was the moment that everything changed for me. The moment I fell in love with her. Because she could see past all the mistakes Id made. Maybe sometimes I screw up because I want to feel that again. Not knowing is way worse than a no. You don't look at me like that anymore. And I get it, I haven't been worthy of that look from you in a long time. But I miss that. Everyone gets to be young. Especially when you are. Maybe you aren't the people you fell in love with because neither of you is trying to be the people you fell in love with. Sometimes all a child needs to succeed is love. I wish I could change some of the things that Ive done. I guess Im just disappointed in myself. His heart is breaking right now. And I come in here and I sit in silence and hear the echoes of what we used to be. So I wish for patience and grace. And the strength to just let him be happy. And mostly I pray for the strength to not make his life worse because of what I want. That's the toughest part. Letting go, that's the part of grace that really sucks. You're not sorry. But you should be. You know what my mother said to me when I wanted to start a company. She said, "Your chances are one in a million." And I said, "Maybe Im that one." She said, "You're not." And she was wrong. And whatever she thought she saw in me was wrong. Because I am one in a million. And there is a child out there with something so special inside of them but whose life is miserable because they think no one wants them. But I can be a great mother to that child. No matter their age, or race, or sex. I could help them find what makes them special. But you can't see that, then you're wrong. Just like my mom. Why don't you go ahead and write that down? You changed her life. So maybe that's why you came home. To change someone's life. Maybe change your own life at the same time. And I think you can. You just need a little patience. Peyton; Time heals old wounds huh? Max; Time, music. Let me ask you something. When was the last time you got in that cool car of yours and turned up the stereo and just drove? Try it sometime. You might find something that can heal that broken heart of yours.

I miss you, I do. I love you. Everyday I wake up and have this ache in my chest. And sometimes I just sleep in because I know when I wake up you're not going to be there. One day you're going to wake up and feel that same ache in your heart. And you'll realize how much I love you. And when that day comes, Ill still be waiting for you. And you'll come home to me. Sometimes I find your goodness staggering. I didn't get a chance to tell you in the session. But your kindness is overwhelming. And if I haven't said it lately, you're also sexy as hell. Make a wish and place it in your heart. Anything you want. Everything you want. Do you have it? Good. Now believe it can come true. You never know when the next moment, the next smile, the next wish will come true. But if you believe that it's right around the corner, and you open your heart and mind to the possibility of it, to the certainty of it. You just might get the thing you're wishing for. The world is full of magic. You just have to believe in it. So make your wish. Do you have it? Good. Now believe in it with all your heart. You shouldn't have to apologize for who you are. Not anymore. I knew who you were when I married you and what I realized is that it's really not fair. It was wrong of me to try and change you. Im the one who's sorry. I shouldn't have tried to change you or us. And now, Im done trying. Albert Kemmer once wrote "Blessed are the hearts that can bend, they shall never be broken." But I wonder.. If there's no breaking, there's no healing. And if there's no healing, then there's no learning. If there's no learning, then there's no struggle. But the struggle is a part of life. So must all hearts be broken? Ive always wondered where that strength comes from. That dignity and grace that you have put on in the face of everything that has happened in your life. Because I really want to be that kind of person someday. When I was 17 years old, I fell in love. And for a long time, she loved me back. We had a son. But we never became the family we should've been. Instead my brother assumed that role. And in my heart something died. I deserved to be in there. There's no excuse for what I did and believe me I spend every moment wishing I could take that fateful day back. And that's something I have to live with for the rest of my life. Do you ever wonder where you'd be if in some critical moment your friends just weren't there for you? You'll get it, and when you do, just appreciate it. Because in the blink of an eye it can all disappear. I realized that none of my great days in life matter without you. You're the one I want next to me when my dreams come true. You're the one I want next to me if they don't. As long as I have you, nothing else matters. Well, if that's the truth, if I never cared, then how come every time I see this stupid book I buy it, every stupid time. You said I was great, you said I could be great. You said we were destined to be together, you said it to the world. You said it to me and I wish you never had because you did not mean any of it. Just because someone has history with a person doesn't mean that's who they should be with. Do you not feel what I have felt everyday that we've been apart for the past three years? Because I have felt there is this vital piece of me that's been missing. And I tried to fill it with work and friends and music. And it stayed empty until last night when you kissed me. And my entire universe snapped back into focus. Look me in the eye and tell me that kiss did not feel exactly the same as it felt three years ago. Suddenly it was as if the roar of the crowd, and the cheers of my team mates were all sounding from a thousand miles away, and what remained in that bizarre muffled silence was only Peyton, the girl whose art and passion and beauty had changed my life. In that moment, my triumph was not a state championship but simple clarity, the realization that we'd always been meant for each other and every instinct to the contrary had simply been a denial of the following truth: I was now and always would be in love with Peyton Sawyer. The thing is there is never a time when you will be more honest, and your convictions will be stronger, and your motives will be more pure than they are right now. Which means you should chase whatever excites you. Be confident, and take risks, and paint over my words so you can start writing your own. My story may have inspired you, but Im certain your story will inspire the next girl to live in our room. I want you to know you don't need somebody to write about you in order for your life to mean something. You can write about yourself make your own destiny. Then years from now the next girl will keep what you write on that door long enough to remind you how inspired your life is. And you can tell that girl to paint over the door because you realize the words you wrote, the friends you had, the urgency you felt will always be there under the paint. The love you professed will always be there, the spark of something undeniable, a seed of hope, the truth for better or for worse burning fiercely just below the surface. I love you. And I think I have since the moment we locked eyes and it is going to suck but if what you want is for me to let go then Im going to do it. Just be happy. I want that with all my heart. But one of these days Im going to meet a girl who really loves me. Maybe she wont be what you call hot but Ill think shes beautiful and Ill tell her. I wont be mean to her because I wont have to play games with her. Ill just be the guy she can always count on and thatll be enough. And shell be elite to me.

Dont be afraid. Every song has a coda, a final movement. Whether it fades out or crashes away. Every song ends. Is that any reason not to enjoy the music? The truth is there is nothing to be afraid of. Its just life Then don't tell me another story. Tell me the truth. Or is that even possible for you to do anymore? Too many times, we put our hearts on the line, hoping this time it'll be different. Too many times, we play the waiting game, because we're too afraid of making decisions and just taking chances. Life doesn't always turn out to be your fantasy. Thats why you need friends that are real to get you through it all. Sometimes, you need to step outside, clear your head, and remind yourself who you are and where you want to be. And sometimes, you have to venture outside your world in order to find yourself. Promise me. Thats all I want. Just promise you'll never forget me. Tell me I changed you somehow. Let me know I had an impact on your life. Promise me you'll always remember me. Losing you was hard enough, but I don't want to go on knowing I mean nothing to you. Dont you realize that hes the one youve been waiting for? Everyones been waiting so long for you to see that. He could be anywhere else, but he chose to stay here, because he wanted you by his side. Why dont you wake up. Instead of just accepting the fact that you love him and he loves you, youve been giving him hell. Now go and settle your happy ever after, because you know that youll regret it forever if he gets on that train. Please Im begging you, dont give this up, and dont give us up, because I dont know who I am without you. Its for people like you, the friend wholl stay by you when the whole world has walked away, the friend wholl be there in the blink of an eye when you have problems. Its for people like you, who, even after I have hurt you, would come back to forgive because you understand the law that we hurt the people whom we love the most, because we know that theyll always love us no matter what. Its for people like you who I live for, because, just by being who you are, youve brought light to my life, and changes no one else can think of. So what do you do when the person you love is the reason behind all your pain? When things aren't the same anymore and you constantly see yourself striving to maintain a perfect relationship? When you no longer trust that person because their words continuously contradict their actions? Have you ever felt this unbearable pain in your chest, but think to yourself that the pain is worth it because in the end you are still with that person? Whenever they are out, you have a million of ideas just clustered in the back of your mind. You try your best to trust them, but for some reason you just can't. You want them to do little sweet meaningful things, but yet they don't. You find yourself so infatuated with this thing we call love that you isolate yourself from everyone and everything you once loved. But in the end, is it really worth all the trouble and sacrifice? You know how they say wait for the guy whod do anything for you, whod show you off to the world when youre in your sweats and whod die if he lost you? But then Id ask them, what if that guy never comes around? You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? Youre just naked. You put yourself in harm's way and you lay down all your defences. No clothes, no weapons. With nowhere to hide, youre completely vulnerable. The only thing that makes it tolerable is to believe the other person loves you back and you can trust him not to hurt you. To me, love is going to bed at night knowing that there is one person out there who is thinking of at that same moment. Love is having a last call of the day be the one last person that you want to talk to while lying in your bed just before the day is over. Love is a smile, it's the one thing that you always want to do when in love because if it's true love, you're happy. And not only is it a smile on your face, but love gives the power to forgive and work things out. Most of all, in my opinion, love is an incredible feeling that everyone deserves to have in their life. No one can tell you if you're in love or not because only you know. There is no time limit on love. You might love someone after one week or maybe after one year. Love is different for everyone and that's why it's so unique. If I could explain love in one word, it would have to be trust. Trust that he doesn't cheat on you, trust that he doesn't lie to you, trust that he really likes you, trust that he will always be there for you, trust that he can go to a party and not get high or drunk, trust that you don't have to worry about him breaking up with you the second you wake up, trust that he will stick up for you, trust that he will never fall in love with another girl, trust that he won't just get sick of you, and trust that he wants you like you want him. And as I learned what is obvious to a child; that life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered. But most of all, I learned that life is about sitting on benches next to ancient creeks with my hand on her knee and sometimes, on good days, for falling in love. - The Notebook I love you. Not maybe, not tomorrow, not someday, right now - at this very moment. I realized something. I need you. I trust you. I admire you. I want you, and you can be wrong a lot of the time, and we can fight and get mad at each other, but nothing, nothing in this world can change the fact that I love you.

Its the kind of relationship where they have a secret handshake, and she begs him to watch Disney movies with her, while he begs her to watch a scary movie instead. Its where they laugh and joke all the time, but they're serious when the time is to be serious. Its where neither of them have to say "I love you" because they know with all their hearts that they love each other. Its where they can mess around on her couch and then she'll laugh at him when he tries not to look guilty in front of her dad. Its the kind of love that everybody dreams of. Chances are Ill never get a moment like this again, so here's everything I ever wanted to tell you. No one has ever gotten me like you; Ive never found anyone who makes me laugh like you. Youre the one person who I can honestly see myself happy with. The definition of love to me is you. There will come a time in your life when you become absolutely infatuated with a single soul. For this person, you'd do anything for and not think twice about it, but when asked why... You have no answer. Youll try your whole life to understand how a single person can affect you as much as they do, but you'll never truly find out. And no matter how badly it hurts or how badly you hate it, you'll love this person for the rest of your life without regret. Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You cannot get there by bus, only by hard work, risking and by not quite knowing what you are doing. What you will discover will be wonderful: yourself. The sun dies out tomorrow, tell me where you will be. Side by side we'll watch the end. Our hands held together. Ill take this one step closer if you will follow me. Yeah we will see tomorrow, yeah we will see tomorrow. Our silhouettes will follow closer ready to ascend. Yeah we could be ripped apart from all of this, from all of this. And our last effort was always knocked off course to prove that we're so beautiful and that we have a silver screen image of ourselves. This picture shows that we're still here. Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental. - Sleepless in Seattle Listen, I don't know what happens next. Im just going to keep loving you and Im going to keep hoping you let me into your life. I will make mistakes, of course, but Ill always be there for you. - In The Land of Women If you can promise me anything, promise me that whenever you're sad, or unsure, or you lost complete faith, that you'll try to see yourself through my eyes. - P.S. I Love You When I sleep, I dream of you. And when I wake, I long to hold you in my arms. If anything, our time apart has only made me more certain that I want to spend my nights by your side, and my days with your heart. - Nights in Rondathe; Nicholas Sparks They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions but before I can live with other folks, Ive got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. - To Kill A Mockingbird; Harper Lee Well, it was a million tiny things that when you added them all up they meant we were supposed to be together. And I knew it. I knew the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home. The only real home Id ever known. I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car. It was like ... Magic. - Sleepless in Seattle It's better not to want anything. That way if it goes away, or doesn't happen ... It just doesn't matter. - Step Up Real loss is only possible when you love someone more than you love yourself. - Good Will Hunting There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment. The Truth About Forever; Sarah Dessen Looking back at what Ive been through, Id be a complete mess if I didn't have you. - Friends I want to know that somewhere I may cross your mind. - Tristan and Isolde Lets make it cheesy like fake television dramas; we'll watch the sun set and hold each other, kiss until the stars call out the dark while you whisper in my ear that there's nowhere else you'd rather be. Our time is running farther and farther away. Soon it will be gone, and that alone won't push me to gather up the nerve and put my feelings into words for you. I just don't understand why my thoughts won't just pour themselves out to you, for you to consume and understand that you're really and truly what I want right now. That I like you so much that Im so intimidated that I cant bring myself to tell you. Lately Ive found myself looking back at disastrous memories. Memories of me ruining relationships that I cherished most. Memories that have led me to the life that I live now, but I know they make me exactly who I am today. When it comes down to it, whats done is done. We both said things we didnt mean. And we both walked away so unsure. But like I said, what happened, happened. So you can try to turn back time, or you can accept its over and move on. She didn't giggle or blush when she saw him. She didn't write his name all over pieces of paper. She simply lived with his face in her heart all the time. A kind of sweet, hurtful ache.

There are those people you encounter in life who you really never get over. No matter how many other better people you meet. People who treat you better, and love you better. In the back of your mind theres always that person who you cant quite completely forget. I wish I could give you what youre looking for, but I dont know what it is. Theres a part of you that you keep closed off from everyone, including me. Its as if Im not the one youre really with. Your mind is on someone else. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. If youre looking for the truth, you have to shut up. Most people I know fill their days with meaningless bull shit, small talk, and trivial diversions just to keep the noise in their own heads down. It's funny how when you finally get over someone, you start seeing them in a whole new perspective. It's like youre looking at them through the eyes of your best friend. And you realize hes nothing special. Hes just another ordinary boy. I do love you. Don't you see? Don't you understand? You're the love of my life. I can't leave you. But you're constantly leaving me. You walk away when you want; you come back when you want. You stand by your friends; but you leave me. So Im asking you If you don't see a future for us, if youre not in this, please, just end it. Because I can't, Im in it. Put me out of my misery. It's amazing how it can take a lifetime for you to get over him, but he can always get over you after a few days. Like nothing ever happened. But it all happened; the first kiss, the long nights, the stupid fights. You saved me once, and what is given is always returned. We are in this world to help one another. - Pinocchio Relationships are hard, but they're absolutely the most beautiful things in the world. - Kate Bostworth I guess sometimes the ground can shift between your feet. Sometimes your footing slips. You stumble. And sometimes you grab what's close to you and hold on as tight as you can. - The Wonder Years I would die for you. But I won't live for you. - The Perks of Being a Wallflower Right is wrong, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn Time takes it all. Whether you want it or not, time takes it all away, time bares it away. And in the end, there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again. - Stephen King Newsflash. Everyone's scared. That's not reason to run away. - The Perfect Man There's nothing - you know - nothing else like music. Nothing that touches us on that, uh, deep level. Music can open up so many emotions that we didn't know we had. It's the magical thing about musicals, you know, on the stage or on film or whatever. Love songs. They work so well because music touches us, emotionally, where words alone can't. - Johnny Depp After that, they're just people. Who'll excite you, disappoint you, scare you a little bit. And boy do I know how tempting it is to run away when that happens. It's good for avoiding things. But the problem is that you end up avoiding yourself. Avoiding people you love. You end up avoiding life. - The Perfect Man A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life? - First Knight Whenever something happens that is not part of your plan, you pretend like it doesn't exist. You act like you're in this movie about your perfect like, but I have to remind you that the only one watching is you. - Gossip Girl She believed in dreams all right, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn't come along, she went over to the palace and got him. - Walt Disney There are things out there, things we just don't understand. - Happy Feet You want a man who will lead you down the beach just so you can discover the feel of sand beneath your feet. You want a guy who will wake you up at dawn bursting to talk to you. Who can't wait another minute just to find out what you're going to say. - Runaway Bride You can't help who you love. You're not supposed to. - Save The Last Dance I want to be your bridesmaid when you get married. & go on road trips with you. & bake pretty muffins together. & stargaze. & stand on top of the mountains and think of noone else but the other. & we'll cuddle up and watch girly shows. & paint our toenails to the perfect shade of pink. & we'd drink & camwhore with lomo cameras. & be hotter than tequila sensations. We'll be yummie mummies next time and pretty old ladies too. We'll be girlfriends for life no matter what happens. Ill always be there for you whenever you need a listening ear or a shoulder to cry on. And I thank God for giving me such a wonderful friendship.

I know Im doing everything wrong, but I promise you that I will always be here for you. - No Reservations I have to believe that when things are bad I can change them. - Cinderella Man Some individuals, it is true, are more special. This is natural selection. It begins as a single individual born or hatched like every other member of their species. Anonymous. Seemingly ordinary. Except they're not. They carry inside them to genetic code that will take their species to the next evolutionary rung. It's destiny. - Heroes I wasn't sure this day would ever come, but you were. I wasn't sure love could survive everything we put it through, but you were. You were always strong and always sure. And now I know I want you to stand beside me for the rest of my life. That's what Im sure of. - Boy Meets World Nothing else existed until I saw you. Then everything change. I fell in love with you. And to think I no longer believed I could. V for Vendetta What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew was the only someone for you? Sleepless in Seattle If every word I said made you smile, Id talk forever. - Full House I just broke up with someone I spent my entire life with. I don't have a heart anymore. Ive lost my life. - Boy Meets World It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine. - Eeyore Im so against it. People should strive to be happy with who they are and not be obsessed with how they look. Beauty is nothing. - Amanda Bynes Somehow I can't believe that there are heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, curiosity, courage, confidence, and constancy and the greatest of them all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably. - Walt Disney You can tell us anything. We don't judge. We're the non-judging Breakfast Club. We're your best friends. Anything you do is something we did too. - Gossip Girl I don't want to date someone just to date someone. I want to be with a guy who's going to better my quality of life, better me. - Blake Lively Im always happen when someone wins a battle because around here, you get your fair share of disappointment. I guess in the end you have to fight for the things that really matter, like pride in your work, or friendship. And sometimes all you can do is grit your teeth and tell the truth. - Scrubs If you can promise me anything, promise me that whenever you're sad, or unsure, or you lost complete faith, that youll try to see yourself through my eyes. - P.S. I Love You She's wrong; I can't go back. What would it prove anyway? You can't change the past. You say you'd always be there for me, but you're not. It's because of me; it's my fault. - The Lion King Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C.S. Lewis When you lose somebody, you think you've lost the whole world as well. But that's not the way things turn out in the end. Eventually, you pick yourself up and look out the window and once you do, you see everything that was there before the world ended is out there, still. There are the same apple trees, and the same song birds. And over our heads, the same very sky that shines like heaven. So far above us, that we can never hope to reach such heights. Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember what it's like to be twelve years old. They patronize, they treat children as inferiors. Well, I won't do that. -Walt Disney I put my hand in his, and felt his fingers fold over mine, gently leading me to the edge of the floor. I was about to make some joke to lighten things up, but he put his arms around my waist and pulled me closer. And suddenly I didn't feel like talking about anything. "His heart will stop at the sight of you, or he doesn't deserve to live. And yes, I am aware of the contradiction embodied in that sentence." - Becoming Jane Sometimes I get so caught up in the world around me, I forget who I am. I lose myself in the chaos and drama of teenage life. That's why I love you. You somehow manage to pull me away from all that; give me a clear view again. You let me see who I am and who other people are and what this world is. I might not be making much sense right now, but that's the way I see it. I find myself in you. I know that's some totally clich line, but it's really the only thing I can think of right now to explain this. Out there, in the world, Im lost. But with you, everything is clearer. "Every now and again, take a good look at something not made with hands: A mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There

will come to you wisdom and patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world." Sidney Lovett When I sleep, I dream of you, and when I wake, I long to hold you in my arms. If anything, our time apart has only made me more certain that I want to spend my nights by your side, and my days with your heart. Nights In Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks We deny that were tired. We deny that were scared. We deny how badly we want to succeed and most importantly, we deny were in denial. We only see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe. And it works. We lie to ourselves so much that after a while, the lies start to seem like the truth. We deny so much that we cant recognize the truth right in front of our faces. I believe the most difficult situation you can ever be faced with is deciding whether you should just move on or hold on a little tighter. Move on and maybe you'll lose a chance at the best thing that could have ever happened, or hold on, and have the possibility of one day being the biggest disaster ever created. Hugging is healthy. It helps the immune system, cures depression, reduces stress, and l[induces sleep]l. Its invigorating, rejuvenating and has no unpleasant side effects. Its nothing less than a miracle drug. Hugging is all natural. Its organic, naturally sweet, has no artificial ingredients, environmentally friendly and is 100% wholesome. Hugging is the ideal gift. Great for any occasion, fun to give and receive, shows you care, comes with its own wrapping paper and, of course, is fully returnable. I understand how people could choose to have never loved at all, rather than to have loved and lost. Its easier, since being hurt isnt easy. But if you never knew love, then you'd never know what it's like for a single soul to dwell in two bodies, to feel the unexplainable sparks that you could only feel when you know that someone out there is living for you. Love isn't easy, sometimes it may hurt, and sometimes it may be lost, but if you never feel love, then you never live. Maybe Romeo and Juliet were fated to be together, but just for a while, and then their time passed. If they could have known that beforehand, maybe it all would have been okay. I told Mrs. Snyder that when I was grown up, Id take fate into my own hands. I wouldn't let some guy drag me down. Mrs. Snyder said that Id be lucky if I ever had that kind of passion with someone, and if I did, we'd be together forever. Even now, I believe that for the most part, love is about choices. It's about putting down the poison and the dagger and making your own happy ending...most of the time. And sometimes, despite all your best intentions, fate wins anyway. - Greys Anatomy Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous. - Sex in the city That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key. - Wrutzel, Prozac Nation Pain. You just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions, no easy answers. You just breathe deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time, pain can be managed, but sometimes, the pain gets you when you least expect it. Its way below the belt and doesnt let up. Pain. You just have to fight through because, the truth is, you cant outrun it. And life always makes more.-Greys Anatomy When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the desire to mate every second of the day. It is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every part of your body. No, don't blush. I am telling you some truths. For that is just being in love; which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away. Doesn't sound very exciting, does it? But it is! - Captain Corelli's Mandolin You want to know what living life to the fullest actually is? it's waking up on a monday morning with no complaints. It's knowing you always deserve to laugh. It's doing what feels right no matter what. It's doing what you want to, no matter how stupid you look. It's about being yourself, cause no one can tell you you're doing it wrong. "For a kiss to be really good, you want it to mean something. You want it to be with someone that you can't get out of your head, so that when your lips finally touch you feel it everywhere. A kiss so hot and so deep you never want to come up for air. You can't cheat your first kiss. Trust me, you don't want to. Because when you find that right person for a first kiss, it's everything." -Grey's Anatomy Love is a puzzle. You're frantically trying to put together the pieces to find the right ones that fit. The puzzle is made up of your family, your friends, the people around you that care about you. But there's always that one piece that's missing, and when you find that specific piece, you don't let it sit all by itself; you pair it off with its correct fit. And when those pieces fit together...it's an addition to a beautiful picture. But that doesn't mean failed attempts are pointless. Just because on the first attempt to fit the pieces together you don't get it right doesn't mean that you shouldn't try again. It's the pain that lets us

appreciate how perfect the match is. If it wasn't for that pain, we would never understand what true love is. You might find the missing piece on the first try, or on the fifth, but either way, you've found it and that should be beautiful enough. Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, they serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or what you want to become. You never know who these people may be; your roommate, neighbour, professor, long lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger who, when you lock eyes with them, you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way. Sometimes things happen to you and at the time they may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, will power or heart. Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, if they be events, illnesses or relationships, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. Safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless. The people you meet who affect your life and the successes and downfalls you experience, they are the ones who create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from...those lessons are the hardest and probably the most important ones. If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to who you open your heart to. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt without them. Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen, let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Who are you to judge the life I live? I know Im not perfect and I don't live to be. But, before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean. To hate you have to hurt, to hurt you have to care. Sometimes everything needs to fall apart before it can really fit together right. We would not be saying these bitter goodbyes if not for the sweet friendships and moments that we have shared. In order for our lives to be complete, we have to experience both the bitter and the sweet - this day is only bitter because of the sweetness of what we're leaving behind. The trick comes in accepting, and learning from, it all. A bittersweet life is the only life worthwhile because the bitter helps you to understand how much the sweet meant - and how wonderful it will be when it comes again. It wasn't supposed to be this way. The artists, and the scientists, and the poets...none of them fit in at seventeen. You're supposed to get past it. Adults, they see kids killing kids and they know its a tragedy because they used to be those kids. The bullies and the beaten and the loners. You're supposed to get past it. You're supposed to live long enough to take it back. Just take it all back. -Mouth from One Tree Hill There comes a point where you just love someone. Not because theyre good, or bad, or anything really. You just love them. It doesnt mean youll be together forever. It doesnt mean you wont hurt each other. It just means you love them. Sometimes in spite of who they are, and sometimes because of who they are. And you know that they love you, sometimes because of who you are, and sometimes in spite of it. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way. - Pablo Neruda Id like to think the best of me is still hiding up my sleeve. I am just a worthless liar. I am just an imbecile. I will only complicate you. Trust in me and you will fall as well. I will find a centre in you. I will chew it up and leave. I will work to elevate you. Just enough to bring you down. So whisper and tell me where I went wrong. Tell me why everything around you lost its shine. Why nothing glows. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see. You have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people to trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too. Even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling. Ive got a lot to say if you will let me. It's always hard when you're around. But here, right now, there's interest in your eyes. So hear me out, and hear this for the first time. There's nothing to know, don't you get that. You'll get to know me and then wonder why you bothered. Im not anything you think I am. You're not going to break my defences and find some sweet soft centre. Love comes when manipulation stops. When you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable. But if you love somebody, you always love them, don't you? Isn't there always some small part of you that still reads their horoscope in the newspaper everyday? There's still some hope. There's nothing I can do to draw you close to me. Can you take this silence like a pill so I can breathe again? Ive been trying to ignore the best parts of you. Im still hoping that Ill be with you somehow.

Don't feel stupid for missing him, even if he treated you like shit. You still had happy memories, and you're always going to miss them. Don't try to replace him, cause you won't. Just get through each day, and eventually it will get better. I promise. Eventually someone will come into your life, and whether or not you realize it, they are going to be something special to you. So don't throw yourself at every guy you see, trying to replace him, or at least dull the memories, because you're only going to make yourself see how hard he is to replace. Someone better will eventually come along. You'll sit alone forever if you wait around for the right time. What are you hoping for? Im here. Im now. Im ready. Holding on tonight. Somebody came and took my hand and I finally had to go. But I just wanted you to know that I waited as long as I could. The words they say, the things they do, none of them make up who you are. It's the emotion that they uptake with each breath they waste, and each step they take attempting to crawl deeper and deeper under your skin. Show them confidence, and give them hell. Never show them a smile, never show them a frown. Keep your brow level and let them waste their life away. But never let them take you alive. Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you. You are my only one I let go, but there's just no one who gets me like you do. You are my only, my only one. We built up a wall against the world, a strong one at that. Like a giant fortress surrounding the both of us. In a way, I would say that we are both trapped inside these guards. Separated from everything and everyone. The problem is though, most people don't think it's right to shut out the world. They believe that we are hopeless and lonely, and that's all we'll ever be. But the thing is, we aren't. We may be hidden, but we'll always have each other. And that's how we prefer it to be; with our bodies hand in hand, and no complications. Sometimes, we just wait too long for things that may never come. It's looking like there might be something here tonight. But we keep it a secret as we fall to pieces. And you try so hard to get in touch. You keep staring, you can't function. Keep looking around, looking around. And I should have known that it wouldn't be long until you've got me standing in an awkward position with unwanted attention and a need for an explanation. And it's not that Im letting go of you, but I don't know what to do. Our relationship's not perfect, it never will be. But all that matters is how we view each other. And when I look at you, I see love. I look into your eyes and know that I never want to be with anyone else. I don't know what it is about you. I don't know why I always go back. So tonight Ill pick apart your pictures and overanalyze your words. But the truth is, Ive never fallen so hard. Today marks a profound and bittersweet milestone for all of us, as we bear witness to both an end and a beginning. And while we must continue on, we must also be grateful to have been blessed with someone who has so ably guided us to where we are today. When there are been so much love and happiness for someone, it is natural to be reluctant to close such a wonderful chapter in our lives, for moving forward is rarely accomplished without considerable grief and sadness. And while our sorrow may be profound, the clouds will clear, and the sun will shine on us again. And in that warm, bright light we will find ourselves facing a glorious future. A future of exciting challenges and infinite possibilities, in which the horizon will stretch out before us, trimmed in the heavenly glow of the sunrise of our tomorrow. - The Prince & Me I mean, when you think about it, music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common. - Just Listen by Sarah Dessen You turned out to be exactly who I thought you were. I never pretended to be somebody else. It's been me all along. And it was me who was hurt in front of everybody. Look, I didn't come here to yell at you, okay? I know what it feels like to be afraid to show who you are. I was. But not anymore. And the thing is, I don't care what people think about me... Because I believe in myself. And I know that things are going to be okay. But even though I have no family, and no job, and no money for college...it's you that I feel sorry for. I know that guy that sent those emails is somewhere inside of you, but, I can't wait for him... Because waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless and disappointing. - A Cinderella Story What I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that, even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you, I love you. With all my heart, I love you. - V for Vendetta I know I never done the right thing, say the right thing. I know I act like a fool. I know say we'd be buddy-buddy friends, but that would not be true to my heart so Ill ask this one question, and if you answer "no" Ill leave you alone once and for all. Be my wife. If you answer yes, Ill take care of you, be true to you, and like this house I built for your dolls, Ill make sure you have a strong roof over your head. If you answer yes than no one will love you as much as I love you. If you answer yes than you will make me the happiest man on earth. - The Wedding Planner

I barely know you. I don't know you dad's first name, I don't know if you ever wore braces, or contacts, or glasses and I have no idea how you came to be a wedding planner, Mary. But I do know the curves of your face. And I know ever fleck of gold in your eyes. I know that the night at the park was the best time Ive ever had. Pl-please say something. - The Wedding Planner I can't imagine what you're going through, but I do know from experience backing down can become a way of life. You're a lady. Screw the pressure, screw the scholarship. I mean do your own thing, on your own terms, and get what you came here for. That's what counts. - Raise Your Voice I want her to be happy, no matter what that means. I want her to find someone who will treat her with all the love she deserved from me. I want her to meet someone who will see her always as I do now, through Your eyes. - Bruce Almighty Do you remember what the music meant? Life's complications and frustrations. They disappear when the music starts playing. I found a place where it feels alright. I heard a record. And it opened my eyes. Do you remember when we couldn't put it away? Do you remember what it meant? And nothing else matters when I turn it up loud. I think it's better to have someone. Even if it hurts. Even if its the most painful thing you've done. Even if it's the most painful thing you've ever had to do. I think it's better to have someone. You didn't intentionally break my heart. You even said you were sorry. But I cried anyway. I know the truth that you're too scared to admit. You're with her, but when you're with me, you can't even remember her name. I just have to tell you, Im not sure what Id do without you. I know it's cold outside, but this late night is just no fun without you. And I just wanted to say thanks. Because you're the only reason Ive smiled in days. I didn't come here to tell you that I can't live without you. I can live without you. It's just I don't want too. - Rumour Has It That's the problem with us. We're both stubborn asses and always want to get our way. We both hate to be wrong and love to be right. But that's the thing about love. No matter what happens, we always come back for each other, one more time. You're a liar but Im hanging on every word of every late night call. But most of all, Im hoping Ill be more than just a memory when the feeling fades. That is what we do. That is what people do. They stay alive for each other. But to be perfectly honest, you're the only things that I love. And it scares me more and more every day. So pucker up and embrace the greatness. You get me high and erase my sadness. I love your existence and I can't get enough. Life doesn't hurt until you think about how much things have changed, who you've lost along the way, and how much of it was your fault. See, there's a feeling inside that says I don't want you to be better off without me. There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco. A failure is merely the absence of success. Any fool can achieve failure. But a fiasco, a fiasco is a disaster of epic proportions. A fiasco is a folk tale told to other's to make other people feel more alive because it didn't happen to them. - Elizabethtown A song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment. Which is pretty amazing, when you actually think about it. - Just Listen by Sarah Dessen And there's no destiny when everyone's your enemy. Take your jealous heart and cast it into stone. You'll regret it all, living behind your wall. And you'll never fall in love if you don't fall at all. - Broken Heats, Torn Up Letters, and The Story of a Lonely Girl by Lost Prophets We've pretended for some time now that you're a part of this family, haven't we? You've come to mean so much to us all that now; it doesn't matter if it's true. And even if it isn't true, even if that can never be... I need to go on pretending... Until the end... With you. - Finding Never land I think all of us want to feel something that we've forgotten or turned out backs on because maybe we didn't realize how much we were leaving behind. We need to remember what use to be good. If we dont, we won't recognize it even if it hits us between the eyes. - 13 Going on 30 Just take one step at a time, there's no need to rush. It's like learning to fly, or falling in love. It's going to happen and it's suppose to happen that we find the reasons why. One step at a time. - One Step At a Time by Jordan Sparks One love, might make a difference. Might take the walls, and tear them down. One life, might keep on shining. If we take one love, and we spread it around. - One Love by Hootie and The Blowfish

I should've died over there. When I was in that water, I made a deal with God. I told him I was sorry, I told him I knew Id been a fool for leaving you and trying to go over there and be a hero, and I promised Id never ask for anything again, if I could just see you one more time... And you know what? It was worth it. - Pearl Harbour No true fiasco ever began as a quest for mere adequacy. A motto of the British Special Air Force is: 'Those who risk, win.' A single green vine is able to grow through cement. The Pacific North-western salmon beats itself bloody on its quest to travel hundreds of miles upstream against the current, with a single purpose, sex of course, but also... Life. - Elizabethtown Since the first time that I looked into your eyes. It was a feelin', kept me wonderin inside. Feelings of lost, or maybe even confused. So much for lovin', that Im willin' to lose. - Hold On To The One by Slightly Stoopid Our love runs deep like the blood in my veins. I love you always, and always the same. Love remains. Love your every change. Love your phase. The passing of the day, plus when your away. Oh darling, darling, if you stay my love will never change. Feel the power when our two hearts combine, the power is yours and the power is mine. When love is born you know the sky must cry. Write you love letters till my pen runs dry. If you stay, good lovin make me want to fly. If you go, rise and fall- dip and dive. You who Im with, so I shine so bright. I love you darling till the day that I die. - Mellow Mood by Slightly Stoopid You know what's wrong with you...You're chicken. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact." People do fall in love. People do belong to each other. Because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness. You call yourself a free spirit, a wild thing, yet you're terrified that somebody's going to put you in a cage. Well, baby, you're already in a cage and you built it yourself. And it's not bound on that east by Somali Land or on the west by Tulip, Texas. It's everywhere you go. Because no matter where you run, you're always going to end up running into yourself. - Breakfast At Tiffany's You said you wanted me to fall in love again, and maybe one day I will. But there are all kinds of love out there. This is my one and only life, and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing, and none of us come out of it alive. - P.S. I Love You I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometime I feel like Im seeing it all at once, and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst. Then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain, and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. You have no idea what Im talking about, Im sure. But don't worry. You will someday. - American Beauty So I say a thousand stupid things, and half the time I never mean them. But this time Im serious. Im never going to talk to you first. So if I mean anything, anything to you at all, then you can talk to me. Because I give up. Say goodnight and go. Walk away from your past. You don't need it anymore. If there is ever a tomorrow when we're not together there is something you must always remember: You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is even if we are apart, Ill always be with you. - Winnie the Pooh I just want to be with you. If I could hold your hand for the rest of my life, I would never be scared again. I want to hold you tight and I want to tell you every second how much you mean to me, because no one has ever meant more. I just want to be able to help you and make you smile. Just let me make you smile. I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect. Because that's what's natural. That's what's real. Im not going to stress over you anymore. It isn't worth it. I tried and maybe I didn't try hard enough, but it didn't seem to work and it's exhausting. And Im not saying that I don't want you, because believe me, I do. All Im saying is Im done chasing after you. It's crazy how we always end up where we're meant to. However the most ironic situations eventually teach us something we'd never dreamed we were going to learn. Im not going to lie about this anymore; I break easily, I scar. Im fragile. I get hurt. Im not bullet proof you know. We are all a little damaged. Some of us hide it better than others, and other just handle in different ways than most. But on some level we are all torn up. We take it out on others and beat through life carrying it all and we will end up damaging someone else. And most of the time we won't even notice or bother to care, because we are busy with our little disaster that we call life. Nobody forgets what happens. The secret is learning how to live with it. She thinks about you nonstop and you're all she talks about. When she talks to you, she always has a goofy smile on her face and she truly looks happy. With one hung, you make her melt and you always leave her with butterflies. But at the same time, when she's upset it's usually because of you, but she refuses to see any bad in you. And no matter how many people try and tell her different, she believes you're perfect for her and worth every second of the wait. But she's too scared to tell you any of this because she doesn't want to screw anything up. But most of all, she doesn't want to end up hurt.

Sometimes things seem all wrong when you don't have a reason to wake up in the morning, or go to bed late at night. Sometimes, life writes a fairytale; he's your reason to get up in the morning and your reason to go to bed at night. Id never tell you, but I love it when you call me babe. I love it when you put your arm around me. Id never tell you, but I love when you make fun of me and I love it when you look at me with those eyes. Id never tell you any of this, but somehow, I don't think I have to. I can't explain the feeling I get when you look at me with those gorgeous eyes, or the feeling of going to sleep at night knowing someone loves me with all their heart. Ill never be able to explain the feeling I get when you tell me you love me or when you make me laugh. Ill never ever in a million years be able to explain how I felt when you kissed me and told me you never want to live without me. People always ask me, "Why in the world do you like him?" I always reply, "I have no clue." but now that I think about it, I think I like him because he knows how to make me laugh. He knows what my dislikes are and what I would die for but it's more than just that. I like him because I can't imagine my life without him. Youre a pretty smart kid, but there are a lot of things about me you don't know. You don't know that I cry myself to sleep every night. You don't know how I feel whenever your eyes meet mine. And you have absolutely no clue that Im completely in love with you. He misses you? Good. He should. Youre sexy, pretty, fun, outgoing and fun to be around. Guys that haven't met you yet, miss you. But don't get back together with him, because somewhere out there, there is a guy searching really hard for you. he's the one who deserves someone as amazing as you, let him have you and not the asshole that left you. Youre going to hate me when I tell you everything. You're going to question whether you really know me at all. You will revisit every single smile, and where it fit into the day. I know this is how it will play and I will try to think of all the things that I could do, to let you know that I really love you. You never stop loving someone; you just learn to live without them. And when they finally come back to you, it's as if they never left and nothing's changed. I wish there were guarantees, but there aren't. I can only tell you that when I think about tomorrow, when I think about ten years from tomorrow, I think about you. I think about us. The Name Of The Game; Nora Roberts The way I figure it, there are three stages to a relationship. First you like somebody. Then, if things work out, you start to care for them. When the big guns hit, you fall in love with them. The Name Of The Game; Nora Roberts I really don't give a crap whether or not you think Im beautiful, he thinks I am. It doesn't bother me if you like me or not, he loves me. And he's the only one who really matters. You can't tell someone you love them and then change your mind. That's not how it works. Once you love someone, you always love them. Isn't there a part of you that thinks of you for no reason? Theyll always be in the back of your mind. And no matter how much you love someone else, you'll always love them too. Love is living your own life, but sharing it. It's forgiveness. It's making a billion mistakes and turning them into learning experiences. Love is patience, optimism, and sometimes it's a kiss when there's nothing left to say. When I think about love, I think about when I was little and I automatically knew what I wanted. Love should come to you just like that. Like your favourite colour comes to you, or how a smile comes across your face. It should just hit you and you should know that's how it's supposed to be. Im just saying you can't know who the person is; the person who will become your ultimate confidant, your soul mate, your lover. He may be the guy you've had your eye on for years, or he might be the guy next to you in torn jeans buying some parts for his motorcycle. Whoever he is, he starts off as a stranger so he could be anyone. You tell yourself that you're doing the right thing by saying goodbye, but you also think that maybe he's the right guy. Don't worry- say goodbye, walk away and if you find yourself turning back for one last look; don't. Turn around and run back into his arms, because he is the one. I thought love was a joke, a trick of the mind. It's easy to lose, but impossible to find. But the day I met you, I began to see that love is real and exists in me. You bring a joy to my heart Ive never felt before; with each touch of your hand Im loving you more. Whenever you leave, whenever we part there's always a place for you in my heart. So these seven words, I pray you hold true "forever and always I will love you." Im not the best and I admit that. I make mistakes, but I learn from them. My past has given me struggles beyond what anyone knows. I keep a lot of things bottled up inside of me because I don't want to get hurt- I won't let myself. But there's one thing Im certain of, Im better than her. Not because I love you more, but because Ill give you everything you've been looking for. I want to climb into bed with you and have you hold me throughout the entire night. I want both of us to be completely naked, no makeup to hide imperfections. I want to feel the intensity and the warmth of your breath on the back of my neck without a

cotton barrier. I want to feel every jolt of nervousness and doubt as you trace your fingertips over my body. I want to feel every curve and angle underneath your skin as you press your body up against me. I want to be trapped in your embrace. I want to be suffocated with the scent of you surrounding me, the roughness of your hands as you trace lines over my own skin, taking pieces of me away and giving me mismatched pieces of yourself to treasure and hoard for eternity. I want to close my eyes and feel nothing, think of nothing but you and the way I fit perfectly in your arms, how we surely must have been created from the same mold. I want your body wrapped around me so tightly that I can only just catch my breath. I want my skin to tingle with your movements as you fidget in your sleep, excited simply by the prospect of feeling your hands on me. I want you to bury your face into my neck, my hair and tell me that you adore me. I want you to whisper words of devotion into my ears as I drift off into sleep, and I want you to continue for hours after my breathing has deepened and my body has relaxed. I want to wake up in the morning and squeeze my eyes shut, lying as silently still as possible so as not to wake you, just to prolong that precious moment. I want to belong and share and know what it is to love and be again without awkwardness or doubt or anxiety. The initial feelings associated with love were almost like an ocean wave in their intensity, acting as the magnetic force that drew two people together. It was possible to be washed away in the emotion, but the wave wouldn't lat forever. It couldn'tnor was it meant to be- but if two people were right for each other, a truer kind of love could last forever in its wake. In the end, it's worked out because we both want it to. As long as you two have that- you'll be able to make it through everything. Every girl needs a man. You know the kind who will treat you right. The kind that has enough respect for you and is willing to change just to be with you. The kind who searches for you with all his heart and who can be trusted in a room full of beautiful girls. Every girl needs a man who won't cheat on her because he knows she's got all that he wants and needs already. He would be willing to be your friend and your lover and won't mind calling you early in the morning just to say good morning or late at night to say good night, maybe even sing you a good morning song and tell you a bedtime story or talk to you until you fall asleep. This guy will be the kind who will do anything for you, even if it's to just go to the store just to buy you your favourite kind of ice cream. He would defend and fight for you and wouldn't bail on you for his friends when you need him most. The kind who won't leave you lonely and wondering, the one who calls you even if he's out with his friends, just to tell you he loves you and misses you. The kind who isn't afraid to smile to his friends every time you're around and tell them, "she's the one." the kind who appreciates you for the things you do for him, even if they're little. The ones who actually thank you for the little love notes you leave him, waits for you when you're falling behind, and opens doors for you. Every girl needs a man who will take you out on dates once in a while and buy you flowers just because it's a Wednesday. The kind of guy who notices your hair when you just got it cut or done beautifully for him. He would remind you that he loves you and that he's happy with you, just in case you forget. The kind who doesn't want hugs and kisses, but to actually love and be loved. You deserve a guy who will call you beautiful instead of hot, who kisses your forehead when you're down, tells you to be strong and to not cry- but when you do cry, he'll cry with you when times are hard. The kind who will go through thick and thin with and for you. The kind who just loves you for who you are. Once you've found that passion, that heat, that intensity with that one guy- don't ever let it go. Once you've lost it, you'll never get it back. Don't give up for stupid reasons. Wait it out, and don't ever let yourself think that you don't deserve what you want. She has a bigger, better heart than any other girl you've ever known. She's had a front row seat to the mess that is your life and still sticks around, and genuinely likes you. She sees something worthwhile in you, something that makes her hang on. Even though you've given her nothing, she's still here. But someday she won't be so give her a reason to stay. Because we argue. It's what we do. You tell me when Im being a bitch, and I tell you when you're acting like an ass. But it's okay, because I need you and I want you all of you. And no argument will ever change that. Do you remember the time when you and I were fine? hiding under the apple tree there was no one but you and me, we would hide from passing cars and we would have the summer stars. And we were better then, than we'd ever been before. You came back to me after walking out my door, you would call me on the phone before you even got home, and without me you said you were all alone. I find that in your arms, I feel safe. I feel that in your mind, I feel wanted. I find that in your eyes, I feel me. I find that in your heart, I feel love. There's a reason why people describe love as being "head over heels." you feel like you're completely turned upside down. There's the physical stuff- your cheeks getting hot, the flutters in your stomach and then there's the mental madness- you feel like you're losing your mind because all you can think about is the way they smell, how good it feels when they put their arms around you, or the cute little dimples they get when they smile. When you're with them, there's no other place you'd rather be; when you're not, you can barely wait to see them again. Love is a total high. There will come a time in your life when you become infatuated with a single soul. For this person, you'd do almost anything without even thinking about it. When asked why, you have no answer. You'll try your whole life to understand how a single person can affect you as much as they do. You'll try to deny it and try to make excuses to avoid facts. As much as you try, you'll never truly be able to avoid your feelings. No matter how badly it hurts, or how badly you hate it, you'll love this person for the rest of your life without regret. I didn't make anything clear, because I didn't know. Didn't want to know. I was scared. There. You feel better knowing that? I was scared, because I need you. Because I need to see your face and hear your voice and smell your hair. I just need you to be there. And I need to help you mow the grass and put the grill together. I need you to need me back. The Best Mistake; Nora Roberts

I want you, desperately, because life isn't even tolerable without you. I need you because you are, and always were, the best part of my life. I love you for reasons it would take hours to tell you. Storm Warning; Nora Roberts Every girl should have at least one window in her bedroom. Not because it's illegal- but how do you expect a cute boy to throw rocks at your window if you don't even have one? She talks too loud. She says things that she should keep to herself. She's slow and silly. She can be very thick-headed and rude. She wants too much. She stays hidden behind a fake smile. She cries at night to sad songs on the radio. She runs away from the truth. She doesn't want to do anything but lay in his arms forever. There are millions of people out there. But in the end, it all comes down to one. I still panic sometimes, forget to breathe. But I know there's something beautiful in all my imperfections. A beauty within which he held out for me to see, a strength that can never be taken away. I remember the day we met. His smile, his touch. You can be anywhere when your life begins, when the future opens up in front of you. You may not even realize it at first, but it's already happening. She asked, "Am I pretty?" He said, "no." She asked, "Do you like me?" He said, "No." she asked, "Do you want me?" He said, "No." She walked away with tears in her eyes. He grabbed her arm and said, "You aren't pretty you're beautiful. I don't like you I love you. And I don't want you I need you." Everything reminds me of you. I threw away every picture, ripped up every letter. I refuse to go anywhere you could be and if I do, I look for everyone but you. Yet everyday I think of you, everyday Im reminded of what we had and how Im afraid nothing could ever stop that feeling you gave me without even trying or knowing. Yet, as hard as I try, you never quite leave my mind. All my friends tell me that we're perfect for each other and that one day you'll realize it. When you do, I promise that the first words out of my mouth will be, "what the hell took you so long?!" If I could have three wishes, I wouldn't wish for the stars, the moon or the riches and this life. But for twenty five hours a day, eight days a week and thirteen months a year to spend more time with you. One girl looking out her window, one boy walking down the street. He didn't know it at the time, but when she saw him, her heart skipped a beat. One girl playing outside, one boy doing the same. He didn't know it at the time, but she wanted to find out his name. One girl getting hurt by many boys, one boy mending her heart. He didn't know it at the time, but she loved only him from the start. One girl standing outside, one boy asking her out. He didn't know it at the time, but she never had any doubts. One girl loving a boy, one boy loving a girl. He didn't know it at the time, but he was her world. One girl's heart breaks, one boy moves on. He didn't know it at the time, but her love for him wasn't done. One girl tries to win him back, one boy doesn't care. He didn't know it at the time, but she wouldn't always be there. One girl leaves for college, one boy stays where he's at. He didn't know it at the time, but he was breaking her heart in half. One girl's heart is missing, one boy has it you see. He doesn't know it right now, but the two of them are meant to be. It's the kind of crush where you just finished putting up your away message and about to walk out the door when he signs on and suddenly whatever you were about to do no longer matters. you are always here with me, at least in my heart, and it is impossible for me to remember a time when you were not a part of me. I do not know who I would have become had you never come back to me that day, but I have no doubt I would have lived and died with regrets that thankfully Ill never know. [the notebook; nicholas sparks] in times of grief and sorrow I will hold you and rock you, and take your grief and make it my own. When you cry, I cry, and when you hurt, I hurt. And together we will hold back the floods of tears and despair and make it through the potholed streets of life. [the notebook; nicholas sparks] you are the answer to every prayer Ive offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have. I love you, more than you can imagine. I always have, and I always will. [the notebook; nicholas sparks] i would love to tell you that everything will work out for us, and I promise to do all I can to make sure it does. But if we never meet again, and this is truly goodbye, I know we will see each other again in another life. We will find each other again, and maybe the stars will have changed, and we will not only love each other in that time, but for all the times we've had before. [the notebook; nicholas sparks] poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that overwhelms logic and common sense. That's what it was like for me, I didn't plan on falling in love with you, and I doubt if you planned on falling in love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has happened only once, and that's why every minute of we spent together has been seared in my memory. Ill never forget a single moment of it. [the notebook; nicholas sparks] i want a boy who will tell me when Im being stupid. Who won't baby me with his words. A boy who will still give time to his

friends. A boy who will tell me no. He would watch stupid movies with me but make me watch his favorites too. A boy who's willing to drop everything for me, but knows when to let it be. A boy who knows he's important to me, but won't mind when I change my plans to help someone. A boy who won't mind my country urges, but will laugh at me when I pretend to be gangsta. I want a boy who's enjoyable to look at, he doesn't have to be gorgeous, I just want someone I can pay attention to. A boy who can make jokes about me, a boy who I can laugh with, someone who won't mind when I embarrass myself. A boy who will buy me something Ill actually use, none of that jewelry crap. A boy who has other girl friends, but I can trust him with them. A boy who will know when to leave me alone when I have stupid fits. I don't want the fairytale deal, I just want to feel comfortable. once you hold his hand, there's no letting go. Once you say yes, there's no saying no. Once he walks into your life, he never walks away. Once you fall into his arms, you'll always want to stay. Once you walk into his heart, there's no turning back. Once you really love him, you never have to act. And once you fall in love, there's no turning back. love is looking into his eyes and forgetting about the world around you. It's feeling his kiss hours after he's gone. It's seeing perfection when he's standing beside you, and realizing every moment spent without him is way too long. it's amazing how you feel about him. Whenever you're around him, nothing else matters. How your heart stops and you're left breathless. And no matter how many times he breaks your heart, he always seems to put the pieces back together. for the first time in my life, I feel like Im doing something right. Because when I look at him- it's there. In everything he does to me- it's there. I don't know what it is, but I know that it's there- and it's never going to leave. he's the only guy to look past what others think about me. To not care what Im labeled. To look deeper than designer clothes, make up and perfectly done hair. If you're going to mess with that, Im not going to sit back and let you. Ill put up a fight for him- he's the best thing that has ever happened to me. Im such a sucker for those eyes, they've got me permanently paralyzed. You have my heart under attack, you give me shivers down my back. Do you have to walk the way you do? I get weak just watching you. i want to meet a guy who I can learn from, someone who I can have fun with, someone interesting and the kind of guy who I can depend on. I want to meet a guy who will actually appreciate me as a friend, a guy who will be my best friend. you can understand the facts of life, but the facts of love are much different. To love, you love or someone loves you. But when you both love each other, you're both in love with one another. First become friends and let it go. Then get serious and get together. Just make yourself known as a person- not as someone you don't want to be known as. i want a boy I can't get enough of. He would read my favorite books and watch my favorite movies just to talk about them with me. He would get me so mad I can't even think and then kiss me out of no where. He would laugh at all my jokes, no matter how stupid they are and pretend to like my friends even though we both know they're the biggest losers ever. He would hold me when I cry and he'd know when I say Im cold, I really just want him to hold me. He would hold open doors for strangers and would never miss a chance to hold my hand. He would give me hugs and tell me jokes that aren't really funny but make me laugh anyway and he wouldn't put up with my bullshit. He'd teach me how to play sports and watch Grey's Anatomy with me. He'd watch movies with me that we both know by heart and we'd recite every line. He would tell me Im beautiful, but not too often and surprise me with notes in my locker or twenty five cent rings. He would walk with me outside even when it's cold and know what to say to make me feel better. He would help me study when I have a test and never make me cry on purpose. He wouldn't mind when I talk during movies or interrupt his stories. He'd become friends with my family and have dinner with us. He wouldn't be embarrassed to kiss me or tell me he loves me, ever and he would let me buy him stuff when I feel like it and listen to music I like even if he thinks it sucks and he would share his music with me. He would have snowball fights with me in the winter and water balloon fights in the summer. He would go to the beach with me and when Im tired he'd let me fall asleep in his arms. He would always know how to make me smile and he would sing to me. He would call me just to say hi or tell me he was thinking of me. He would tell me his secrets and let me tell him mine. He would be my best friend and he would never, ever break my heart. Im going to marry you someday. So make sure you plan your life accordingly. the thing about you is you're fun. You make me laugh and you make me feel more alive. Okay, you make me a little crazy sometimes, but there are moments in my mind- crystal clear images of you and me and that summer that I can't let go of. And it all makes such perfect sense. when you're sleeping, you're left in your most vulnerable state. Ive never been able to let anyone see me like that, until you. Sleeping next to you, I feel so safe, so protected. I feel comfortable with you seeing me vulnerable because I know you wouldn't hurt me even if you have the perfect opportunity to do so. and I now that I should probably just let go, because I know it won't work out and everyone tells me that. So I try to convince myself it's better off that way without him, but then Ill think of him and remember his smile that makes me melt and I can't imagine myself with anybody else. And no matter how hard it will be- I want to be with him. at some point, you've got to man up and jump. You've got to quit being scared of the 'maybes' and 'what-ifs' and just freaking jump. Quit cheating yourself out of the best thing that could ever happen to you, quit cheating him out of what he's wanted for so long and just fall. Fall hard, fall long and fall forever.

and you dropped the note and we changed the key. You changed yourself and I changed me. I really didn't see us singing through this. Then you screamed the bridge and I cried the verse, and our chorus came out unrehearsed. And you were smiling the whole way through. happiness is looking into the eyes of someone you love and realizing that the look in their eyes is the same one you have in yours. i don't want him to be perfect. I just want him to accept me, want me, make fun of me, kiss me, hold me and make me watch him play whatever he plays. we drive tonight and you are by my side. We're talking about our lives, like we've known each other forever. The time flies with the sound of your voice. It's close to paradise, with the end surely near. And if I could only stop the car and hold onto you and never let go. love. A wildly misunderstand although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker. love is never wanting to lose faith, never wanting to give up and never truly moving on. Love is knowing and praying in the deepest part of what's left of your heart that they feel the same. love is as much of an object as an obsession. Everybody wants it, everybody seeks it, but few ever achieve it. And those who do will cherish it, be lost in it, and amongst all else never, ever forget it. if he's the one you love and the one who makes you happy, no matter how long you've liked him and no matter what people say, you should keep trying and waiting because one day it may just be worth it. tell me Im not making a mistake. Tell me you're worth the wait. That you're always going to be here. Make me believe that Im making the right decision by still holding on. Show me that you're going to be around to catch me when I fall. i love you. Not only for who you are, but for what I am when Im with you. a soul mate is someone who has locks that fit our keys and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open our locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are. We can be loved for who we are and not who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that person, we're safe in our own paradise. Our soul mate is someone who shares our deepest longing, our sense of direction. When we're two balloons and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soul mate is the one who makes life come to life. you gave me the best gift anyone ever could. You took me through one of the biggest life experiences, you and I made countless memories that I will cherish forever and you completely helped me find myself. And although the pain ran deeper than nearly anything else, I would never have wanted to share my first love with anyone else. maybe instead of thinking how you know everything, let go of your ego for a while and you'd start to get to know her. And maybe if you threw away your fears of getting hurt and just loved her, maybe you two could make it. i love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope and every dream Ive ever had. And no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours. Youre cynical and beautiful, you always make a scene. You're monochrome delirious, you're nothing that you seem. Im drowning in your vanity; your laugh is a disease. You're dirty and you're sweet, you're everything to me. never think you're nothing. Never cry at night over not being pretty enough. Never tell yourself you'll never be good enough. Because to someone, you're everything. To someone, you're gorgeous. To someone, you're the world. you don't love a girl because she's beautiful, but she's beautiful because you love her. Im not like anyone you've ever known, and maybe that scares you a little bit. Because here you are, with a girl who actually cares for you, and for once in your life- you don't know how to deal with that. but then there's that one person. You let them in and you trust them and you think maybe, just maybe, everything you've gone through is worth it. Because you found someone on this messed up planet who knows you, and loves you for who you are. i just need someone to trust, to run to and just let go. To not have to worry ever again, because I know Ill have you. Just once, I want to know what it feels like to have somebody to love. Im tugging my hair. Im pulling at my clothes. Im trying to keep my cool, but I know it shows. Im staring at my feet, my cheeks are turning red, Im searching for the words inside my head. Im feeling nervous, trying to be so perfect because I know you're worth it. You're definitely worth it. she was just a tease, and nothing more. She knew her limits and she never pushed them. She only flirted with boys and talked with them long enough for them to ask for her number, but she always resisted and said no. She's heard all the lines, all the

phrases. She's seen all the moves, all the tricks. But that one ordinary boy got her, and she spends her night wondering how he did. you know the beautiful thing about love? it's so powerful. Nothing else can make people do the things that love can make them do. It's the only emotion that can make people fight, and give their all to something or someone. It's the only thing that can make people hold on, when they otherwise would have given up. Love is strong, it's powerful and it's rare. So when people find it, they marvel at the power of it. And they keep holding on because it's the truest form of ecstasy. The world cannot survive without love. It's the only thing that can get people to hold on anymore. and now, it was more than love. It was the way her heart fluttered every time he came into sight. The way her knees go so weak whenever he leaned in to kiss her good night. Or maybe it was the way he held her so close to him, and showed her what true love meant. But maybe, just maybe, it was the way he held her hand with no intention of ever letting go. Im going through my dark times. I just can't seem to pick you out, amongst all the other guys. I know that when I see you, Im going to feel it. Like a first instinct, Ill know it's you. Once I find my way out of that dark tunnel, you will be standing right outside, my heart in your hands. did I ever tell you that you're always on my mind? no, of course not. Because that's where you are, and that's where you'll stay- in my mind. I never bring you out for the world to see. And it's too bad, because you are a beautiful boy. Im scared of never finding out what love is all about. Yeah, Ive been attracted to guys, but never been in love. I have never felt that strong bond to someone that is impossible to break. Or feeling all these different emotions at once and all these thoughts are going through your head but the only one you really notice is that you are so in love, with him. You just want to scream it, but the thing is, you don't need to because everyone can see it. Man, I want that. (573) i remember that night, when I sat shotgun and you sat in the backseat. And I turned around, got a good look at you and it was like you knew because you looked at me and didn't say a single word. But you smiled and let me tell you, that smile has been stuck in my head ever since. Like my favorite song. (572) the light outside struck your face like a match, your eyes shined brighter than any star Ive ever seen. You seemed just like any other boy, but when you smiled at me, it was indescribable. And what makes it so magical, so incredible? I know I wasn't dreaming. (571) to me, the best feeling in the world is getting a hug from the boy you care about most. Sure, it's nothing hot or sexy, but it's completely adorable and irresistible. You feel so safe, secure and warm and so does your heart. You're so close, I bet he can feel it beating. He's got to be a good hugger of course. But then again, why wouldn't he be? (570) he's that guy that you would want to hang out with even if you weren't dating him. And he's cute in that kinda way that's sorta like... You know in the movies, that guy you want the girl to end up with that everybody pretends isn't cute, but he really is. (560) the choice is black or white, not a shade of grey. Because in love, there is no such thing as half way. (559) i might not be making much sense right now, but that's the way I see it. I find myself in you. I know that's some totally clich line, but it's really the only thing I can think of right now to explain this. Out there, in the world, Im lost. But with you, everything is clearer. (558) i want someone who I know will stay with me when times get tough. Someone to hug and kiss me when Ive had enough. When I get tired of hearing the same stuff everyday, someone to tell me, "baby, it's going to be okay." (557) i don't care what car you drive, where you live. If you know someone who knows someone, if your clothes are this year's cutting edge. If your trust fund is unlimited, if you are a-list, b-list or never heard of you list. I only care about the words that flutter from your mind. They are the only thing you truly own, the only thing I will remember you by. I will not fall in love with your bones and skin. I will not fall in love with the places you have been. I will not fall in love with anything but the words that flutter from your extraordinary mind. Words are ours; words are enough. Id never tell you, but I love it when you call me babe. I love it when you put your arm around me. Id never tell you, but I love it when you make fun of me and I love it when you look at me with those eyes. I would never tell you any of this, but I don't think I have to. what is young love? it's staying up late for each other and barely staying awake in class the next day. It's passing each other between classes and stopping to say hi, but ending up running to your next class right before the bell rings. It's going to the mall, wandering hand in hand with a silence that's comfortable. It's watching a movie in the theaters with his hand slowly reaching for yours, and you resting your head in his arms. It's walking around at night for no reason at all- his chest, your

head looking at the stars. It's uncertainty of how long it will last, a risk you're both willing to take, even if it means you'll hurt your heart. It's not yet true love, but not like, not lust, nor infatuation. It's young love. Here to stay, here to play with our hearts, and to never go away. i don't want this moment to ever end. Where everything's nothing without you. Ill wait here forever just to see you smile. 'cause it's true, I am nothing without you. Through it all, Ive made my mistakes. I stumble and fall, but I mean these words. I want you to know with everything I have- I won't let this go. i don't like being this weak, feeling this vulnerable, crying tears that don't need to be shed, letting you have complete and utter control over me. But I just can't help it- Im in love with you. i walk through the hallways at school and laugh at the boys I used to like- because not even one of them comes close to you. he's the boy who will grab your hand to pull you into the middle of the road to dance. No people. No cars. No music. He just wanted an excuse to hold you close. she's so glad to be with him. He's the only person she wants to be with. He means so much to her. She loves his stupid jokes, how he can change her entire day just by giving her a hug. The way he can always make her laugh, and how he's by her side through everything that goes wrong. at school, I constantly go out of my way just to see a second of your face. Your amazing smile is all I need to make my day a thousand times better, but I feel silly for not having the courage to tell you how I feel. Because a girl like me couldn't possibly catch the eye of a boy like you. You saw the best of me when I made mistakes. You loved me when I didn't know how to let you in. You never gave up on me, even when I was running out the door. You're the only one who ever cared. What is love? as far as I can tell it is passion, admiration and respect. If you have two, you have enough. If you have all three, you don't have to die to go to heaven. If you have to try and convince yourself you don't care about someone, you care about them more than you think. Please just don't give up on me. Because underneath all my mistakes, imperfections and disappointments, Im just a simple girl who really does love you. And Im sorry if sometimes Im just a little too shy to show it. When two people are meant for each other, no time is too long, no distance is too far and no one can ever tear them apart. Love is passion. Obsession. Someone you can't live without. Someone you fall head over heels for. Find someone you can love like crazy, and will love you the same way back. Listen to your heart. No sense in life without this. To make the journey without falling deeply in love, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try, because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived. "Youre just another face in the crowd," he said to her. Youre just another jerk up the street," she said back. They both thought twice, because as they walked away, he said, "Another face in the crowd that happens to take my breath away." and she said, "Another jerk up the street who Id die to live next to." You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs. Im scared of everything. Im scared of what Ive seen, what Ive done and who I am. But most of all, Im scared of walking out of this room and never feeling for the rest of my life, the way I feel when Im with you. We fall like shooting stars and autumn leaves. Staying up later than the streetlights, promising what could never be. I can't be anything without you; I can't be anything without you by my side. it wasn't love at first sight for either of us. We didn't completely lose our hearts to the other in one moment and I have no idea how or when it happened for him, but I could never forget how it happened for me. One day, he just seemed so different. He didn't seem like a typical immature boy. He seemed funny, yet mature and responsible, and had he always been that sweet? I noticed his eyes for the first time, his beautiful hazel eyes. I can't tell you why it happened, but I looked at him completely differently from that day on. It wasn't love at first sight, but now, it's love at every sight. And if you really need him, fate won't let you lose him. Fate will bring him back. It may not be soon, but he'll come back. Youre not the kind of guy that would ignore me when you're with your friends, but hold me tighter and kiss me a little harderjust to make them jealous. She tries so hard to impress him and look good even though he thinks she's the most beautiful girl without any makeup at all. Whatever she's doing, whenever it is. She always seems to stop, just for a second, just to think of him. She may be confused about a lot of things, but she knows for sure that the only time she's truly happy is when she's with him. Sure, she's pretty, but it's about more than that. You two connect. Anything you throw at her, she can throw right back. You

figured out what's going on in that predictable head of hers in under five minutes. But something tells you her heart would take about five years. Every time she laughs, she hopes he's watching. Not so he will see she is happy. But so that maybe, just maybe, he will fall for her smile just like she fell for his. and if I could tell you one thing. I guess it would be that I love hearing your voice and that your smile just happens to brighten my entire day. honestly, if you find someone who can make you feel like you're the best Goddamn thing in the universe just by calling you beautiful then stick with them. They're a rare breed. every girl needs that guy who she can wrap her arm around. The one who will kiss her on the forehead when she's sleeping. The one to wipe away her tears and tell her she's beautiful. The guy who just doesn't compare to anyone else. I know there's a change for you and I. And I believe there's no way our love could die. So no matter how long it takes, Ill wait for you and whatever it takes, Ill be there for you. Everyday that goes by, it seems like I discover something new about you to love. It's incredible to me how one person can make such a big difference in my life. You touch me in a way no one else ever has and give me so many reasons to love you. A three word statement does not justify the importance that you have in my life. Instead of saying I love you; I want you to know that no statement in English, or any other language, could possibly capture the very essence of how much I truly treasure your existence. I dare you to love me. I dare you to care. I dare you for once to see the love that's really there. One night the moon whispered to her, "if he makes you cry... Why don't you leave him?" so she looked up at the moon and said, "Moon, would you ever leave your sky?" Its you. You're the one I talk about all the time and the one I can't stop thinking about. The one that can make me laugh when I don't even want to smile, the one that can make me feel better in the blink of an eye. It's you Im crazy about. When I see you, the world stops. It stops and all that exists for me is you and my eyes staring at you. There's nothing else. No noise, no other people, no thoughts or worries, no yesterday or tomorrow. The world just stops and it's a beautiful place. And there is only you. Just you and my eyes staring at you. The one and only thing I want right now is to find a guy who likes me for me. A guy who isn't afraid to act like himself around me and for me to be able to act like myself around him. Someone to cuddle with me and make me feel wanted. Someone to love and someone to love me. If a boy really likes you, he doesn't care how tired he is, how much homework he has or how late it is. He'll talk to you. I want a guy who will make me happy. Someone who will make me smile when I hear his voice, someone who will love me unconditionally. I want someone who will have my friends saying to one another, "she's happy again." Hes the type of guy that would give you his jacket just because he knows when he gets it back, it'll smell like you. And you're the type of girl that would want his jacket just because it smells like him. Im constantly thinking of you and I have no idea if you're thinking of me too. All I know is that you make me smile and laugh like no one else can. You're always on my mind, and every time I see you, I fall a little more. Dont worry, he'll miss you. You're the best he could get and he blew it. Don't let him make you think for one second that it was your fault- it's not. He screwed up, and you did absolutely nothing wrong. You gave him your heart and you trusted him to keep and protect it, but he couldn't. And honestly, he's not mature enough. He's not smart enough. If he was smart, he would have cared for you with every fibre of his being and been with you in every spare second he could. But he didn't, and now he's gone. But don't you cry. Don't call him telling him you miss him. Don't instant message him. Don't text him. Don't comment him. Don't talk to him in the hallways. Just pretend you don't care, and don't be surprised when he comes crawling back saying he made a mistake. And if you want to go, go with him again. But make him work for you. Don't be his doormat. Don't let him in the first time he rings the bell. Make him come back every day until you trust him enough. If he doesn't come back after a couple of tries, just let him go. But if he comes back every day, then he's worth it. Trust me. He's worth it. Tell her why she's perfect for you. Pick her up and tickle her till she can barely breathe. She'll scream and fight, but secretly, she'll love it. Protect her and hold her hand when you talk to her. Look at her like she's the only girl you ever want to be with. When she least expects it, pull her close and kiss her hand. Tell her she looks beautiful. Get her mad, then kiss her. Let her fall asleep in your arms. Call her and give her piggy back rides. Kiss her forehead. Be slow and don't push anything. Make her feel loved and kiss her in the rain. And when you fall in love with her- tell her. Who wants the perfect guy? Not me. I don't want anyone perfect. I don't want anyone normal, that's just boring. I want someone weird. I want someone unpredictable. I want someone who lets things slide and who loves to laugh and make me laugh. I want someone who will be crazy about me and isn't afraid to let everyone know it. I want him to be able to tell me to

shut up when Im bugging him. I want someone who challenges me, in every way. I want someone who puts up with me, but isn't a pushover. I want someone who ticks me off but I can never be mad at. But perfect? Thats one thing I never want. Maybe just perfect for me. I want you to be the one I can run to. The one who lets me fall apart in their arms, see me at my worst and tell me Im best. Love me forever and don't think twice about stopping. He was tall and she was short. He was outgoing and she was shy. He was handsome, but man, she was beautiful. They were different in many ways, but it was how they came together when no one was looking that caught the two of them of guard. So make her laugh a little and help her get through. She used to cry but no one knew. Help her out and treat her right. It's been a while since she smiled so bright. Show her that not all guys lie. Cute guys are amazing. Not the super sexy guys who are too shallow, even for themselves. But the ones who are sort of clumsy and dorky, and are always sweet. They are the ones worth keeping. All I really want is him to be with me for me, not for something more. This is the first time I feel that I can't screw this up, because if I do, I know he'll just leave and Im not letting this one go because he's real. The one that understands me out of every guy out there that Ive ever met or known. Im scared to get hurt again, too many tears lost, too much time wasted. I hope that he's the boy that's going to be there for me, always. The one who actually keeps his word and promises. We both took some wrong turns and hurt each other a little too much. Our stubbornness was what kept us apart, neither of us wanted to give in, to forgive the other first. But in the end, we both lost. I don't care about how many lips you kissed or how many hands you held. I don't care about being your first. I just care about being your last. Love? Its kind of complicated. But Ill tell you this: the second you're willing to make yourself miserable to make somebody else happy- that's love right there. I don't need a rose, I want a daisy you picked for my hair. I don't want a fancy box of chocolates, I want a burnt cookie that you made just or me. I don't want some upscale restaurant, let's just have a picnic in the park. We don't have to go to prom, we can just dance on my front porch until we fall asleep in each other's arms. She likes you so much. I can tell just from the way she holds her breath when you walk by. It's so subtle, and she'll deny it every time you ask. But she's more in love with you than you realize. Im telling you, you don't want to fall for me. You don't even want to be with me. I make a terrible girlfriend. Im horrible at keeping in touch with people, Ill never call you. I change my mind way too much and I love going out with friends, I can't settle. Ive fallen in love and had my heart broken more than once by the same boy. I lost the pieces so don't bother trying to put them back together, that's something I need to work on by myself, when Im ready. And Im not ready. Id flirt with some other boys, and probably some girls too. Id never cheat on you, but Id make you worry. You don't want to fall for me, but Im falling for you. And if it's okay with you, I want to change all those things about me- just to be with you. You complete me. Really, you do. You can make me smile even when Im in my worst mood. It's only in your arms that I forget all my troubles and I have complete happiness. Shes the self-preserved, pretty-but-doesn't-know-it kind of girl, reading her books and day dreaming all day. While he's the outgoing, spontaneous, gorgeous boy with the most amazing blue eyes you'll ever see. They grew up from two different worlds and he'll teach her how to stand up to those who look down on her and she'll teach him how to love and know the true meaning of jealousy, while he teaches her the same without knowing it. He'll teach her how to shout at the world without a wince because his hand is holding tightly around hers, letting her know he'll never leave her, causing her to forget her fears for everything and just being able to live for once, without a worry. Chances are, Ill never get a moment like this again. So here's everything Ive ever wanted to tell you: no one has ever gotten me like you. Ive never found anyone who makes me laugh like you. You're the one person who I can honestly see myself happy with. The definition of love to me is you. The best boyfriend you'll have isn't the best looking, the funniest or the richest. It's the one who makes you feel gorgeous, hilarious and like a million dollars. He makes sure you know he loves you. I love your random instant messages at ten pm when you know Im stressing over homework. I love your six am phone calls just to make sure you're the first voice I ear in the morning. I also love when you randomly text me in class just to see how my day is going. And even though you're completely filled with flaws, I am just completely in love with you. End of story. And I love you- I really do. Not because you're gorgeous or funny or prince charming or perfect or whatever all those other girls imagine. I love you because you get me. You know me and somehow you still manage to be around me. You've never left me, and you make me feel like Im the only person in the world. Why is it everyone looks at him and doesn't see how wonderful he is? Because I saw it the first time I laid eyes on him. I don't think I knew it then, but I guess I was falling in love. He makes me smile. It's not just any regular smile either. It's that radiant smile you know that you get when you have fallen

head over heels in love with the boy of your dreams. If you were falling, then I would catch you. You need a light, Id find a match. Because I love the way you say good morning, and take me the way I am. If you are chilly, here, take my sweater. Your head is aching, Ill make it better. Because I love the way you call me baby, and take me the way I am. Im not his first, his last or his only. But Im praying that Im his favourite. He might've cared for another girl before, and probably will again. But Im going to be the girl he cares for the most. He's not perfect and Im not either, but Im going to be the closest damn thing he finds to perfect. He can make me laugh and I give him the most I can. He might not be thinking about me every second of everyday, but I know Im always in his heart. He's going to give me his heart, which I can break and in return Im giving him my heart, that he can break. So I say, don't hurt him and he won't hurt you. Don't change him and he won't change you. And don't expect me to give more than I can. Don't over analyze, smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad and miss him whenever he's not there. Because even though you're not his last, you're going to be the most memorable girl he ever gets. "Its just one of those days," she said, "The day when the sun is shining, and the sky is blue and the birds are singing. But you sit in your room with the music on and the blinds closed waiting for something or someone to help you out of the dark. Usually they don't come and you're left to pull yourself out." he looked her straight in the eye and said, "Ill pull you out onto the roof and we can burn in the sunlight together." And for once, she wants to be the person to have a secret admirer. The person to be thought of 24 hours, 7 days a week. She wants to be the person who gets all those stupid love notes. She wants to feel the feeling of having someone sprung over her. And for once, just once, she wants to be told that she's loved by someone who actually means it- without having to tell them she loves them first. Love is always a good thing, no matter how much it hurts. Even after it's over, even through the pain, anyone who has ever really loved you will tell you that they never regretted a second of it- no matter how much it hurt in the end. And if you tell me differently, I will tell you that you were not truly in love. You will never forget your first love. That's what makes it so special. You love so hard, so deeply and so intensely because you don't know any different. It's the best thing until it's over. Then you hurt like you've never been hurt before. Eventually you love again, but you love differently. You will love more carefully and more cautiously, continually comparing that person to your first love. Love is something you can't describe. Like the look of a rose, the smell of rain or the feeling of forever. Just once I want to be hard to leave. I want someone to stay up all night and think of me. Prove to me it's true love felt and show me that Im more important than anyone else. Its been days since Ive seen you. Hours since I talked to you. Minutes since Ive heard your name but yet, only a matter of seconds since Ive thought of you. When you say Im beautiful I say, "yeah right" but what Im really saying is, "do you really think so?" when you say good job I say, "thanks" but what Im really saying is, "I love that you notice." when you say we'll be together forever I say, "I hope so" but what Im really saying is, "I hope forever never ends." when you say I love you I say, "I love you too" but what Im really saying is, "never stop saying that." when you say I don't care I say, "yes I do" but what Im really saying is, "I care more for you than you'll ever know." You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of a sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff, that idea of home is gone. You'll see it when you move out, it just sort of happens one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start; it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place. - Garden State You make me clumsy, and I can only tell you that I love you and hope it is enough. [Dance of Dreams; Nora Roberts] I love you. It's not about when and how he says it, it's about how relieved you feel because he said it first and because you know he feels the same about you as you do about him. I want someone who will kiss the tip of my nose when it's snowing outside and pull my cold hands out of my pockets and into his. I want candid polaroids and handpicked flowers for no reason and long drives in the summer with the windows rolled down and our favourite songs blaring on the radio. I want to walk in comfortable silence, and to dance with or without music playing. I want genuine conversations underneath the stars. And I want to fall asleep on someone's shoulder and wake up next to them. Its okay if Im a little sloppy sometimes. It's okay that my hair doesn't always look nice. And it's okay that Im not perfect .it's okay because Ive found a boy who thinks it's more than okay. Shes scared, scared to lose him. She's scared she'll do something wrong to make him want to leave. She's scared that he'll find someone so much better than her. She's scared because she finally realized how much he really means to her.

Finally I have found a place into which I fit perfectly, safely and securely with no doubts, fears, sadness or tears. This place is filled with happiness and laughter, yet it is spacious enough to allow me the freedom to move around, to live my life and to be myself. This wonderful place, which I never believed really existed, I have found finally- in your arms, in your heart, in your love. Hes not the typical boy. He carries a picture of his twin cousins in his wallet. He believes in treating all girls with respect. He always gives more than he takes. He's not afraid to stand up for what he believes in. He also is the only one who has never made me fall. I love you and always will. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me. You were my best friend and my lover and I don't regret a single moment of it. You made me feel alive again, Ill never forget you for that. You're always going to be the very best part of me. To every girl who feels lost inside, broken hearted, who feels like nobody understands. Just remember, when you fall, at one point a boy is going to see you and give you his hand to help you up from being put down. He'll love you; treat you the way you should be treated. If you have no hope, just keep looking. He'll be there. Waiting. Im not that good of a person. I make mistakes and I have regrets. I act a lot slower than I really am and I cry. I laugh way too loud when something isn't really that funny and sometimes the mean things people say about me can really get to me. But when Im with you, I found none of that matter because you make me smile. Ive finally realized why I can't let you go. It's the way you surprise me and make my heart beat faster. It's the way that you hold me for immeasurable moments in time. It's the way you say my name and it's the way that you fight with me. It's how I know that I mean something to you, even when no one else can see it. Whats different about us is that we're friends. Well, maybe we're not just friends, but the base of all we know is friendship. He may think Im beautiful, but he'll still tease me when he has to look down to see me. And we may cuddle up and watch movies, but we'll still laugh and make jokes about every line. We may hold hands, but we also get into fake fights that I know he wants to win every time. He gets mad when I don' think highly of myself and I get mad when he won't tell me what's wrong. We know more about each other than anyone else and maybe that's the thing that makes it so perfect- that he's not just a friend or a lover, but he's the missing piece to my puzzle. But love, Ive come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, the devotion in a pattern of things we do for each other every day. I don't want him constantly saying Im beautiful, or hot, or sexy. I want someone who will fight with me, tell me he hates me and act like he's crying just so Ill kiss him. I want someone who will make fun of me, do things with me and his friends and not always do everything I say. I don't want the "perfect guy" to every other girl. I want my perfect guy. The one who is nowhere near perfect and knows that Im not either- but loves me anyway. Love has no age limit. It's not like alcohol or something. You don't have to be 21 to love. I mean, when I was three, I loved my teddy bear. The only difference now is my teddy bear is 6 feet tall with brown hair and blue eyes. He can walk, talk and this teddy bear actually loves me back. Have you ever really thought about it. You got this girl head over heels for you, but for some reason you don' want to see it. You know it's there and you know you feel the same, but you refuse to let it be. Maybe you're scared. Maybe you're scared of the thought that this girl, who you've known for a long time, you've seen her happy, you've seen her sad, that this girl's perfect for you. And that really scares you, doesn't it? He made me feel right. He took away all the pain I ever felt. From my ex, my dad, everyone. He took it away. And it didn't hurt anymore. And he made me believe he cared, he really loved me. He was there, he was always there. In the beginning, anyway. He just made me feel right, complete, sane. He made me believe loving him was okay, it was going to be okay. Years from now, loving him would still be the right thing. I can't really explain why I love him, I can't explain why I love anyone- it's not possible. But I can put as much of a reason to some of it as possible. It's hard not to love someone that takes away all the pain you've ever felt. And when he sees her, he holds his breath and walks by without breathing. And when he walks by, he stares determinedly in the other direction, in order not to look at her. Because if he does, he'll stare forever. Over the course of the average lifetime, you meet a lot of people. Some of them stick with you through thick and thin. Some weave their way through your life and disappear forever. But once in a while, someone comes along who earns a permanent place in your heart. She won't go out and tell the whole world she's in love with him, but she'll think of him all the time. She won't change who she is for him, she'll be herself. And if he hates her, sure it's going to hurt but at least she'll know that he hates her for who she really is. I bet you don't know that Im afraid of the dark and every time I think of you, I smile. I bet you don't know that I hate thunderstorms, but I love dancing in the rain- or how much I love laughing with my friends and how much I truly enjoy being happy. I bet you don't know how many tears Ive cried just for you or how much I doubt myself every day. I bet you don't

know how unticklish I am or how I can't make decisions. And how it drives me crazy when you look into my eyes. I bet you don't know that I would do anything to be with you, but mostly I bet you don't know how much I truly love you. Loves like a butterfly. If you chase it, it'll fly out of your reach. But if you wait patiently, when you least expect it, it will land on you. I believe in memories. They look so, so pretty when I sleep. And when I wake, you look so pretty sleeping next to me. But there is not enough time, and there is no song I could sing, no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard. But I will still tell you one thing; we're better together. I really think there's a reason why I like him so much, like something's telling me not to let him go. Every time I follow my heart, it leads me to him. I mean, what other explanation is there? why is that he's all I can think about? why is it that no matter how upset I am, I see him and I can't help but smile? why is that when he smiles I get that feeling in my stomach? Sometimes you just don't want to get near the person you admire or desire because you're afraid to see his imperfections, but more afraid to realize you've fallen for him. He asked, "Are you say?" and she was quiet, hesitant, unlike herself. Until she shakily nodded her head, "Yes." and he said nothing, but ran his hands up her back and turned her to face him, pressing his nose against hers. Looking softly, hardly breathing, understanding, not knowing, not even loving. Just comprehension, comprehension of what she needed. The hands that brushed her spine and the hair out of her face, the pressure of his body and the fact that just then, he was her friend. And she felt more than his skin, he, more than hers and he held her like he held the world. I like cute guys. Not necessarily the hottest guy, but the one that's clumsy and crazy and always makes me smile. You know what I mean? Like he might not have Abercrombie potential, but he still has all my attention. No, not in the show-offy type of way, but in the Im-totally-cool-with-who-I-am kind of way. Like he can smile at me and know we are meant for this, for us. It would be like, he wouldn't always know what to say and when to say it, but he would want to. Because sometimes caring enough to try is really enough. And for us, it would be. He'd be spontaneous, always doing something I would have never expected would make me fall in love. The kind of guy that is so proud to be yours. The kind that has an amazing family that you feel at home with. You know, the kind of guy that is your best friend, but the only person you could ever see yourself with at the same time. He would love me for everything I am, for real, not just say it like everyone else always does. He would mean it and I wouldn't have to think twice to know he was telling the truth. And maybe we'd be exact opposites, but that would make our relationship great. Working at it. Because without work, it wouldn't really be worth it. I heard whispers, I ignored the talk. I didn't need to hear it, because I didn't want to believe it. I am yours, and you are mine. I don't care what they say, I don't care what they think would be good for me and how you're just not it. I don't care that they think I can do better, because nothing is better than the way I feel when Im with you. You seemed out of reach. I know you're too good for me. You must be lowering your standards, because it seems impossible that this could be. You couldn't be in love with me. Im not like all the other girls I get upset; I cry Im not always happy. Im not as pretty, skinny or as outgoing as them. So why? Why is it that you're with me and not one of them? Have you ever noticed what you do to me? Its you who keeps me up all night in bed, thoughts race through my head on what I should say, do, or even think. I could make a fool out of myself in front of you. Every night this happens, I constantly think how to keep my mind from doing this to me. But I can't. I suddenly realize why: I love you. Whenever you're on the phone with one of your friends, you make fun of him, he makes fun of you, then you both laugh. When you're on the phone with her, you just sit there trying to be cool with a stupid smile on your face. I love you. I love you not because you're adorable or because you're sweet, or because you're my best friend. I love you because you make me step outside myself and look at who I really am. You make me want to be a better person, just because you are who you are. I know that some part of you is hesitating for a moment, and if there is a moment of hesitation, then that means you feel something too. All I ask, please, is that you just don't dismiss that. There isn't another soul on this planet who has ever made me half the person I am when Im with you, and I would risk this friendship for the chance to take it to the next plateau. Because it is there, between you and me. You can't deny that. Even if, you know, even if we never talk again after tonightplease know that Im forever changed because of who you are and what you've meant to me. He liked sports, she liked fashion. He liked beer, she liked champagne. He wore Wal-Mart, she wore designer labels. His friends said, 'not a chance,' her friends said, 'no way.' but when the rest of the world turned their backs on them- they turned to each other. He promised her that he would love her forever, that he would never look at another girl that way, that he would treat her as if he were gold, that they'd live in a big house on a hill, overlooking the valley. He promised that he'd never leave her- and he stuck to his promise. When I say I love you, it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It's got nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. Ive seen your kindness and your strength. Ive seen the best and worst of you, and I understand with perfect clarity what you are. Love is indescribable. People can feel it and not know what it is. For others, they let love pass them by because they don't

want to get hurt by love itself, or maybe they're afraid. But when I look at you, I fall in love all over again and I know I will never lose you. And even if I do, I will never stop loving you. If we saw each other every day, Id stop appreciating all the cute stuff that happens when I finally get to see him after a couple of days. If was with him all the time, the cute stuff would turn into normal, everyday stuff. It's the cute stuff that makes the relationship fun and last. The best feeling in the world is when you can be a million miles away from him and yet you can still picture his perfect smile. Someday, someone is going to walk into your life and make you realize why it never worked out with anybody else. When you start to think about him and how he makes you laugh and how he makes you feel when you're around him. You realize you care about him a lot more than you thought you did. I don't know where I stand with you and I don't know what I mean to you. All I know is that every time I think of you, all I want is to be with you. Your smile is seriously the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Honestly, it can bright up my whole day. Just looking at the big, gorgeous smile makes me want to pull you into my arms and look at it all day. No matter how ugly you think you are or how everyone else around you has it better than you, there's always going to be that one special guy who loves you because you're not like anyone else. I want somebody to sleep with for the rest of my life, and cuddle up during a movie on the couch. Stay up all night talking about nothing. Get lost in the woods together. Challenge me, challenge him. Talk about dreams, make dreams. Make love in the candle light, in the car, in the shower, in the woods while we're lost. Have fights, the kind that only really matter just as long as you're having them. Someone I can wrestle with, you know, play hard sometimes and not worry about breaking a nail or an arm. A guy who will bring me flowers, once in a while, maybe a rock too or a shell. Something he saw that made him think of me, made him think, "maybe this will make my girl smile," as he smiles to himself. A guy who wants me, maybe even needs me, just a little, enough to hold onto me with everything he's got. I don't ever want to take you for granted. I don't ever want to forget what it was like before you or how it would be without you. I don't ever want to forget our first kiss, our last touch. Or let a day go by without telling you how much you mean to me, how deeply I love you and how much I need you. I don't ever want you to doubt the way I feel or how much happier I am because of you. Perfect would be you and I cuddled up on the couch watching Disney movies, and you telling me that you'll always be my prince charming. I wish that I could make him realize that he's worthy of being loved. That he could be someone's world. That somebody thinks of him every single night before she goes to bed and every single morning when she wakes up. That someone nearly dies with yearning thinking of his arms around her. That somebody loves him more than anything because he's fantastic. He is that special. Before, my fear was being vulnerable. The ability of another human being to possibly tear apart your insides at any moment was enough to keep me running. He, however, made my insides come alive, my smile become permanent, laughter more frequent. He took away my fear and gave me hope. But more importantly, for the first time in my life, instead of wanting to run, he gave me a reason to stay. You aren't going to be his first, his last, or his only. He's loved before, he will again, but if he loves you now then what else matters? Hes not perfect, you aren't either and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, cause you to think twice and admits to being human and making mistakes- hold onto him the best you can. He is not going to quote poetry, he's not going to think about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you can break. Don't hurt him, don't change him, don't expect more than he can give and try not to overanalyze. Smile when makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad and miss him when he's not there. You know what I want? Just once, I want to be someone's reason for waking up. I want to be someone's reason for going through another day. Just one time I want to be the one being wished for, the one who makes a guy say, "Im so lucky to have her." to put it simply, I want to mean to somebody what you mean to me. What do you want me to say? yes, you're right. We're just one big walking disaster and yeah, my life would probably be a whole lot easier if I just walked out that door right now- I know that. But the thing is, I already know that nothing on the other side of that door could ever come close to making me as happy as I am when Im with you. That's why Im here, because I love you. No matter how things get, no matter what shit life throws at us, there's no where else Id rather be. I want to spend the rest of my life right here- right next to you. And that's when you realize that he's the boy you're crazy for. The one who makes you laugh on the worst days. He's not perfect, but neither are you. Sometimes he's dorky, but he's your dork. He kisses you in the rain and dances with no music, even though he knows it's clich. He made you realize that it's possible to have permanent butterflies. Every love song makes sense because of him. Because he loves you, and you love him.

I love the way my fingers fall into yours. I love how your taste lingers on my lips after that special goodnight kiss. I love how whenever I go to call someone, I automatically dial your number. I love how you look at me with those gorgeous eyes, and then you smile that sweet smile. And I know, right there, that you will always be mine. I love how you hug me with the intention of never letting go. I love you more than words could ever show. You can always say sorry, but the real apology is when you hear the sadness in his voice and see the look in his eyes. And you realize that he has hurt himself just as much. One day you're going to look at me and say, "wow. She was my best friend." Im going to look back at you and think, "wow. That was the first boy I ever loved." Dont look for the hottest guy or the most popular jock in class. Look for the guy that makes you feel like you're actually worth a second glance. The one that makes you happy to be the person you don't have to try to be or want to be. The guy who isn't like all the rest, but completely different. Yet, it's why you like him- because he isn't like any other guy you've ever known, he's just him. Youre perfect because everything you do makes me smile. Because every second spent with you is worthwhile. Because when you laugh at me, I laugh too. Because everyone else can see that Im devoted to you. Because I love your eyes and the way they shine. Because you don't tell lies and you're so cute when you whine. Because when you get mad, you can't hide it. Because even when you're sad, I can find it. Because the way you hold me sends shivers down my spine. Because your spirit's so free and you're so damn fine. Because I never stop thinking about you. It's not fair. Because you're just so perfect and nobody else can compare. Hes not the kind of guy that would ignore me when he's with friends. He's the kind of the guy who would hold me tighter and kiss me a little harder just to make them jealous. I know he's not perfect, but he tries so hard for me. And I thank God because how boring would that be? it's the little imperfects and sudden change of plans, when he misreads the directions and we're lost- but still holding hands. Life isn't like the movies. You don't hear the music when you kiss in real life. You'll only hear your heart beating to a rhythm only the two of you can understand. Men hate to cry, they rarely ever do. But when a man cries over you, you know he loves you. Because men only cry when they lose something or are afraid of losing something that they love as much or more than themselves. The day I met you, my life changed. The way you make me feel is too hard to explain. You make me smile in a special kind of way. You make me fall deeper for you every day. And when I look into your eyes, I know it's true. There's no one else in the world for me but you. Hes the boy that will grab your hand to pull you into the middle of the road to dance. No people. No cars. No music. He just wanted an excuse to hold you close. Shes so glad to be with him. He's the only person she wants to be with. He means so much to her. She loves his stupid jokes, how he can change her entire day just by giving her a hug. The way he can always make her laugh, and how he's by her side through everything that goes wrong. The world is going to throw us a million reasons why it isn't going to work out between me and you. But what the world doesn't know is that Im armed with one reason why it will; I love you. Our relationships not perfect, nor will it ever be. But all that matters is how we view each other, and when I look at you- I see love. I look into your eyes and know that I never want to be with anyone else. Throughout your life, you will meet a guy like no other. You can talk to him and never get bored. Tell him everything and never get judged. A best friend, a boyfriend, a true love. These feelings, words cannot express. But on this paper, Ill do my best. A thousand stars in the sky at night could not express these feelings right. Oceans stretching shore to shore, endless, but I love you more. I never knew I could feel this much, my heart's content with just your touch. No matter where we have to go, there's one thing that Ill always know. I love you deeply, I love you true. Ill spend my whole life loving you. Beauty only gets attention, while personality captures the heart. For once I want to be the girl that makes the player fall. I want to be the girl that makes him change and give his all. For once I want to be the girl that got him to quit his game, retire his jersey and draw hearts around my name. I can feel the magic floating in the air, being with you gets me that way. I watch the sunlight dance across your face and Ive never been this swept away. Forever has no meaning when you're living in the moment. You want me to prove that I really love, but the only proof I can give you is; I held on to you even though you didn't care, Ive waited even though you weren't coming, I loved you for so long even though you didn't notice.

I don't know what it is about you, maybe it's the way nothing else matters when we're talking; or how you make me smile more than anyone else has. It could be the way you say the right thing at exactly the right time. But whatever it is, I want you to know that it means everything to me. You saw the best of me when I made mistakes. You loved me when I didn't know how to let you in. You never gave on me when I was running out the door. You're the only one that ever cared. We all want to fall in love. Why? because that experience makes us feel completely alive. Where every sense is heightened, every emotion is magnified, our everyday reality is shattered and we are flying into the heavens. But that doesn't diminish its value. Because we are left with memories that we will treasure for the rest of our lives. I want to dive headfirst into your arms, give into your good looks and charms. Sleep all day and love all night. Forgive every stupid, petty fight. I want to do more than sit and remember. I want to relive all the moments where you made me shiver. Maybe Im amazed at the way you love me all the time. Maybe Im afraid of the way I love you. Maybe Im amazed at the way you pull me out of time and hung me on a line. Maybe Im afraid of the way I really do need you. Were not perfect. We laugh too hard. We're way too loud and we make complete fools of ourselves. We're much too comfortable with each other and a little too close for comfort. Our smiles are genuine and we make our drinks too strong, but somehow we know that being together is what's going to make us last forever. When I hear you laugh. When your eyes sparkle. When we don't have to talk. When you remember. When I don't have to explain. When you walk into a room. When Im by myself. When you're just being you. When you make me laugh. When I hear your heart beat. Even when you're not looking- that's when I love you. Love is not finding about the right person, but creating the right relationship. It's not about how much love you have in the beginning, but how much love you build till the end. Someday when we've been together for a very long time, we'll turn out the lights and slow dance on the porch. You'll finish my sentences and Ill borrow your glasses. We'll wonder where the time went and at night we'll roll to the middle of our old bed into one another's arms where we'll kiss and hold each other and dream the secret that only old lovers know. When you truly care for someone, you don't look for faults. You don't look for answers. You don't look for mistakes. Instead, you fight the mistakes. You accept the faults and you overlook excuses. The measure of love is when you love without measure. There are rare chances that you'll meet the person you love and who loves you in return. So once you have it, don't ever let go. The chance might never come your way again. You can never find the right person if you can never let go of the wrong. But at the same time, the moment you feel like letting go, you remember why you held on for so long. Sometimes you have to forget what you want and remember what you deserve. Everybody wants to be the sun that lights up your life. But Id rather be the moon, so I can shine on you during your darkest hour of the darkest day when your sun isn't around. Theres something about the look in your eyes, something I noticed when the light was just right. It reminded me twice that I was alive and it reminded me that you're so worth the fight. Its funny how you spend your whole life not knowing someone and as soon as you meet them, you can't get them out of your head and every little thing reminds you of them. Just one guy makes your world completely different, and all you want to do is go back to when you didn't know him at all. Growing up will always be one of my favourite memories. You were without a doubt my first love and I will never forget the time spent with you. Though things and people change, memories remain and I will always hold ours close to my heart. We had our ups and downs- all high school relationships do, but I know what we had was real. I will always hold what we had on a platform, because so far, you are all I know of love. Relationships aren't easy. So much comes with them. No one actually realizes how much trouble a relationship is until they're in one. Yes, it may seem great at first, but are you still going to feel that way when you realize that you can't trust them or are fighting with them? are you going to feel that way in good times and bad? most likely, you aren't going to. But that's what makes a relationship so amazing. No matter how much you can hate that person- if it's true love, it'll always work out. Dedicated to someone special. I just want to let you know how much you mean to me, that you were the only person who believed in me. You've changed me in the little time we've known each other, and it's obvious that God put us on this road together because you've helped me, never doubted me. But the best thing of all- you showed me how it feels to be happy. And lastly, you're the only person that helped me find myself. And what does the future hold for us? only time will tell. Do you know what girls want? they want real conversations and real love. We want cute dates together, nothing expensivethe truth is we only want to be with you. We want to hold hands and lie beneath the stars. We want to be able to say something stupid and not worry about it. We want a guy who will love us for nothing but being us- plain and simple.

She didn't giggle wildly and blush when she saw him. Nor did she chalk his name on trees or write it on the walls of the kissing bridge. She simply lied with his face in heart all the time. A kind of sweet, hurtful ache. She would have died for him. I thought I was going to forget you, but I was wrong. I thought I was getting over you, but it's been a lie for so long. I thought Id be able to hate you, but it's something I can't do. No matter what I do, Im still in love with you. Its those days you wish you had a boyfriend to cuddle with, hold hands, kiss and tell him everything. Or just by looking at him and knowing you mean the world to him, and he loves you with all of his heart. Its those days you wish for a fantasy to become reality, the days when all you want is him to love you. The truth is, we hide so we can be found. We walk away to see who will follow. We cry to see who will wipe away our tears. And we let our hearts get broken to see who will come and fix them. Shes not the type of girl to wait by the phone. She won't cry because she knows it'll get her nowhere. She'll laugh a lot, and often and she'll live her own life. She'd like you to be a part of it but she will do just fine without you. You can see that he thinks about her, but he doesn't make a move. He thinks she's too beautiful for him, and she thinks he's too amazing for her. So let's say that theoretically I really like him and theoretically, even though it sounds moronically clich and overused, he gives me butterflies. And just for kicks, let's add that- all in theory of course- he may be one of the most wonderful people I have ever met. And hypothetically, my heart beats ten times faster when I see him. You know he loves you when someone else makes you laugh, and he smiles for the simple fact that you're laughing. Love is when that person reaches for your hand but touches your heart. It's when, if the person wasn't with you, you'd fall apart. Just seeing the person should be a treat. You can't get them out of your mind. When you're around them, you feel safe. You can tell them anything, and you tell them everything. You always want to be with them. When you hear their voice, it soothes you inside. You don't have to be "cool" around them; you can just be yourself! You miss them even if you just talked to them five minutes ago. You dream about them and can't sleep at night because you're thinking of them. You talk about them and your friends have to tell you to shut up. If you hug or kiss them, you definitely feel something. You can't get enough of that person.. Love isn't just a word. You know its love when forever isn't long enough. The greatest challenge in life is to find someone who knows all your flaws, differences and mistakes. And yet, still sees the best in you. Ill drop a tear in the ocean and when you find it, that's when Ill stop loving you. All she wanted was someone who would say, "i love you" and never take it back. I can't give you a pretty face to look at or a petite waist to hold, but I can promise a big heart to love you with. People constantly ask me what I see in him, and all I can say is everything you don't. Love is like standing on wet cement. The longer you stay on it, the harder it is to leave and when you do it still leaves a footprint. It takes three seconds to say I love you, three hours to explain it and a lifetime to prove it. If you were I were in hell and you were in heaven, Id always look up and be proud of you. But if I were in heaven and you were in hell, Id ask God to send me down because heaven just isn't heaven without you. Hes the one that I blame it on when I get in trouble at school, because there's not just random hearts all over my work. Anyone can make you smile and many people can make you cry, but it takes someone really special to make you smile when the tears are already in your eyes. I loved him once, I love him still. I always have, and I always will. Im not a jealous person; Im just a girl who would love to slap every single girl who gave him a second look. How come you have enough time to go and make other people fall in love with you, but you don't have time to pay attention to the one who already does? Later that day, he showed up on her doorstep and took her hand in his. Then, as they strolled off together, she whispered in his ear, "never let go." then, he stopped, turned to her and looked her into the eyes. And they shared their first kiss. And if day after day, you can't get him out of your mind and it's driving you crazy, maybe he's supposed to be there.

But after a while, you realize how much fun you had listening to love songs, getting nervous when he's nearby, and looking forward to tomorrow, hoping you'll get to see him. Ill never forget those days. Its better to love someone you don't have, than to have someone you don't love. Behind every girl's smile is the boy that put it there. Before I met you, I never knew what it was like to look at someone and smile for no reason. Always listen to your heart, because even though it's on your left side, it's always right. All I want is for one guy to prove to me that they're not all the same. She's not afraid of love, just heartbreak. There's this boy and he makes me smile no matter how bad I feel. He knows just what to say just to make my day. He's the one person that I hate to go a day without talking to. And more importantly, he is the boy who has my heart. I hope the piano plays tonight, because something about the notes flying around our heads makes everything a little more magical. That night I was freezing. The music was loud and my dress was black. You said it made my blue eyes stand out, but truthfully, it was you that made me so beautiful. He said something that made her genuinely laugh. He smiled and said, "I knew I could still do that." I love the way you look at me, especially when I say something really stupid. You have this "why do I put up with you?" look, but right after that is the "it's because I love you" look. Then the "I must be insane to love you" look, then the "I must be seriously insane" look. I don't love you because you're perfect; I love you because you're perfect for me. 'I love you' means that I accept you for the person that you are, and that I do not wish to change you into someone else. It means that I do not expect perfection from you, just as you do not expect it from me. It means that I will love you and stand by you even through the worst of times. It means loving you when you're in a bad mood or too tired to do the things I want to do. It means loving you when you're down, not just when you're fun to be with. 'I love you' means that I know your deepest secrets and do not judge you for them, asking in return only that you do not judge me for mine. It means that I care enough to fight for what we have and that I love enough not to let go. It means thinking of you, dreaming of you, wanting and needing you constantly, hoping that you feel the same way for me. Its funny how big of an impact you have on me. It's like when I see you, you don't even have to speak. All you can do is smile, and it can make my day, and then that's how I remember my reasons for loving you. I get the best feeling in the world when you say hi or even smile at me, because I know, even if it was just for a second, that I crossed your mind. you know what I want? I want someone who will argue with me over little things and then won't talk to me for a while. But then after that, he'll come up behind me and wrap his arms around me and tell me he's sorry, and that he loves me. That's all Im asking for. Ill be the bright side of your bad day. Ill be the bright side of your bad nights. If you'll be mine. frustrated because I can't tell if it's real. Mad because I don't know how you feel. Upset because I can't make it right. Sad because I need you all night. Angry because you won't take my hand. Aggravated because you don't understand. Disappointed that we're not together, but Ill still love you forever. and there's only a few things Ive wanted to hold onto. One being the color of the sky so blue, and every feeling Ive ever felt when I was touching you. you deserve to be with someone who makes you happy. Someone who doesn't complicate your life. Someone who won't hurt you. i can't explain this feeling for you, but I guess I can try. It's like Ive waited for this one thing my whole life, and it's suddenly right in front of me. I know you sometimes doubt how you feel for me, and sometimes I doubt how I feel for you, but then there are times, stupid times, like when we're posing for a picture, or Im sitting in your car, or when we're walking together and we brush against each other, and I know without a question that you're feeling the same way I am. And those moments, however few or far between, make everything we go through worth it. What can I say somewhere in these past few months, Ive fallen in love. if someone loves you, give love back to them in whatever way you can. Not only because they love you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to everything.

thinking of you keeps me awake. Dreaming of you keeps me asleep. Being with you keeps me alive. he taught me how to trust myself. He taught me that I should love every flaw. He taught me that no matter what I should just make the decision and jump, and not regret it. it's the kind of relationship where they have a secret handshake, and she begs him to watch disney movies with her, while he begs her to watch a scary movie instead. It's where they laugh and joke all the time, but they're serious when the time is to be serious. It's where neither of them have to say "i love you" because they know with all their hearts that they love each other. It's where they can mess around on her couch and then she'll laugh at him when he tries not to look guilty in front of her dad. It's the kind of love that everybody dreams of. the more you get to know a person, the more attractive they become to you. Because everything beautiful you see on the inside of them, suddenly you're able to see on the outside of them too. I love you. Not maybe, not tomorrow, not someday, right now- at this very moment. I realized something. I need you. I trust you. I admire you. I want you, and you can be wrong a lot of the time, and we can fight and get mad at each other, but nothing, nothing in this world can change the fact that I love you. I never wanted anything, other than to be your everything. if I could explain love in one word, it would have to be trust. Trust that he doesn't cheat on you, trust that he doesn't lie to you, trust that he really likes you, trust that he will always be there for you, trust that he can go to a party and not get high or drunk, trust that you don't have to worry about him breaking up with you the second you wake up, trust that he will stick up for you, trust that he will never fall in love with another girl, trust that he won't just get sick of you, and trust that he wants you like you want him. when people ask me what I see in you, I don't know what to tell them. Because honestly, I don't know. But when I look into your eyes, I see magic and it just makes me want to lose myself in your arms. I know a lot of people know who he is, but I also know there are not many who got to see the side of the guy that I did. And that guy, well, Ill never forget him. Never. Ive learned so much about life and emotion from knowing him, and I wouldn't change a thing about it. Your heart needs to go through some bumps like these in order to make it through. Besides, no matter what he's done, he had the biggest impact on me this past year. And I know that no matter how many years go by, my heart will always do a little flip whenever I see that face. go and date all those girls. Go date whoever your heart desires. Because eventually when you're done with all those girls, you'll find that none of them really loved you. And then you're going to think about me, and how much I loved you. You never even gave me one chance, and you're going to want one. But you know what? I won't be there this time. someday, you're going to meet someone who will drive you mad. Someone you'll fight and laugh with. Someone you don't have to put on a front with. Someone who doesn't care if you're not perfect, and loves you more with your flaws. Someone who knows exactly where you're ticklish. Someday you're going to meet someone so amazing you might end up spending the rest of your life with him one day, you'll wake up and realize that she really is the best thing you'll ever have and she'll be waking up next to the one who already knew. someone is dreaming. Someone who understands exactly how you feel. Someone is hoping just that this will be the day, the day that you take your eyes off the ground out of the blue. And see that someone is looking right back at you. sometimes you have to test someone. Not because you don't trust them, but to see how much they'll sacrifice for you and sometimes you have to let them go. Not because you suddenly stopped loving them, but to see if they love you enough to come back. and I want to be the girl who saves him, the one who he'd be absolutely lost without. I want to be the one who makes his life worth living. cinderella walked on broken glass, sleeping beauty let a whole life time pass, belle fell in love with a hideous beast, snow white ate a poisoned red apple, jasmine chose out of all a poor man and ariel losing it all, spent her life on land. It's all about blood, sweat and tears; love is about facing your biggest fears. imagine the worst things you think about yourself. Now how would you feel if the one person you trusted most not only thinks them too, but actually uses them as reasons to be with you. it had been a long time since he had last told her how much he loved her and even longer since she believed him. So much had happened to both of them and she worried that nothing would ever be the same. But that night, when he kissed her neck, took her hands in his and said, "i love you." she knew he meant it. It was like nothing had changed. whenever you feel lonely, just look at the spaces between your fingers and remember that's where mine will always fit perfectly.

as a tear rolled down her cheek and landed on her lips, he reached up and wiped it away with his gentle finger tip. Her face was red from crying, he held her so tight with everything he had and didn't let go until she was no longer sad. Listened to every word she said and showed her that he cared, and told her he loved her and let her know he'd be there. Listened to her heartbeat and smiled as he hugged her. He did all of these things because he truly loved her. the kisses you put on my forehead when you think Im fast asleep, those are the ones that mean the most because you did them and wanted to- not because you had to. he was her best friend. The one who made her laugh when she didn't feel like smiling. The one who made her feel so secure when she was scared. And the one who she fell completely in love with. you're the only one that puts a smile on her face. You're the only one that can make her day better when it's the worst day of her life. You're the only one who can make her cry, but would never dream of doing that. I was crying, screaming and trying to push you away. But you just held onto me tighter and for the first time in my life I knew what it was like to have somebody care. they said we stood a little too close, stared a little too long. They probably thought we had a thing for each other, but no that would be silly. It's just another one of those days, the way you made it all feel so right. The way you fit into my arms at night. Ill remember these feelings for the rest of my life. I want a guy who understands that Ill buy a happy meal from McDonald's just for the toy and that Ill eat soup with a fork just for the challenge. I want a guy who accepts the fact that I cry when I watch bambi. But most importantly, I want a guy who understands all my imperfections and still loves me for me. don't settle for the one that kisses your ass. Wait for the one who pushes your buttons and pisses you off on a daily basis. Love isn't supposed to be easy, it's supposed to be worth it. I felt comfortable around you. When I was with you, I didn't have to be perfect- I didn't even have to try for perfect. You already knew my secrets and things I kept hidden from everyone else. I was able to finally just be myself. Which probably shouldn't have been such a big deal, but it was. so you're basically that girl's life. She thinks about you all the time. You're always the first one she notices in a room full of people. You're the one that keeps her up all night. Yeah, she's pretty much head over heels. kiss her like she's famous. Hold her like she's everything. And tell her that she's the only one for you. you have something no one else has; the ability to make me laugh for hours when I don't even want to smile. it's one of those feelings. The ones where you get the good kind of goosebumps in ninety degree weather. You sit there thinking about him and you can't help but smile whenever you see him. He takes your breath away. You'd rather spend the rest of your life sitting with him than winning the lottery or becoming famous, because when you're with him- you have everything. who's really in love with you? the popular girl who says she loves you so much, or the average girl who watched you from day one and would do anything to be with you. and it's the way you absently play with my rings while we lay and watch tv. And it's the way you lightly tilt my chin while you look right into my eyes before we kiss. And it's the way you think you are so macho and tough while you are just as much of a mush as me. And it's the way I can escape into my head while I replay moments of us in my mind. And it's the way you kiss me while everything else in the world disappears. And it's the way we can just stare into each other's eyes while not one word is said. And it's the way we joke about missing each other all day while we've never been more serious. And it's the way I can't stop thinking of you while I go about the day. i mean he gave me first kiss. He taught me how to dance. He was always talking about these crazy things and I never understood a word he said. All I understood was that he was the boy I sat up every night thinking about and when Im with him Im happy to be alive. Like I can do anything. So that's what love is, when Im better because he's here. sometimes, someone comes into your life that changes everything. Raises your standards, makes you laugh and makes you feel like you. There's something about him that you can't put into words and even though you're not even with him, you don't want to let him go. i want a boy who would shove ice cream in my face. Who will wrestle with me. Who shows me off to his friends and family. Who treats me with respect. Who will call me at four in the morning to tell me he can't stop thinking about me. Who could break my heart, but wouldn't dream of it. remember that one day? when you looked at her and she looked at you, and then she quickly turned away because she was embarrassed? well you pretty much made her the happiest girl alive that day. you're the first person that comes to my mind when Im crying in my room. I want to dial your number so bad and desperately

tell you how much you mean to me. Because you're the best thing that has ever happened to me, only you make me feel loved and wanted in this cold hearted world. I just want you to tell me everything will be okay, even if it won't be. she tells you over and over again that you don't love her just because she wants to hear you say that you do. you know what I love most about "us"? I love how comfortable we are with each other. I love how we endlessly crack on each other but never take the teasing to heart. I love how you laugh like a little boy when Im tickling you. I absolutely adore how when I walk away from you when we're fighting- you try to stay mad but then run after me. I love you and everything about you. The look in your eyes when we kiss or how you stay up watching me sleep. I love how I can call you anytime I need to and somehow you never cease to make me laugh. I love how you need me as much as I need you. I love how you love me. i want someone who will daydream about me in class then the teacher will yell at him and tell him he needs to listen. He'll say his sorry then look at me, smile and mouth, "i love you." we're not like any other teenage romances, we are the real thing. you hug me close, I shut my eyes tight. You tell me it's going to be alright. You hug me closer, kiss my cheek, then my tears start to leak. I open my eyes then realize, it's true. Ive fallen for you. sometimes I like to put my forehead against your chest and when you suddenly put your chin on my head and wrap your arms around me, I can't even begin to explain how I feel. you ruined it for every other guy- none of them even comes close to you. because you're beautiful and don't know it. Because you're smart and don't believe it. You're the kind of girl guys don't get over. You're the kind of girl other girls get compared to. she tells you to call the girl you like even though it'll break her heart. She'll tell you to ask that girl to dance even though she can't stand to see you with her. She says she's happy for you when you get that girl when all she really wants to do is cry. She would do anything to make you smile even if it makes her miserable. You mean that much and you don't even have a clue. there's no past tense in loving someone. Either you still do or you never really did. look for the boy that will go out of his way just so he could see you for five minutes. you know I know you like the back of my hand. You know Im going to do all that I can right here. Going to lie with you until you fall asleep, and when morning comes Im still going to be right here. there's always that one person, no matter how long it's been or how badly they've treated you. If they say I love you, you'll say it back. I want to be the girl he gives his hoodie to wear and cuddles up next to me when it's cold. I want him to walk up behind me, wrap his arms around my waist, catch me off guard and whisper, "you look beautiful baby. I love you." I want to be the girl who's picture is in your locker and when you're looking at it your boys ask who the picture is of. And you say; this is the girl Ive been talking about, she's the one I love. all she really wants is a boy who will look past the shyness and awkwardness and love her for it. he's my best friend you know? the kind where at the end of the day I love to come home and talk to him. The kind where I long for the weekend so I can see him. He's more than a best friend, he's my world. I need a guy who can make me laugh just by the way he says hello when I pick up the phone. The guy who makes me hands shake when Im sitting right next to him. And the guy who isn't afraid to keep hugging me when Im not ready to let go. love. When someone says his name and your eyes sparkle. When he makes you smile and your smile shines. When he's all you think about and you just can't think of anyone better. That's love. did you know that she doesn't care if you call her and wake her up in the middle of the night or early in the morning? she hates arguing, but you know she's good at it. She's terrified of the dark and gets even more terrified when something happens that makes the slightest possibility that she's going to lose you. Every time she sees you, she can't help but smile. She can't wait to just run up to you and give you a big hug because that's the best feeling in the world. Yeah, I guess you could say she'd do anything for you. I want all the clichs- all of them. I want to fit perfectly in his arms. I want to dance and kiss in the rain. I want him to slow dance in the middle of the park with me in his arms. I want him to say "i love you" and really mean it. I want to look into his eyes and feel lost and at home at the same time. I want him to surprise me at school. I want him to light me up with his smile. I want to share a life with him, and a home. maybe I like him. Maybe my heart is beating for his. Maybe Im falling for him. Maybe I can take a chance. Maybe whenever Im with him I feel better. Maybe he could always make me smile. Maybe I think of him during every love song. Maybe my life would work out. But hey, it's just a maybe.

she's the most amazing girl you'll ever meet, but you never got to know because you never took the chance. it started when he was a guy that got on my nerves. Then it was a guy who always seemed to be there. He was the one I talked about to my friends. I soon found out he liked me too. We ended up falling in love. nothing could bring a smile to her face faster than hearing him call her baby. guys always make girls cry, but if a girl can make a guy cry then she must really mean something to him. somewhere out there, there is someone who is meant to be the love of your life. Your best friend, your soul mate, the one you can tell your dreams to. He'll smile at you when you tell him, but he'll never laugh at your heart. He'll brush the hair out of your eyes and send you flowers when you least expect it. He'll call you to tell you good night right before you go to bed or just because he's thinking about you. He'll be bursting to talk to you each morning just to hear your voice. He'll look into your eyes and tell you that you are the most beautiful girl he's ever seen, and for the first time in your life- you'll actually believe it. when I don't feel like applying all of my everyday makeup, I want him to still think Im pretty. When I don't feel like squeezing into my tightest pair of jeans, I hope he still thinks Im fine. When I don't feel like doing anything to my hair at all, I pray he still thinks Im having an amazing hair day. When I don't feel like wearing a nice shirt and come out with a hole on the side, I hope he still thinks I look good. When I don't wear shoes and my feet are black, I hope he still thinks I take care of myself. When all of the above things happen at once, I hope he still wants me. because you know Im not going to give up on you. You know that Im in too deep to let go of you. So you feel like you don't need to try and change because Im not going anywhere. The sad part is it's true, I will never give up on you. You could cheat on me, you could ignore me, you could destroy my world. And I won't give up on you- on us, because I love you. every time he teases her, she tries to scoot away. But each and every time, he pulls her back closer to him because he can't not be close to her. Because there's something about her that he's absolutely crazy about. He just won't admit it. i love how our personalities match. How we can talk for hours about anything and everything. How we can sit in silence comfortably. How we can be ourselves one hundred percent. How we don't need to be together every second. But I also love it when we get that chance. There's no attraction than the invisible force that pulls your lips to mine and neither of us can resist. her shoes are killing her. She lost her lip gloss. Her hair went flat and nothing in her closet looked right, but being in his arms and hearing him whisper, "you look beautiful" makes it all worthwhile. last night, you gave me a kiss. You didn't know it, but I was awake when you did. You were quiet, you were going to let me sleep. So I just laid there pretending to be. You said some things you didn't know I could hear, and the words "i love you" never sounded so sincere. i don't want him to be perfect, I want him to laugh at me. To trip me, then help me back up. Throw me in the pool, make me watch basketball for hours. Take me to the arcade and not let me win- I just want him to want to be with me. Ive listened to this song a thousand times, but it still hasn't gotten old because it reminds me of you. somewhere between our late night phone conversations, making fun of each other, our countless insiders and the sound of your voice- I fell in love. i hate the way you push me to the limit with the things you do, and then you know just the right time to say something sweet to make me fall for you all over again. i want a fairytale ending. A boy who will love me for who I am, not what I do or what I have. A boy who could care less about how I look, because to him I always look beautiful. I want a guy to love me for me. Maybe someday Ill find him. you want to know what happiness is? it's waking up in the middle of the night for no reason, shifting under the blankets and feeling the heat of the person next to you. You turn around and see them in their most peaceful, innocent and vulnerable state. They breathe as though the weight of the world lies on anyone's shoulders but their own. You smile, kiss their face in the most gentle manner so as not to wake them. You turn back around and an involuntary grin forms on your face. You feel an arm wrap around your waist and you know it doesn't get better than this. no camera could capture the shine in her eyes and the smile on her face when that day came that he told her he was still in love with her. he's annoying. He's hilarious. He makes me yell. He drives me crazy. He's out of his mind and he's everything I want. when we first met, I didn't want to get involved with anyone. I didn't have the time or energy and I didn't think I was ready for it. But you were so good to me and I got swept up in that, and little by little- I found myself falling in love with you. you're the smile on my face that keeps on showing. You're the one day to day that keeps me going. You're the everlasting love that keeps on growing. You're the boy that has my heart without even knowing. i never thought in a million years that I would find someone so amazing and completely perfect. Someone that would make me

happier than I ever dreamed. Someone that would give me a whole new reason to breathe. i guess the best part of being with you is that you don't judge me. I can wake up in the morning, hair a mess, no make up on and you still tell me Im the most beautiful girl you've ever seen. she's got a heart- it's probably bigger than anyone you know. She's seen what a bad life is, a good one too. She still loves you, you're worth it to her. You've given her absolutely nothing but heartache and pain. She stands by your side through everything. Just realize, she won't always be. i love being with you. I don't have to work hard to impress anyone, you know all my faults. I can cry in front of you and you'll just hold me until I stop, or I can laugh so hard I cry and you'll laugh with me until we're both crying. And it's perfect how sometimes we don't have to say anything, just being together is enough. Even though we know everything about each other, we still never run out of things to talk about. i need a guy who looks at my face, not my body. I need a guy who accepts the fact that my legs are scratched because I play too rough. I need a guy that puts up with "weeks" and doesn't start a fight about them. I need a guy who will shoot baskets with me and won't cut me any slack. I need a guy who takes me to McDonald's because he doesn't have enough money. I need a guy who is my best friend, someone I can tell anything to. I need a guy who will finally treat me right. time waits for no one, but love waits forever. don't cry because someone is falling in love with your eyes. Don't scream because someone is falling in love with your voice. Don't frown because someone is falling in love with your smile. Don't hide because someone is out there looking for you. Im not afraid of heights- Im afraid of falling. Im not afraid of the dark- Im afraid of what's in it. Im not afraid of love- Im afraid of not being loved back. leave love to your heart, don't let your head question it. because I love you with all that I am. And my voice shakes along with my hands. I want someone to fall in love with the way I laugh and with my smile. I want someone to listen to the ramblings of my inner child. Someone who touches my face and brushes the hair from my eyes. I want someone who loves me or at least holds me like they do. But I only want that if it's with you. tell me, do you think Im falling for him? all he means to me is a really good friend, someone who can make me laugh, make me smile, someone who I can joke around with, someone I can be myself with. All he is to me is the person who gave me back my smile. Im starting to realize it was so much easier to like you than to try and forget you. Because trying to forget you is causing so much heartbreak. every time I try to think of another guy, I always end up thinking of you all over again. don't rush into love, because even in fairytales the happy ending takes place on the last page. my friends always say there someone better than him out there. But the way I see it, who could be better than him? love is when you're having the worst day and you talk to him and everything gets better. if you love me, say it. If you trust me, do it. If you want me, show it. If you can't live without me, prove it. so there's this boy. We fight a lot. He makes fun of me because I can only stay on a subject for like five seconds and then Im onto the next one. He listens to me when Im sad and handles me when Im mad. I tell him, "i hate you." and he responds with, "i love you." yeah, he's not prince charming. But to me? he couldn't be more perfect. it's easy to convince yourself that you aren't in love with someone. Until you see them in the hallway, or smell someone wearing their cologne. And then you're like, "here we go again." so my conclusion is this: you don't ever stop loving someone. It's more a matter of learning to deal with the pain of not having them anymore. i know people are sick of me talking about you, but my heart isn't sick of loving you. it's amazing how one day, someone can walk into your life. Then the next day, you wonder how you ever lived without them. you can pretend to know love, but it won't matter. Not until that one boy comes along and shows you the truth. he has the most adorable eyes I could ever fall for and the cutest smile. He has the ability to make me laugh and every time he speaks, he takes my breath away. saying you'll never fall in love is like saying that you'll never smile. No matter how hard you try not to, someone is going to come along and make you.

i want to be the girl that you see and stop dead in the middle of a conversation just to look at. i can see myself waking up next to you, your face being the first thing I see everyday with that bed-head hair and that sleepy smile. it doesn't matter how long you've known him, all that matters is that he's had you smiling since day one. fine. Ill admit it, I think of you every second of everyday. You're my favorite subject to talk about. When I hug you, I wish I was allowed to never let you go. Most of my dreams have you in them. I always get excited when I get to see you again and Ive completely, and totally fallen for you. it's not like you have a choice of who you love and who you don't. You just love someone. It doesn't mean that everyone else has to understand or approve of it. That's not love. Love is something special between two people that doesn't change or alter for anyone. he makes her laugh. Her laugh makes him smile. His smile makes her world go round. She is his world. just knowing that he's there for me makes me feel like I have everything that I need in my life. because you're the kind of guy who'd laugh at me when I fall, help me up and then whisper, "it's okay because I love you." you're my first love. The kind that only happens once and the kind that lasts forever. The couple that everyone looks at and says, "they're perfect." once in a lifetime you meet a person who takes your breath away. Not because you want them to, but because they're meant to. he was the first guy I was nervous to call. He was the first guy I ever went on a date with. The first I guy I truly held hands with. The first guy I would stay on the phone with for hours. He was my first true boyfriend. He was my first, second and third kiss. He was my first everything- and let's face it, he still is. when I first met you, I never would have imagined that I would have such strong feelings for you. I never would have thought that I would have dreams about you or miss being by your side, or get butterflies in my stomach when someone mentions your name. When I first met you I never would have thought that I would love you. Ive met a guy; who's not scared to laugh at me and call me a loser when I do something dumb. A guy that'll run up behind me and cover my eyes and ask me who he is, even though it's pretty obvious. A guy who hides behind and a corner and jumps out to scare me, just to have a reason to hold me. A guy that leaves me numerous voicemails, just because. A guy that'd call to wake me up in the morning, because he wants to be the first voice I hear each day. A guy that would never let go of my hand. A guy that would look me in the eyes and tell me he loves me- and mean it. Yeah that guy. I think I found the guy Im supposed to give my whole heart to. find the one you can be yourself in front of. Someone you can share anything with, like a best friend. It's when you can't imagine what your life would be like without that person and even though it doesn't make sense to other people, you know that you're meant to be together. if you're a mistake, then I swear you're the best mistake Ive ever made. i cry at weddings; hospitals make me nervous. Im sarcastic to a fault, but it doesn't matter. I can be pretty mean; naive is my middle name and I don't believe in perfect love, but it doesn't matter. He thinks it's cute. i wish I could press fast forward, just to see if you're worth the wait. he was in the middle of a group of girls, but when she came up to him, he held her tight and kissed her. Because to him, she was the only that ever mattered. missing someone gets easier everyday, because even though it's one day further from the last time you saw them, it's one day closer to the next time you will. never say, "i wish I was dead." because if it came true, you'd make somebody else say the same thing. some people are easy to get over, they only take a week or two. But sooner or later you'll find the one who has changed everything about you and no matter how hard you try, you can't find the words to say goodbye. i was in his arms and he was kissing me and everything was fine. More than fine even. Everything was perfect, just because he loved me. bottom line: couples who are truly right for each other wade through the same crap as everybody else. But the big difference is that they don't let it bring them down.

so it's not going to be easy, it's going to be really hard. We're going to have to work at it everyday, but I want to do that, because I want you. I want all of you, everyday. there's always that one boy that makes you get up and go to school everyday. eventually one of two things will happen. He'll finally realize that you're worth it or you'll finally realize that he isn't. talk to her, she's a girl. The reason she doesn't talk first is because she has the vision of a boy who will go out of his way for her.

do you know her favorite colors are pink and orange? do you know she can't sleep with at least two pillows and when someone mentions you, her eyes sparkle? she doesn't like to say I love you if she thinks she may not mean it. Did you know she hates arguing, but she's good at it? she loves the way you look at her, but hates to go a day without talking to you. She only giggles if you look at her, but she loves the fact that you do. The only thing that bothers her is when people walk into her life and she knows they can't stay. You are her love. Break her heart and it will take a while for her to get over you. one day, a little girl was playing around with a paper clip. She was sitting between her best guy friend and the guy she had a crush on. "what are you doing?" the little girl's best friend asked. The girl tapped her crush on the shoulder and gave him the paper clip which was now bent into the shape of a heart. He played around with it, dropped it, stepped on it and eventually gave it to her. The girl's eyes began to water, "i gave him my heart and he just broke it!" she turned to her best friend as the scrap metal fell to the ground. Just then, her best friend took the broken heart and fiddled around with it. He showed the girl the metal, which he bent back into a heart shape. "here, I fixed your heart. Can I have it?" he asked. he's got the sweetest voice, and I think Ive fallen for it. i don't want him to be perfect. I want him to laugh at me, trip me, then help me back up, pick me up and throw me in the pool, make me laugh for hours and take me out. But most of all, I just want him to love me. there's no other feeling in the world like knowing that he could be with any other girl in the entire world, but he chooses to be with you. some days I wonder why he saw me when a thousand other girls saw him. it's when you can't stop smiling and he's the one you feel happiest with. There's just that one thing about him you just don't see in other guys. And when you're not with him, the only place you want to be is in his arms. love doesn't hold grudges, it doesn't keep thinking over and over again about how someone hurt you. Love doesn't give up just because something goes wrong or because your feelings are hurt. Those who love just keep right on loving. to love is like playing the piano. First, you learn to play by the rules. Then, you forget the rules and play from your heart. that night, we talked about our life- our times together. Maybe we weren't the same two kids we had once been, but some things never change, some things last. And even though I didn't know what was going to happen to us, or where we were going- I just knew I couldn't let him out of my life. i know Im not easy to understand. I know I keep a lot inside, and I know Im not the easiest person to read. But that's okay you know, because even though there's a lot about me you'll never know- there's a lot more of me you can learn to love. you deserve the right kind of love- the kind of love that makes you happy, the fantastic love that's in books and movies. Even if you aren't together forever, you'll want to look back and never regret having fallen in love with him. That's the kind of love we all deserve. Youve given me reasons to smile and good times to laugh about, but most of all you've given me memories I could never forget. True love isn't love at first sight. It should be love at every sight. Wait for the guy that will not move his arm because your comfort is more important than his. And right here is the exact reason why I never gave up on you when everyone else said to stop trying. So I say a thousand stupid things, and half the time I never mean them but this time Im serious. Im never going to talk to you first, so if I mean anything- anything at all to you then you can talk to me because I give up. That thing, that moment, when you kiss someone and everything around becomes hazy and the only thing in focus is you and this person and you realize that, that person is the only person that you're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life, and for one moment you get this amazing gift and you want to laugh and you want to cry because you feel so lucky to have found it, and so scared that it will go away, all at the same time.

Just once in my life I want someone else to kiss first. I want someone else to lie awake and wonder what the right words are, if they'll be rejected, if they're ruining a great friendship. I want him to want me so much that he can't help himself, that he's willing to risk everything for a chance to be with me. She thinks back to an old memory, and she smiles. Just ask her if she thinks about him and she'll say, "yeah, every once in a while."