Me Without You

I blame hope for this. I went along with her for too long, even though I knew she was lying. Her tumbling twirling promises whispered that somehow everything was just going to work out—yes, in spite of the odds. She was so effortlessly confident that everything was going to be okay. Her relentless optimism wore me down and I bought into the lie of an eternal summer.

You’re a beautiful lady, Miss...?’
‘Ms.—and it’s none of your business.’
‘Ms. None of My Business,’

Life is too short to be uncomfortable.

This is what people do, isn’t it? They meet someone who makes them laugh, and they laugh together, and the years melt away.

And that’s when I fell in love with her

You can’t fight all of the world’s battles.’
‘But Callum, you have to fight some. Not for the world, but for you. When you find something that stirs a passion inside you, some injustice or some beauty or… or… something—you haveto go after it, regardless of how big or small it is, because that’s all there is in this life. There is nothing else worth wasting your time on.’

you can meet someone, and they can understand you and you can understand them, and together the world will be an easier place for the both of you.

‘I genuinely don’t understand why women feel they have to put themselves through pain to look good. You’re a beautiful lady

She flashed me a smile and my cliché of a stomach did a flip-flop

It was absolutely not love at first sight