Don't fall in love or let anyone's life become more important than your own.

His presence suddenly made things feel off-kilter, gorgeous as if being crushed in lush velvet while cascading off the edge of a cliff.

I thought he had come to save my life.

I wanted to walk faster, to run, far as possible from her, from my entire life, from the first day I ever saw her always just a few steps ahead.

We both knew no bounds to our escapism.

I knew beauty for me would only ever be derived from loss.