• "You are shaking fists & trembling teeth. I know: You did not mean to be cruel. / That does not mean you were kind."
• "they say the hero wins once the villain dies, but darling, i lost the moment you fell."
• "He wants to be tender and merciful. That sounds overly valorous. Sounds like penance."
• "Some boys are just born to burn; you can tell by their firework smiles—bright enough to strike a match. But here's the strangest part: some boys are so terribly brave, we wouldn't mind burning with them."
• "We are at the crossroads, my little outlaw, and this is the map of my heart, the landscape after cruelty."
• "Won’t we be quite the pair?—you with your bad heart, me with my bad head. Together, though, we might have something worthwhile."
• "I loved to sleep with the window open. Rainy nights were the best of all: I would open the window and put my head on the pillow and close my eyes and feel the wind on my face and listen to the trees sway and creak."
• "It was home. And it was where his heart was."

aesthetics

• http://jupiterreed.tumblr.com/post/145292567395/high-school-soccer-field-and-rainy-afternoons* "the sound of rain against a window drifts us off to sleep, nothing matters, we have all the time in the world."
• cherry sunrises / bubblegum sunsets / the kind of love you never forget