“Sometimes it kills me to know that I didn’t stand a chance, and he pretended that I did by asking me to dance and watch the sunsets with him. He told me stories over hot tea and made me coffee on the days I lacked sleep. He kissed me with promises of new adventures and took me on long walks. He stayed up late to search for stars in a bright city and met me for breakfast by the water. He told me he liked me a lot and how beautiful I was, but he still couldn’t love me enough.”
“Promise me you’ll stay, always. Even when it gets a bit tough and when I’m hard to love, please promise me you’ll love me even more then, as that’s when I count on your love the most,” I say.
“How do you know it’s time to walk away?”
“Walk away from anything and anyone you love when it starts to make you love yourself less.”
"Ming D. Liu, Stories I’ll tell one day #128
(via mingdliu)There are three types of broke
1. “I’m broke”
Means you don’t have any money.2. “Nah man, I’m broke”
Means you don’t have money to spend or give to other people.3. “I’m broke right now”
Means you’re saving your money for bigger things.how am i all 3 at the same damn time?
“Don’t you believe in second chances?”
“Why of course. I believe in third and fourth chances too, but you can’t break a heart that many times in a row. I don’t think it’ll survive.”
I never told him, but I think he knew the offer was on the table. If he ever wanted to come back, I would let him open the door and just walk through.
But, he didn’t.
He was more like a drizzle in a drought, a dandelion surrounded by weeds, and a fast glance of the view as you’re speeding down the highway.
He was there, but he never was.
"The fact that he didn’t try, I think that says enough.
xo