“Numbing The Pain Is Not The Same As Healing It,” Master Sameed Said. “When The Anesthesia Wears

I often sleep to avoid my feelings

Because night time is my worst time

And 2am is getting dangerous.

You were holding my heart in the palms of your hand. You could have been gentle yet you decided to crush it.

I mistook your daggers as smiles

इश्क़

इश्क़ हरा देता है सब को, मैं हारा हुआ हूं

खारे इश्क़ से शक्कर सा मीठा हुआ हूं

ऐ तेज़ हवा ! मैं सूखा पत्ता सामने तेरे हूं

जानता नहीं किस तरफ़ जा कर मैं गिरूं

You can just be there. To listen. To talk. To cheer him up if he's having a bad day. And on the bad days, you can ask what you can do to make things easier. Standing by his side, even when things are hard. But also knowing that...sometimes people need more support than one person can give. That's love, darling.

— Heartstopper, Alice Oseman

Even before I was touched, I belonged to you; All you had to do was to look at me.

— Louise Glück, from Poems 1962-2012; "The Burning Heart"

I finally realized that I need her, that I want to see her and talk to her about all kinds of things. But I haven't been able to track her down. I suppose I should have started looking for her a lot sooner. It might have been much easier then.

—Tengo

Haruki Murakami, 1Q84, Book 2

Sometimes, she is too much of everything—too sensitive,too generous, too intense, too adorable, too accepting.

She is mad, the kind of mad that makes you fall in love, and she doesn’t need much—some books to read, a warm touch, someone to love and to be loved.

—Something I'm Waiting to Tell You by Shravya Bhinder

lovers in the garden