“This emptiness inside of me here,” he placed my hand on his chest, “means I love you. When you’re not here, I can’t focus. It’s too loud . . . But my heartbeat does this when you’re close.” — Amber L. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Our homework is to start a conversation. I would feel most comfortable doing that with you, if you don’t mind.” — Amber L. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Then I’ll hide all the scissors and chewing gum.” It made the entire room grow quiet before he looked over at me. “I know… — Amber L. Johnson Copy Share Image
“want to ask you a question.” He nodded. “Take me to the dance next weekend.” He tilted his head to the side and frowned.… — Amber L. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Just because I was attracted to him didn’t mean our friendship had to suffer. It was what would come first, regardless of my feelings.… — Amber L. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Maybe if we stopped trying to achieve movie standards of greatness, we'd be happy with what we have.” — Amber L. Johnson Copy Share Image
“No,” he whispered. “You’re my beautiful Lilly. The one who makes everything right in my world.” — Amber L. Johnson Copy Share Image
“I dream of you. And I don’t like it when I can’t talk to you or see you or touch you.” His eyes found… — Amber L. Johnson Copy Share Image
“It was those words that made me fall in love with him. Right there in that spot. Because he wanted me to be like… — Amber L. Johnson Copy Share Image
“You were upset. I hurt you. Something must have happened to make you stay away from me. Is that right?” His nose was pressed… — Amber L. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Because even though the world has a lot of awful in it, there’s beauty, too. If we just take a second to see it.” — Amber L. Johnson Copy Share Image
“I used to think there were two kinds of Crayola artists: Ones who color inside the lines and ones who don’t stay within the… — Amber L. Johnson Copy Share Image
