“Somewhere in the universe, two hearts reached out and connected.” — Leah Raeder Hearts Copy Share Image
“I respect people who get nerdy as fuck about something they love” — Leah Raeder Fuck love Copy Share Image
“The pony stared at us lugubriously from the dashboard. Jesus. Little fucker had watched the whole thing.” — Leah Raeder Humor Copy Share Image
“You said you didn't know how to have a grown-up relationship. Well, here's your first lesson, Maise. When it gets hard, you… — Leah Raeder Lesson Copy Share Image
“No pretensions of goodness, of trying to do the right thing. We’d both wanted to embrace this fucked-up thing between us.” — Leah Raeder Embrace Copy Share Image
“If you’re trying to avoid loss, there’s no point in taking another breath, or letting your heart beat one more time. It… — Leah Raeder Heart beat Copy Share Image
“It's always goodbye with the mouth and until we meet again with the heart.” — Leah Raeder Goodbye Copy Share Image
“I see the lights every night. It seems like the whole world has figured out how to be happy, but no one's… — Leah Raeder Every night Copy Share Image
“Things I didn't expect to do my senior year: Become a drug dealer. Become my mother. Find and lose the love of… — Leah Raeder Love Copy Share Image
“That is all life is. Breathing in, breathing out. The space between two breaths.” — Leah Raeder Breathe Copy Share Image
“The removal of all boundaries, all distractions, leaving us with nothing but each other - scary. What kind of people would we… — Leah Raeder Scary Copy Share Image
“But Mom’s shamelessness and weakness of will had led me to become the opposite: stubborn and proud. Too proud to ask for… — Leah Raeder Ask for help Copy Share Image
“And always, in my pocket, in my skin, in the back of my mind, the hollowness where he used to be. The… — Leah Raeder Hollowness Copy Share Image
“That’s how you know someone loves you. When they want you to be happy even in the part of your life they’ll… — Leah Raeder Life Copy Share Image
“Part of falling in love with someone is actually falling in love with yourself. Realizing that you're gorgeous, you're fearless and unpredictable,… — Leah Raeder Falling Copy Share Image
“Don't put your life on hold for someone, or you'll wake up at 42 with an empty house and a terrifying sense… — Leah Raeder Freedom Copy Share Image
“That was what we'd finally been forced to confront: if our relationship was based on forbiddenness, what would happen when it was… — Leah Raeder Forbidden Copy Share Image
“If you think you can stand looking and not touching for eight months, you're welcome to try." "Try' being the operative word,"… — Leah Raeder Forbidden love Copy Share Image
“The brain is an incredible multitasker. At the same time that it’s piercing itself with superheated needles of anguish, it’s ruthlessly making… — Leah Raeder Brain Copy Share Image
“Are you in love with him?” I rolled my head on the plank to look at Wesley. “I don’t think I know… — Leah Raeder Love Copy Share Image
“Girls love each other like animals. There is something ferocious and unself-conscious about it. We don't guard ourselves like we do with… — Leah Raeder Feral Copy Share Image
“Who fixes broken people? Is it only other broken people, ones who've already been ruined? And do we need to be fixed?… — Leah Raeder Broken Copy Share Image
“...You should love something while you have it, love it fully and without reservation, even if you know you'll lose it someday.… — Leah Raeder Breathing space Copy Share Image
“What happened felt more like chemistry than a kiss. Pure liquid heat on my lips, dissolving into me, trailing a hot line… — Leah Raeder Gaze Copy Share Image
“I'm also thinking the night I met you was like someone handed me a winning lottery ticket and said, 'You can only… — Leah Raeder Lottery ticket Copy Share Image
“When he drove away I took a picture of the receding tail lights, and after his car was gone I stood there… — Leah Raeder Drove Copy Share Image
“For a long time before I met you, I felt my life was this kind of test. I was in deep, cold… — Leah Raeder Better job Copy Share Image
“If I was gay, I wouldn't need an asterisk beside my name. I could stop worrying if the girl I like will… — Leah Raeder Bi Copy Share Image
“It could have been anyone,” I said. “All the women who look at you when we go out. Ms. Bisette at school.… — Leah Raeder Better job Copy Share Image
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul and all that jazz.” — Leah Raeder Captain Copy Share Image
“You can call it love, or you can call it freefall. They're pretty much the same thing.” — Leah Raeder Love Copy Share Image
“Just that. A pleasant daze. My body was full of sunlight. No blood, just liquid blue sky.” — Leah Raeder Blue sky Copy Share Image
“That's another thing about lies: if you convince yourself they're true, they become true. A lie is a discrepancy of belief, not… — Leah Raeder Faith Copy Share Image
“I want all of you,” I said. “Every part.” He whispered back, “It’s yours.” — Leah Raeder Said Copy Share Image
