“I respect people who get nerdy as fuck about something they love” — Leah Raeder Respect Copy Share Image
“Somewhere in the universe, two hearts reached out and connected.” — Leah Raeder Two hearts Copy Share Image
“I was too young to care about boring adult jobs. I was still testing out how my heart worked.” — Leah Raeder Art work Copy Share Image
“The way we looked at each other was more intimate than a kiss could have been” — Leah Raeder 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 Copy Share Image
“The only way to cure an obsession is to become obsessed with something else.” — Leah Raeder 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
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul and all that jazz.” — Leah Raeder Captain Copy Share Image
“I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed and sung me moonstruck, kissed me quite insane. And before you think that's cheesy,that's… — Leah Raeder Dreams Copy Share Image
“...The thought of how much happiness lay scattered across the universe, unrealized, in fragments, waiting for the right twist of fate to… — Leah Raeder Across the universe Copy Share Image
“I'm not over you. I dream about you every night. I watch that fucking video over and over just to hear your… — Leah Raeder Every night Copy Share Image
“But every stroke of the brush, every lyric, every word whispered between human beings resulted from the pain of being alone. In… — Leah Raeder Alone Copy Share Image
“His eyes moved over me, but hovered mostly on my face. That was almost worse. Who am I without this? I thought.… — Leah Raeder Confidence Copy Share Image
“Wesley had called it self-destructive. Evan understood. It wasn't about flirting with death, like Mom. It was about wanting to live all… — Leah Raeder Death Copy Share Image
“His hand circled the back of my neck. "I need you tonight." Has there ever been a more effective line in the… — Leah Raeder History Copy Share Image
“I can’t be your manic pixie dream girl. I can’t be the girl who teaches you how to open your heart and… — Leah Raeder Dreams 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 Heart beat 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
“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 Lesbian 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
“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 Heartbreak Copy Share Image
“I leaned back on my palms, looking at the Milky Way spilling in modest grandeur across the sky. A fountain of stars… — Leah Raeder Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Will Siobhan go out with me tonight?' And the professor said, very derisively, 'No.' So the boy, thinking himself clever, asked me… — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“I think that lesson was the most important: that none of us actually grow up. We get bigger, and older, but put… — Leah Raeder Green grass 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
“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
“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
“That is all life is. Breathing in, breathing out. The space between two breaths.” — Leah Raeder Breathe 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
“It's always goodbye with the mouth and until we meet again with the heart.” — Leah Raeder 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
“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