I like drinking coffee alone, and reading alone. I like riding the bus alone, and walking home alone. I like eating alone, and listening to music alone. It gives me time to think, and set my mind free.

But when I see a mother with her child, a girl with her lover, or a friend laughing with their best friend, I realize that even though I like being alone, I don’t fancy being lonely. The sky is beautiful, but the people are sad. I just need someone who won’t run away.

  • Rebecca, age 8: When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.
  • Terri, age 4: Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.
  • Danny, age 7: Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.
  • Nikka, age 6: If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.
  • Elaine, age 5: Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.
  • Chris, age 7: Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.
  • Mary Ann, age 4: Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.
  • Everyone who terrifies you is sixty-five percent water. And everyone you love is made of stardust, and I know sometimes you cannot even breathe deeply, and the night sky is no home, and you have cried yourself to sleep enough times that you are down to your last two percent, but nothing is infinite, not even loss. You are made of the sea and the stars, and one day you are going to find yourself again.
    ― Finn Butler (via electric-wish)
    Morning is my favorite time of day. It’s like everything’s starting out fresh and new. I begin to get sad around noontime, and I hate it when the sun goes down. I live with those same feelings day after day.
    Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (via erraticintrovert)
    People may not tell you how they feel about you, but they always show you. Pay attention.
    ― Keri Hilson  (via budddha)

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