It emerges that knowing how to love ourselves a little can be one of the kindest and therefore most romantic things we can ever learn to do for our partners.

My new theory of relationships: the default state should be really easy, effortless, and fluid, and then when you work hard, it’s to protect and restore the default state. If the default configuration of the relationship is Difficult or Lacking Something, it’s probably Not Right.

first time i knew you existed the rest of the history of the world popped like a bubble unready unworthy and my body wanted only future, only you.