(A well-lit room)

When you loved him he had his mouth pressed to the lips of a girl who didn’t care. And then he loved you, but by then it was too late.
See timing doesn’t matter to things that have already happened. But timing is everything to things that never had the chance to start.

How dangerous,” she thought, “to finally have something worth losing.

If he knows exactly what to say, he’s probably said it to someone else before.The people you are kind to won’t forget you. Even if you never see them again.He is scared of how invincible you will become when you realize you deserve better.How someone reacts to your sadness says a lot about how long they’re going to be in your life.Make friends with people you would travel the world with.

Your first love gets you raw and open and naive and strong.  Your first love gets the secrets that you never even knew you were meant to keep buried away.  Your first love teaches you that love isn’t about reckless kissing and hands all over the place, that it’s actually about learning and understanding and compromise and feeling so happy you might explode. Your first love takes you to the mountain tops and the stars there are more spectacular than any you’ve ever seen.  Your first love sits with you until your head finds a home in the crevice between their neck and shoulder and you want to stay, more than anything, you want to stay. Your first love laughs at your jokes and suddenly you are the world’s greatest comedian, it doesn’t matter that no one ever found you funny before, it doesn’t matter than tomorrow you still have to face the world.  Your first love is like a safe, where you hide the treasures most precious to you because you think they’ll be around forever. Your first love teache…

So far, you have survived 100% f your worst days. You're doing great.

"on bad days, I want to tell the sunlight off for touching you like that."

This is a post dedicated to chocolate, because chocolate is good for the heart and for the soul and it makes you (me, at least) very happy.

1/3 cup Dutch cocoa1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons boiling water2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable oil4 tablespoons butter, melted2 large eggs plus 2 large yolks2 teaspoons vanilla extract2 -1/2 cups sugar1 -3/4 cups all-purpose flour3/4 teaspoons salt1 teaspoon mint extract1/2 cup mini chocolate chipsInstructions: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9×13 pan with cooking spray or line with parchment paper. Set the prepared pan aside for later use.Whisk together the flour, sugar, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.Combine your cocoa and hot water in a large bowl. Whisk until incorporated. Stir in the unsweetened chocolate until melted and smooth.Add the oil, butter, eggs, yolks and vanilla. Once the batter is smooth fold in the dry ingredients. Gently stir until just combined.Stir the mint e…

Is it just me or do others find it sad that what you give is not equivalent to what you get back in human relationships?