“ There are certain people who come into your life, and leave a mark… their place in your heart is tender; a bruise of longing, a pulse of unfinished business. just hearing their names pushes and pulls at you in a hundred ways, and when you try to define those hundred ways, describe them even to yourself, words are useless.

“ Do you know the most surprising thing about heartache? It doesn’t actually kill you. Like a bullet to the heart, or a head-on car wreck, it should. When someone you’ve promised to cherish forever says, “I never loved you,” it should kill you instantly. You shouldn’t have to wake up day after day after that, trying to understand how in the world you didn’t know.

both from finally seeing

You know, I should stop posting up stuff like this.
It makes me seem like some lovesick emo
(which I can never bring myself down to become)

But they just highlight how much I love language.
You look at the words, and somehow, they can make such an impact.
And they didn't even need to italicize anything.