I love autumn', Emily said to me. 'It wins you over with its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

When I look in the mirror, I know I’m looking at someone who isn’t sure she deserves to be loved at all.

People didn't change. They liked what they liked even if they didn't understand why.

Or maybe watching you enjoy a carefree summer while you fell in love was what kept me out of the hospital in the first place.

We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has only happened once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never forget a single moment of it.

And I'd be willing to bet that you were great at it, if only because you have to love something before you can hate it.