Some men will take you to the movies. Some will take you to the mountaintop.

Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other.

We must love ourselves and others deeply. Contrary to what we've been taught, stigmatizing our mothers, brothers, and cousins will not protect our houses from ruin.

When you look back at that relationship you didn't think you could live without and realize had you stayed in it, you'd be some comfortable loser, sitting on the couch with another comfortable loser, instead of being the dope motherf*cker you are today.

Because you thought love was just gonna be there. You weren't taught that it had to be made, it had to be mixed, kneaded, recycled. Over and over, you have to keep creating it. Over and over with everyone you love. Over and over.

Loving myself radically and being kind to myself radically means making an island of myself to which only a few have the strength to swim.

The heart will stretch a short love into long memories.

How necessary Sundays have become. I reach for them like sleeping lovers on the other side of my earth or my mattress.

I don’t need you, but the world, sometimes, seems more peaceful and manageable when holding someone.