6 Quotes by Ari Eastman

Your voice is the only alarm that I’ll actually wake up to.Your laugh is that one song they play way too much on the radio, but for some reason, I still love it.Your smile is the only thing that makes me hate mornings a little less.Your hands are my security, like knowing that even when I drive you nuts, you’re still gonna reach for me.And my arm always falls asleep when you do because I just want to be able to hold you even in your dreams.

I read the last paragraph of my favorite book. I remind myself that some things I love end. And that’s okay.Ari Eastman

Everyone wants a strong womanuntil she actually stands up,flexes her muscles,projects her voiceSuddenly, she is too much.She has forgotten her place.You love those womenas ideas, fantasiesNot as breathing, living humansthreatening to be even betterthan you could ever be.

Your apologies hang heavy like the skeleton of the man I once thought I’d marry. I loved you more than I knew what to do with most days. But I do not know you now. And this stranger you’ve become makes my stomach hurt.

I read the last paragraph of my favorite book. I remind myself that some things I love end. And that’s okay.

You were messy and wild. You were flawed and bruised.