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I don't always understand, Rachel. I love you, but I don't understand.
From Borne
You need to get off me." But I clung to him a little longer.
From Borne
The world is so big, Rachel," Borne had said to me. "It just keeps going and going."
"It ends eventually." I almost said, "It gets smaller," but bit my tongue.
From Borne
I love you, too, Borne," I said, and it was true. "But that doesn't change things." Maybe the memory of love was enough, maybe the time we'd had together would be enough. Yet, inside, I was panicking already, screaming at the thought of it.
From Borne
Now I knew why Wick kept trying, forgave so much. Because he felt he had so much to be forgiven for.
From Borne
But beneath that weight lay us, [...] the lines that connected a woman named Rachel to a man named Wick. There was a secret shape to it all that lived inside us, a map that slowly circled within our minds like a personal cosmology.
From Borne
I hadn't known I was so fragile, so delicate in motion. I didn't know Borne had loved me quite so much.
From Borne
I'd been teaching him the whole time, with every last little thing I did, even when I didn't realize I was teaching him. With every last little thing I did, not just those things I tried to teach him. Every moment I had been teaching him, and how I wanted now to take back some of those moments.
From Borne
But the truth is, I don't really know what he thought or how he thought it, because most of the time I just had his questions.
From Borne
I wanted to be worthy of it, the way Wick shone so bright, for me.
From Borne
I had shut him out, ignored him, tried to pretend he was something other than what he was, and in doing so I had betrayed him. Because Borne knew what he was.
From Borne
You're scared of me right now," Borne said. "But all I did is what you both do.
From Borne
I don't always understand, Rachel. I love you, but I don't understand.
From Borne
You need to get off me." But I clung to him a little longer.
From Borne
The world is so big, Rachel," Borne had said to me. "It just keeps going and going."
"It ends eventually." I almost said, "It gets smaller," but bit my tongue.
From Borne
I love you, too, Borne," I said, and it was true. "But that doesn't change things." Maybe the memory of love was enough, maybe the time we'd had together would be enough. Yet, inside, I was panicking already, screaming at the thought of it.
From Borne
Now I knew why Wick kept trying, forgave so much. Because he felt he had so much to be forgiven for.
From Borne
But beneath that weight lay us, [...] the lines that connected a woman named Rachel to a man named Wick. There was a secret shape to it all that lived inside us, a map that slowly circled within our minds like a personal cosmology.
From Borne
I hadn't known I was so fragile, so delicate in motion. I didn't know Borne had loved me quite so much.
From Borne
I'd been teaching him the whole time, with every last little thing I did, even when I didn't realize I was teaching him. With every last little thing I did, not just those things I tried to teach him. Every moment I had been teaching him, and how I wanted now to take back some of those moments.
From Borne
But the truth is, I don't really know what he thought or how he thought it, because most of the time I just had his questions.
From Borne
I wanted to be worthy of it, the way Wick shone so bright, for me.
From Borne
I had shut him out, ignored him, tried to pretend he was something other than what he was, and in doing so I had betrayed him. Because Borne knew what he was.
From Borne
You're scared of me right now," Borne said. "But all I did is what you both do.
From Borne
I don't always understand, Rachel. I love you, but I don't understand.
From Borne
You need to get off me." But I clung to him a little longer.
From Borne
The world is so big, Rachel," Borne had said to me. "It just keeps going and going."
"It ends eventually." I almost said, "It gets smaller," but bit my tongue.
From Borne
I love you, too, Borne," I said, and it was true. "But that doesn't change things." Maybe the memory of love was enough, maybe the time we'd had together would be enough. Yet, inside, I was panicking already, screaming at the thought of it.
From Borne
Now I knew why Wick kept trying, forgave so much. Because he felt he had so much to be forgiven for.
From Borne
But beneath that weight lay us, [...] the lines that connected a woman named Rachel to a man named Wick. There was a secret shape to it all that lived inside us, a map that slowly circled within our minds like a personal cosmology.
From Borne
I hadn't known I was so fragile, so delicate in motion. I didn't know Borne had loved me quite so much.
From Borne
I'd been teaching him the whole time, with every last little thing I did, even when I didn't realize I was teaching him. With every last little thing I did, not just those things I tried to teach him. Every moment I had been teaching him, and how I wanted now to take back some of those moments.
From Borne
But the truth is, I don't really know what he thought or how he thought it, because most of the time I just had his questions.
From Borne
I wanted to be worthy of it, the way Wick shone so bright, for me.
From Borne
I had shut him out, ignored him, tried to pretend he was something other than what he was, and in doing so I had betrayed him. Because Borne knew what he was.
From Borne
You're scared of me right now," Borne said. "But all I did is what you both do.
From Borne