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Why does everybody love you? They don't know enough about you. Do they know that I regret you? Do they know I shouldn't have to?

- Charlotte Lawrence, "Everybody Loves You"

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It all changed for me, and I told you. You had the wrong idea about me. And all I ever did was consider you. Until all I could do was consider me.

- Gracie Abrams, "I Knew It, I Know You"

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It hurts to love. It's like giving yourself to be flayed and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin.

- Susan Sontag, Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963

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You could spend your whole life searching, and I could spend the whole day just getting by.

- Carly Rae Jepsen, "Go Find Yourself or Whatever"

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I should have known that forever was never a hill that you could die on.

- Kacey Musgraves, "Arm's Length"

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longing noun: a strong desire especially for something unattainable

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Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.

- Anne Carson, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides

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I move through the world with the heartbroken. My longings stay unspoken. And I may never open up the way I did for you. - Taylor Swift, "The Black Dog"

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