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And if for some reason we’re not together tomorrow,

I hope that little part of you still thinks of me.

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Whenever something goes wrong or I’m having a bad day,

You’re the first person I want to talk to…

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And they say we’ll never see half as much as they did.

It’s true that we never saw Vietnam or World War II.

We didn’t see our mother’s cry when John F. Kennedy died,

But we’ve lived our whole lives being told that we’re just not good enough.

We’ve seen anorexia and bulimia because skinny just isn’t skinny enough.

We saw Columbine and watched the Twin Towers fall.

We’ve seen a lot of greed and even more hate.

Our generation fights a different kind of war,

But we’ve seen just as much as them… and maybe even more.

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The person you end up needing the most is the one you swore you never wanted in the first place.

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All I want is for someone to comfort me when I say leave me alone…

To wait for a real answer when I say I’m fine…

Someone to really care about me.

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And I’m the type of girl who wears his sweatshirt, just because it smells like him…

And now is when you start to realize who really matters, who never did, and who always will… <3

But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in things we do for each other everyday.

It’s like that just before dark, jump in the car, buying ice cream, and seeing how far we can drive before it melts, kind of feeling… Cow in the road, swerve to the left, heart skips a beat and it scares you to death and we laugh until we cry. That’s how your love makes me feel inside.

Play in the pouring rain.

Dance when there’s no music.

Walk barefoot in the sand.

Lay under the stars.

Love like no other.

Share secrets with friends.

Laugh until it hurts.

And remember every minute of it

Because you only get one.

Sure, you’re supposed to have total recall of who won the Battle of Hastings and what motivated Hamlet… And probably you should be able to label all five Great Lakes. Perhaps you can… perhaps it’s easier to remember that first kiss. Or the time you and your friends couldn’t stop laughing in math class. Or your locker combination or cafeteria mystery meat or the scent in the air when you-know-who glided past your desk… or maybe it’s easier to remember the thrill of passing the final or the fun of the last homecoming game or hugging your best friends in the world good-bye and knowing you’d be in touch forever. But still, wondering… just a little… will we always remember?

I wanna be with you, and not just for a minute or a day, but for the rest of my life, and forever after… <3

I just wanna stare at your beautiful eyes and fall asleep in your arms because I know that I’m always going to be happy with you.

He’s the kind of boy with eyes that will make her forget how badly she’s been hurt before.

When I look at you, I see a lot of things… my best friend, my boyfriend, my secret holder, my tear stopper, my future… <3

You really shouldn’t say, “I love you”, unless you mean it, but if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.