"What you're trying to say is that it's easier for you to hide in your own darkness, than emerge cloaked in your own vulnerability. Not better, but easier.
However the longer you hold it in, the more likely you are to suffocate. At some point, you must breathe."

"You know that to love is both to swim and to drown. You know to love is to be a whole, partial, a joint, a fracture, a heart, a bone. It is to bleed and heal. It is to be in the world, honest. It is to place someone next to your beating heart, in the absolute darkness of your inner, and trust they will hold you close. To love is to trust, to trust is to have faith. How else are you meant to love? You knew what you were getting into, but taking the Underground, returning home with no certainty of when you will see her next, it is terrifying."

Words cannot be found to describe this beautiful book or, I dare to say, love letter. One of my life's favourites.
The writing!! I could never imagine I'd love so much a book written in 2nd person.
Bought it in London, which made this reading time even more special, as I could picture every place described in this book.