Megan Nolan

I could not be alone happily, and because I knew this was a sign of weakness, I forced myself to endure it for as long as I could before breaking

Being with other people was, to me, the feeling of being realised. This was why I wanted to be in love. In love, you don’t need the minute-to-minute physical presence of the beloved to realise you. Love itself sustains and validates the rotten moments you would otherwise be wasting while you practise being a person,

Being in love was like that to me, a shield, a higher purpose, a promise to something outside of yourself.