. I'll Know Not To Expect .

I always thought it was sad
The way we act like strangers
After all that we had
We act like we had never met

When I see you again
I'll know not to expect

. . . 

. When Things Start Splitting At The Seams .

Sometimes you have to be strong for yourself.  You have to know that you're a good person and a good friend.  What's meant to be will end up good and what's not, won't.  Love is worth fighting for sometimes but you can't be the one fighting.  At times, people need to fight for you.  If they don't, you just have to move on and realize what you gave them was more than they were willing to give you.  Hopefully, people realize great things when they come around and don't lose something real.  Always fight, until you can't anymore, and then be fought for.

. The Old Will Be Lost In The New .

Well you only need the light when it's burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low

Only hate the road when you’re missin' home

Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go

Staring at the bottom of your glass

Hoping one day you'll make a dream last

But dreams come slow and they go so fast

You see her when you close your eyes

Maybe one day you'll understand why

Everything you touch surely dies

Staring at the ceiling in the dark

Same old empty feeling in your heart

'Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast

Well you see her when you fall asleep

But never to touch and never to keep

'Cause you loved her too much

And you dived too deep

And you let her go

. Don't Patronize .

One thing I am certain of, I do not want to be betrayed.  But that's quite hard to say, casually, at the beginning of a relationship.  It's not a word people use very often, which confuses me, because there are different kinds of infidelity.  But betrayal is betrayal  wherever you find it.  By betrayal, I mean promising to be by your side, and then being by someone else's. 

- J. Winterson

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