I wonder how many people we look at but never really see, how many people we hear but never really listen to, how many people we hug but never really hold. I wonder how many people we think we know but never really do.

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16

I'm a teenager in your love,
the pit of my stomach a butterfly garden,
my mouth parched for yours,
my heart, brave and untarnished, waging a war against the world
and eyes only for you.
I'm sixteen in your love even as my bones are as brittle as could be.

- A woman, a lover, 60

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I forgot for a while that I existed before I met you.

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Tere ghar se kuch dur ek ghana ped hai
Uss ped ki chav badi meethi lagti thi...
Tu shehar chhod chala gaya, khair koi shikwa nehi
Woh chav abhi bhi meethi lagti hai...

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I keep old letters to remind myself that I was loved dearly once.

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You cannot say you're in love with the moon and only gaze at it when it's full and gleaming.

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Someone thinks of you when they listen to sad songs.

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Mere itne kareeb rehna ke hawa ko bhi rukh modna pade...

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You were poison to me.
But elixir to my art.

You were killing me yet keeping me alive.

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Tera pyaar tha ke kankar tha...
Ankho se nami bann ke behte rahe...

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