"lately i’ve been thinking about who i want to love, and how i want to love, and why i want to love the way i want to love, and what i need to learn to love that way, and who i need to become to become the kind of love i want to be… and when i break it all down, when i whittle it into a single breath, it essentially comes out like this: before i die, i want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain i will keep it safe. i will keep it safe."