There are times when I worry that I've already lost myself. That is, t…

David Levithan
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There are times when I worry that I've already lost myself. That is, that my self is so inseparable from being with you that if we were to separate, I would no longer be. I save this thought for when I feel the darkest discontent. I never meant to depend so much on someone else. ✨ David Levithan (2011). The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel, p.160, Macmillan
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