More quotes by Richard Siken, Crush

"You're trying not to tell him you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling, and you're trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you've discovered something you don't even have a name for."
"Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed."
"If you love me, Henry, you don’t love me in a way I understand."
"If you love me, Henry, you don’t love me in a way I understand."