Kagome taught me how to smile, how to believe in other people. Kagome was the reason I could make friends and rely on those friends! To shed tears for others, to understand true strength and kindness…. They’re all things I learned from Kagome! Kagome was born to meet me! And I was born to meet …

It’s my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life I wish for measles or smallpox or some other easily understood disease just to make it easier on me and also on them. Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places (via booksquoteslove)