Therefore I Am Meaning Novels & Stories

Ang obsesyon niya sa katarungan at sa amin ay tila isang apoy na handang tupukin ang lahat. "You chose the truth because you had no choice, Nathan! Dahil kung hindi mo ginawa iyon, pati ikaw ay babagsak! Huwag mong gawing dahilan ang pag-ibig sa mga desisyong ginawa mo para sa sarili mong kaligtasan," sagot ko. Mapanuri ang bawat salita ko, bawat pangungusap ay tila isang bala na tumatama sa kanyang ego.

Napakuyom ako ng kamao, habang ang mga luha ko ay unti-unti nang dumadaloy sa pisngi ko, dala ng inis, galit, pagod, at gutom. Nanatili siyang nakatingin sa akin, walang alinlangan, pero ang ekspresyon niya ay tila may halong emosyon na hindi ko mabasa. "Because I can," sagot niya sa wakas, ang mga salita niya ay parang kutsilyong tumarak sa puso ko. "And because you made me this way, Amalia."

pabulong na sabi ni Trace sa akin. "As I said earlier," I continued and disregarded Trace beside me na naiinis, "I fell in love… I.Am.In.Love." I emphasized each word. "And I am gonna marry the man I love. If you can’t find any love-related situation in what has happened between us or any romantic vibe… then we can’t do anything about it. Explaining is useless, for you might say what you wanna say from what you convey to us, right? You will give implications based on what you wanna think and not what you heard among us.”

To me, 'I love you', means that I see my universe pointed in your direction. It means that I recognize how lucky I am to have you. And when I say it to you, please remember that when I say 'I love you', it means that I always will. I don't love lightly. I don't love gently or softly. I love hard. Some may say I even love too much. But I would rather love hard any day than to take that sentence lightly. I would rather love too much, than to never love at all. When I say, 'I love you,' it implies that no matter what, waking up with you would be my ideal morning. It indicates that sleeping close to you would be my concept of a beautiful night no matter what.

Tipid akong ngumiti. 𝐼 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑜. 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠.

"Hindi mo na dapat ako pinapakialaman tungkol sa mga bagay na iyan. May sarili na akong pag iisip at kaya kong magdesisyon para sa sarili ko." "Pero ina mo pa rin ako, Theo! May karapatan akong magdesisyon para sa iyo dahil anak pa rin naman kita. Bakit ka ba ganiyan? Dahil pa rin ba kay Amanda? Sinasabi ko sa iyo, hindi na niya babalikan pa. Hinding hindi ka na niya papakasalan ulit!"

Hindi ba pwedeng hayaan na lang nila ako? "I am fine..." I said as if I am convincing myself. Whatever they said to me... it doesn't matter anymore. I am not going to let anyone control me, and dictate what I should do. I am free. And I am not going to let anyone take away this freedom from me.

Natahimik lang ako ng ilang segundo hanggang sa mapansin niya ‘yon at tila napagtanto kung ano ang sinabi nito. “I-I mean... I c-can’t—” “Magpapadeliver na lang ako,” I said with finality. He didn’t mean that, I know. He’s just in pain, I understand. He’s still mourning for his brother’s death that’s why I need to understand.

pang-aasar niya. “Yeah, you did not because I did not use the word promise at all. I said I want to. And it’s more meaningful to me because being with you is part of my dreams and goals now. I won’t promise because it will only feel like an obligation after a while. I’ll just say I want to.” “Damn. Ang unique mo ah?” Nakangiting aniya. “A promise is a heavy word. And don’t say I might lose that desire someday because I probably won’t. You’re all I have.”