"I know now that this is how it works. You don’t get to keep everyone in your life forever. There are some people that are just meant to be a sunrise for you, a light to pull you out of the darkness. There are friends, lovers, relationships that are seasonal. And no matter how deep a conversation you had with that person at 2 a.m., no matter how much you shared your heart—even if you can still draw the lines of their smile like the map of a too-familiar road in the back of your mind—there almost always comes a time to move on, a time to let go. And regardless of the letting go, I just wanted you to know that you’re always going to feel a little bit like home to me. No matter how temporary it was, it’s still beautiful that I got to call so many hearts my home."