the things i feel

Abraham Lincoln would later term “a sad sweet feeling in your heart.”

When you are delighted with anything, be delighted as with a thing which is not one of those which cannot be taken away, but as something of such a kind, as an earthen pot is, or a glass cup, that, when it has been broken, you may remember what it was and may not be troubled... What you love is nothing of your own: it has been given to you for the... See more

So: if the person you like likes you back, you can probably tell. If you’re not sure they like you, they’re almost certainly half-hearted or conflicted or lukewarm. And that’s fine! It is really, truly okay if someone is not very into you. The interesting question here is why you care so much : why do you need to obsess over it, why do you need to... See more