“And now I'm looking at you, and you're asking me if I still want you, as if I could stop loving you. As if I would want to give up the thing that makes me stronger than anything else ever has. I never dared give much of myself to anyone before (bits of myself to the Lightwoods, to Isabelle and Alec, but it took years), but Clary, since the first time I saw you, I have belonged to you completely. I still do. If you want me.”
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Love can make you safer and stronger. But strength only matters when it follows steady choices, not sudden vows. Pay attention to what someone does day after day; actions reveal whether that safety is real. If you plan to give yourself, speak clearly and watch whether the other person returns the same steady commitment.
When to use it
- At our wedding ceremony I said it aloud because I wanted my vows to mean I choose her every day.
- While trying to get back together after a long fight, I took his hand and said, "If you want me," to make sure I was offering myself on purpose.
- Signing a mortgage with my partner, I said it quietly to show I wasn't just signing papers but choosing a life together.
- After finishing rehab with my partner's steady support, I told him that he had made me stronger and that I still wanted him.