shootingstarsandfallingobjects:

“As a child, I was told that there was one person in the world who was destined for me. And I remember wondering how we would find each other if we spoke no common language.  Today I am fluent in French and can get by in German, Spanish and Italian. Perhaps, by learning languages, I had hoped to increase the likelihood of meeting my life’s partner. But the one my heart chose spoke my language so completely and knew the workings of my mind so intimately that he could finish my sentences with ease. He had walked the street where I grew up.

Everything drew me to him - both my worldly ambition and my longing for home.”

-Leslie Camhi, “An old flame flames out”, Vogue, Feb. 2012