Bully (Fall Away, #1)

by Penelope Douglas

respect your elders, take care of your body, finish what you start, and solve your own problems.

Survival is the best revenge,

Being a bitch could be a survival technique. They get respect. There was no honor in people thinking you were a slut.

“Then one day, out of the blue, I lost you, too.

“You were my tempest, my thunder cloud, my tree in the downpour. I loved all of those things, and I loved you. But now? You’re a fucking drought. I thought that all the assholes drove German cars, but it turns out that pricks in Mustangs can still leave scars.”

We can be confused about what is good for us but not about what we truly want.

“You were never clingy or a nuisance, Tate. The day you moved in next door I thought you were the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. I fucking loved you.”

I loved you.

“I want to feel what’s mine. What’s always been mine.”

Life could be a bitch.

Yesterday lasts forever. Tomorrow comes never. Until you.

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” -Mother Theresa

I hated the way these people made me want to crawl into a hole.

I used to love people. I loved being a part of things and socializing. Now, I only wanted to be alone. Because alone was the only way I felt safe.

I was his. And he was mine.