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“I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.” —Edgar Allan Poe
“No matter how we came to be, we were and still are. You stole my heart, and you let me love you with it, and you made damn sure I knew where its home was.”
Trying to reason with love is fucking pointless. It doesn’t care about your reasons, right or wrong. Love has no regard for circumstance, nor does it give a fuck what state it puts you in. It’s a relentless and unforgiving emotion that will never let you lie to yourself.
I don’t help because I’m fairly sure she will stab me with her little shovel if I try to come anywhere near her.
“I was no longer yours to worry about. You made sure of it.” “You’ve always been mine.
“I will kill anyone who threatens you. Anyone. I will fucking end them, Cecelia. I won’t think twice, and I won’t lose sleep over it.”
If it didn’t hurt, then it wouldn’t be worth it. You’re too used to getting your way. Let it burn. It will be worth it.
“When you love someone, it’s never a question you have to ask yourself.”
“Don’t disrespect women, period. They’re twice as evolved as most men will ever be. Don’t take your shit out on them, either. It’s a sign of weakness, and they aren’t punching bags. They’re a sanctuary, and you need to figure that out quick.”
Knowledge is power and key, but so is experience.
“The way I see it, there are bad men capable of doing bad things, and then there are good men capable of doing bad things for good fucking reasons.”
‘Don’t ever count on a man to realize his wrongs on your emotional timeline ’cause men always take way longer to come around and deal with their feelings. They’re emotionally stunted.’”
You don’t look freshly fucked. You just look . . . fucked.”
“I’ll talk to you about whatever you want, as long as we’re having a conversation. But I do hear everything you’re not saying, too. I’ll always hear you.”
“I find it helps to be in the know, without anyone else knowing.”
It’s not a matter of falling, but a matter of making sure I know how to land at this point.
The devil is in the details, and I remember my devil well.
But doubt breeds insecurity, and insecurity chips away at confidence, and I have no fucking room for it.
“The only reason I believe God exists is because you do.
“I’m jealous. Of. A. Dog.”
as I come down, and I feel it, the recognition of a destination I never thought I would find again: home.
“You know a judge passes a sentence for crimes committed in order of the severity of the degree of the crime. How much time do you plan on serving, Tobias?”
retrieved my heart, healed my soul, and saved my life a thousand times over.
There’s no one else for me but her. Never before, never after.”
“There’s no limit in being a friend, in being there for a friend. There’s no limit.”
“We loved with a love that was more than love.” —Edgar Allan Poe
