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But we can run as hard and as fast as we want, and until we put our pasts to rest, they will always catch up to us.
The danger in pretending is it becoming real.
In his compulsive need to protect and defend, he’d destroy everything important to both of us.
But she was the kind of force to be welcomed, the girl proud yet profoundly loyal.
You take what you’re given and make the very best of it. Live life to the fullest even when it might feel empty. Live like there are no barriers when there are walls towering in front of you. Be prepared to fight, even in times of peace. And be willing to live in peace when there are wars raging all around you.
And when you change, it’s impossible to stay in the same place.
Together, the four of them were a force. Bold and intimidating and beautiful in the most daunting way.
“I’m gonna love you forever. Respect you. Protect you and hold you and always stay true to you.”
“I will never give you up or let this love go. My forever is forever. My life yours to keep.”
“Time doesn’t sit still and I want to make every second I get to spend with you count. Don’t want to wait for the right time when all of time is right with you.”
All that dark and light and life crashed over me. Like this girl was surrounded by electricity, a current sparking in the air.
Sometimes when you welcome in something new, the old can no longer remain.
If I would let this beautiful home that housed my most cherished childhood memories go because it no longer had the capacity to house my desires.
He studies and anticipates exactly how someone will react and uses that to his advantage.
A coward. Someone who allows others to carry out his crimes and then lords it over them as if he is the one exerting control.”
She felt burned by it, and not in a desirous way, but like hell had found its way to her.
Nostalgia, darts of regret and pain, and a forever kind of connection I knew could never be severed hit me.
But I get the sense I’ll never know what it’s like to be home.
Leaving this house, even if only temporary, felt as if I were leaving a piece of myself behind.
“But things that are worth it? They’re always a battle, Shea. Everything important comes with a cost. We don’t always realize the truth of that because we don’t fight for the things that don’t truly matter to us. In my experience, the best things come through tribulation. What is forged in the fire always comes out stronger.”
And God, everything surrounding him was so good and so very, very bad.
Where there is repentance, there is always room for mercy.
