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sometimes ‘crazy’ could be the right answer.”
Go left and follow the road.” “Are you sure we won’t drive off a cliff?” “No,” she said morosely. “Prepare to plunge to your death.”
“People say when something you enjoy becomes your full-time job, the joy gets sucked out of it.”
Work only becomes a vile word when your goals change to money or fame or whatever else the world entices you with.”
It was his decision, and he refused to regret it.
what a Concept
While her defenses were down, a breath of freedom had enticed her with glimpses of hope, but her survival instincts kicked in and yanked her back to reality. Love ends. Then what? You’ll be cast aside. Forgotten and alone. Don’t you remember how much it hurts? Please, you must never risk your heart.
I’m so damn confused.” “I know, babe, but you can do it. Figure out what you want, then make it yours.”
the cacophony of what-ifs and buts in her head wouldn’t leave her alone.
Her parents’ wreck of a marriage had convinced her love and forever weren’t for her. If he grows tired of me, I’ll become invisible even when I’m by his side. I’ll disappear like Mom. She couldn’t risk becoming a ghost, floating through life, unseen and unheard.
Hiding behind her defensive wall no longer held much appeal for her. The peace and security it once provided now felt claustrophobic. She was suffocating in her own fear.
I lost the one person I could call home, so I decided to create my own home—Comfort Zone. Somewhere I would never feel alone, a place I could always be myself.”
Just cook for me at home.” She yawned, tucking her chin against his chest. Home. “I’d love to,” he whispered. “I would love nothing more than to cook for you at home.”
Is this what home feels like? His chest tightened with wonder and panic, but he allowed the warmth and tranquility to wash over him. It was a stolen moment of happiness—isolated and timeless—and it imprinted itself permanently on his mind.
“Always wanting more is different from never having enough.”
Please don’t hurt alone anymore.”
I didn’t think I could survive losing anything else I loved.” “If you keep hiding, then you won’t have anything to lose, because you’ll have nothing worth having. It’s time to start living your life,
Not who I was or the shell of myself that wandered vacantly through life, but my very best self—the person I was meant to be.
