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For anyone who is taking it one day at a time.
Nothing is permanent. Things are always under my control, and I can choose to do things however I want. That’s all anything is, really. A choice.
“But I swear to God, I’d let the world burn if it meant I could taste your lips.”
“Now that I’ve had you. Now that I’ve tasted you, no one else gets to touch you.” He slips his tongue in my mouth, branding me with ownership. I shouldn’t like the way it feels. But I do. “You’re mine.”
“You’ve gotta stop tryin’ to find the bad in every situation. You look hard enough, you’ll always find it.”
“let myself be happy,” but as much as I wish it were that easy to give in and just be, it isn’t. There’s no magic switch to flip that changes the wiring of your brain or the caution that has poisoned your blood. And I learned a long time ago there’s no such thing as a happy ending. There are only temporary falsehoods—illusions that shatter once you’re pushed from the ledge, eyes uncovered to watch yourself fall.
I’ve worked hard to get where I am, to not be the type of mother who birthed me. To not allow the things that happened to me fuel the fear that could tarnish my son’s childhood.
“Act weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
It’s unexplainable, the feeling of wishing like hell you could erase someone’s pain, but knowing there’s nothing you can do.
I will never find another love like Lily. She’s my person. My little bird. And I’ll do everything I can to help her find her song.
“Never expect a narcissist to admit their wrongdoing. They’ll paint themselves as the hero or the victim, but they’ll never be the villain.”
“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
don’t hate anyone. Life is too short, and I’ve learned that hate won’t do anything but keep you from learnin’ how to love. Everyone makes mistakes.”
“Everyone deserves second chances.”
“No one here has any right to judge you for your past. We’re all just a big ball of fucked-up and learnin’ how to make the most of what we’ve got. Was I mad at you for a long time? Yes. But…life has a funny way of makin’ you see things from different angles. And your choices are your own, Lily.
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
And happiness is a funny thing. When one person has it, it spreads like ivy, winding its way around everyone else…if only they let it grow.
