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I wanted to catch some rain, find something that made my heart pump again,
I needed to know what I was made of.
He wasn’t in my dreams, and he wasn’t the first person I thought about when I woke up. He didn’t haunt me.
your demons will still follow you. There’s no escaping them.”
red. My favorite color. It was brave and confident but also aggressive and violent.
“Own who you are,” he commanded. “And don’t apologize. Do you understand? Own it or it will own you.”
“When you want to make an impression and you think you’ve gone far enough, go a little further. Always leave them wondering if you’re just a little bit crazy, and people will never fuck with you again.”
“We want what we want,”
I enjoyed the fear of the silent darkness, but it was something else, too. You became aware of things under the shroud of night that you didn’t see in the light of day. The things people hide and how lax they become with their secrets when they think everyone is asleep.
Our scrapes and bruises, tattoos, scars, smiles, and wrinkles told our stories,
Redefine normal. None of us know the full measure of our power until we start pushing our boundaries and pressing our luck, and the more we do, the less we care what others think. The freedom feels too good.
Fear wasn’t the enemy. It was the teacher.
Never tap out.
