“But whatever can grow in this dark, dead heart of mine, whatever love I am capable of, I want you to own it. I want you to be the only person to have that part of me, moy svet.” “Arlo—” “I want to give you everything that I am, Galina. I want to give you the bad, the good… even the parts that are terrifying, because that’s what’s real; that’s who I am.”
