Things We Hide from the Light (Knockemout, #2)

by Lucy Score

And I’d never gotten over the suffocating prison sentence the rest of my teenage years had been. Because after figuring out the problem, fixing it, and recovering from the fixing, my parents weren’t open to letting me take any chances.

“Being vulnerable doesn’t mean you’re weak. It means you trust yourself to be strong enough to handle the hurt. It’s actually the purest form of strength.”

“Nobody is good at it at first. No one has a natural talent for being in a relationship. Everyone has to learn how to be good at it. It takes a lot of practice and forgiveness and vulnerability.”