“If I wasn't the problem, why did this keep happening to me? I tried to be a good person. A good daughter, good girlfriend... but no matter how hard I tried, I always ended up hurt. --there was a difference between platonic love and the deep bonds that bound a person to their parents and significant other. At least there was supposed to be.
'If you let lesser people determine your self-worth, you'll never reach higher than their limited imagination. -- You don't have to work overtime to get people to love you, Ava. Love isn't earned. It's given.”