It is funny the crazy things our brains make up to save us from the truth.
“If that’s what you want, you ask me for it the same way you asked for my hand in marriage. I love you, Tyrion. While it would kill me to walk away, I’d do it because life moved on in my absence. I won’t beg you, and I will never keep you where you don’t want to be. Just let me be a mother to my child. I stayed alive for both of you, but I will forever live for her.”
― If You Love Me
― If You Love Me
“You pour into you. I’ll pour into me. We’ll both be watered and through that, we’ll find ways to water each other. How does that sound?”
― The Saxophonist
― The Saxophonist
“Embrace your weirdness. Embrace that authentic version of you. Everybody ain’t able. Some souls are so heavily masked that they fear their own reflection.”
― Letters to Prime: Prisoner 926179
― Letters to Prime: Prisoner 926179
“In parenting, you don’t get a reward for showing up for participation. Presence, attunement, and nurturing were as necessary as the air we breathe.”
― The Saxophonist
― The Saxophonist
“Similar to PTSD, post-incarceration syndrome includes difficulty trusting others, social disorientation, anxiety, and trouble readjusting to life.”
― The Saxophonist
― The Saxophonist
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