I know that I wear a different, tougher skin now to the one I was born into, but scratch beneath the surface and below I am that same, frightened child.
“They surround themselves with like-minded people, and it creates an echo chamber that’s nigh on impossible to escape. A feedback loop that never ends.”
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
“I did not want to imagine her at all. Because if I allowed her in, I felt like I would lose myself again. It was better to take this rare opportunity that forced her off of me, and leave it that way.”
― The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish
― The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish
“I remember hugging Chronos at night and burrowing my face in his fur, letting his purring replace the static that her words had left in my head.”
― The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish
― The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish
“No wonder she devalued herself, growing up in this kind of environment.”
― Soulless
― Soulless
“I’m an adult who does adult things, like taxes and laundry and being sad for no reason.”
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
― Somewhere Beyond the Sea
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