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The Gladiator's Downfall (Age of the Andinna, #1) by Kristen Banet

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“I hate you. I hate you, my gods, like I hate the crowds. Like I hate the Empress. Maybe even, I hate you more. I’m supposed to be your child and this is what you’ve given me. Hell and pain. Is it because I don’t know your names?”

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“Unwilling to play the hand that is dealt [to] him, the borderline keeps folding every time, losing his ante, waiting to be dealt four aces. If he cannot be assured of winning, he won't play out the hand. Improvement comes when he learns to accept the hand for what it is, and recognize that, skillfully played, he can still win.”
― Jerold J. Kreisman, I Hate You—Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality

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“Much of the borderline’s dramatic behavior is related to his interminable search for something to fill the emptiness that continually haunts him. Relationships and drugs are two of the mechanisms the borderline uses to combat the loneliness and to capture a sense of existing in a world that feels real. CASE”
― Jerold J. Kreisman, I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality

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“Because memory cannot be adequately utilized to retain an image, the borderline forgets what the object of his concern looks like, sounds like, feels like. To escape the panicky sensation of abandonment and loneliness, the borderline tries to cling desperately—calling, writing, using any means to maintain contact.”
― Jerold J. Kreisman, I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality

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“When the borderline is alone, continuity and connectedness cease. Like sand falling through her fingers, her confidence - even her sense of reality - slip away.”
― Jerold J. Kreisman, Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder

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“with this bullet lodged in my chest, covered with your name, I will turn myself into a gun, because
it’s all I have,
because I’m hungry and hollow and just want something to call my own. I’ll be your slaughterhouse, your killing floor, your morgue and final resting, walking around with this
bullet inside me
‘cause I couldn’t make you love me and I’m tired of pulling your teeth.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

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