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“I don't know who I am right now. But I know who I'm not. And I like that.”
― The Way I Used to Be
― The Way I Used to Be
“I close my eyes again, but it’s all I can see, all I can feel, all I can hear. His skin, his arms, his legs, his hands too strong, his breath on me, muscles stretching, bones cracking, body breaking, me getting weaker, fading. These things. It’s all there is.”
― The Way I Used to Be
― The Way I Used to Be
“All you have to do is act like you’re normal and okay, and people start treating you that way.”
― The Way I Used to Be
― The Way I Used to Be
“No, can’t cry. Because there’s nothing to cry about. Because it was just a dream. A bad dream. A nightmare. Not real. Not real. Not real. That’s what I keep thinking: NotRealNotRealNotReal. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Like a mantra. Like a prayer.”
― The Way I Used to Be
― The Way I Used to Be
“I don’t know a lot of things. I don’t know why I didn’t hear the door click. Why I didn’t lock the damn door to begin with. Or why it didn’t register that something was wrong, so mercilessy wrong when I felt the mattress shift under his weight. Why I didn’t scream when I opened my eyes and saw him crawling between my sheets. Or why I didn’t to try to fight him when I still stood a chance.”
― The Way I Used to Be
― The Way I Used to Be
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