“Reading was the most fun I could have while making the least amount of noise, and I always wanted to avoid drawing attention to myself when he was likely to start an argument over something.”
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“She has a big heart, but it’s bruised. When you spend a long time self-destructing, sometimes your pieces don’t fit back together quite right. She’s gonna need time and patience.”
― Wildfire
― Wildfire
“It’s really hard admitting you’re the person standing in the way of your own happiness, but I realized I was the problem a while ago. I just didn’t know where to start. You ever feel like you’ve made something your entire personality? So much so you don’t know how to disconnect yourself from it?”
― Wildfire
― Wildfire
“And I know I struggle with rejection, so I don’t give people the chance to reject me. I search for physical connections with people to feel validated, because I need someone else to prove to me that I’m wanted. So I call myself self aware because I know those things about myself, but in reality, I don’t know anything about myself. I say I’m my own person, but every choice I make is because of something someone else did. That isn’t being my own person.”
― After Who? Artist Michael Jackson
― After Who? Artist Michael Jackson
“My house. My chair. My woman.”
― Iron Flame
― Iron Flame
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