Jocelyn

“[I]t was always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easy.”
― Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses

“It's funny, when you're getting to know the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, you put so much effort into pretending to be the varnished, idealized version of yourself that it means the only time they get to see the real you is in moments of complete vulnerability—when you're in pain, or afraid—and it goes on like that, a never-ending negotiation, until the years strip you of all the layers you've gathered around yourself, and you're right back where you started.”
― Richard Roper, This Disaster Loves You

“I don't know if I can honestly say that moving on is something I'm capable of. But I've got to do something. Because what's the alternative? Sitting here alone for another seven years, without even Jeff's company, staring at that front door? It's not really a life, is it?”
― Richard Roper, This Disaster Loves You

“He now understood why one might die for someone else. It wasn't mercy; it was torture to remain.”
― Daniel Mason