When you are not being honest in a relationship – to another person or to yourself – it is a little like screwing on the top of a jam jar when the ridges are out of line.
“And there it is, the point which it all boils down to eventually. The point where there are no words, no theories, no explanations for behaviors that baffle and infuriate and hurt. Just that. Men.”
― None of This Is True
― None of This Is True
“I hadn’t expected physical pain. A burning sensation in my chest as if a large smoldering boulder had somehow lodged there overnight. A kind of drawn-out, slowly unfolding panic. The exact opposite of excitement.”
― Diary of an Oxygen Thief
― Diary of an Oxygen Thief
“Romance has killed more people than cancer. Okay, maybe not killed, but dulled more lives. Removed more hope, sold more medication, caused more tears.”
― Diary of an Oxygen Thief
― Diary of an Oxygen Thief
“You can’t trauma-proof life, and you can’t hurt-proof your relationships. You have to accept you will cause harm to yourself and others.”
― The Ministry of Time
― The Ministry of Time
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