“Could a scar be like the rings of a tree, reopened with each emotional season?”
― Cutting Class
― Cutting Class
“She closes her eyes, and I can see the moisture. She’s deep-breathing again, and I notice her hands are clutched around the opposing wrists, nails digging in deep, hard, scratching. Pain to replace pain.”
― Falling Into You
― Falling Into You
“Told I talked too much
made too much noise
I took up a silent hobby—
Bleeding.”
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made too much noise
I took up a silent hobby—
Bleeding.”
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“For some reason, I believed that I had above all else an obligation to protect everyone-- my teachers, my family-- from the knowledge of my cutting. What they did not know would not cause them pain.”
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“Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed.”
― Cut
― Cut
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