Kelly

“Sometimes you just have to know when the battle you’re fighting is one best walked away from, than fought to the cold, bitter end.”
― A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

“Survivors often develop an exaggerated need for control in their adult relationships. It’s the only way they feel safe. They also struggle with commitment—saying yes in a relationship means being trapped in yet another family situation where abuse might take place. So the survivor panics as her relationship gets closer, certain that something terrible is going to happen. She pulls away, rejects, or tests her partner all the time.”
― Laura Davis, Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child

“I think sometimes when we find love we pretend it away, or ignore it, or tell ourselves we’re imagining it. Because it is the most painful kind of hope there is.”
― Rae Carson, The Bitter Kingdom

“The line between true self and feigned self is blurred on all sides.”
― Gayle Forman, Just One Day